The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges Explorations Round 9 which offers grants ranging from $100,000 to $1 million for innovative ideas and projects is open to accepting applications for the new topic: “Aid is Working: Tell the World.”
As stories of corruption and waste of money in international aid and development sector are prevalent everywhere, it is making people in developed countries believe that aid is not solving the problems of poor and developing countries. Although such a context exists, it is also true that aid has made some difference to the lives of the beneficiaries and it is important to continue maintaining the support for it. To increase the support of the people for aid programs, this Challenge is to support such projects that will innovatively gather stories of success showing that aid is working for the poor.
In partnership with the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the Grand Challenges Explorations Round 9 seeks ideas on new approaches to communications that motivate the public in the wealthy countries of the world to change their minds about aid, and take actions to demonstrate their support.
It is seeking game-changing ideas that have never been imagined on their own but could revolutionize the field. Some examples (but not limited to) are given below:
- New ways to collect and share first-person stories from those impacted by aid in the developing world;
- Data collection and visualization that demonstrates the “how” and “what” of aid, e.g. where funding goes and how it impacts people and communities; money spent on development relative to other areas; measurable progress against the Millennium Development Goals. (The foundation is particularly interested in MDGs 1,4,5,and 6.);
- Creative distribution mechanisms to deliver stories, data, and information to key audiences;
- Concepts that spark active engagement and collaborative problem-solving, e.g. games, crowdsourcing, and other projects that move the field from one-way communications towards authentic engagement;
- Revolutionary ways to humanize the challenge and the solutions and to connect communities receiving aid to those who provide it.
The grant program is open to anyone from any discipline, from student to tenured professor, and from any organization – colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations and for-profit companies.
The deadline to submit applications for this opportunity is 15 May 2012. For more information, visit this link.
I belong to a non profita organization in Argentina. The Argentine Association of Reflexologists.
Reflexology is an old and modern health practise that in a short time can improve health.
It is useful as an auxiliary in diagnosis, therapeutical, and rehabilition areas.
The instrument for application are only the hands of the reflexologist. Anyplace can be adapted for this work.
We have already trained persons in this practise in Argentina, specially in buenos aires city. And we also have courses for learning this practise.
We are able to train persons in a short period of time and it can be applied as part of primary health programs.
We would like to have an opportunity in the program “aid is to work”.
Good afternoon I belong to a pro-woman organization called East that supports choice for women who have experienced family violence, violence of terrorism, we are in the eastern part of the Peruvian jungle, is an organization dedicated to training and microenterprise microfinance , we believe that without education or training of any business management will not succeed in any business that is, education and financial support ensures the return of the loan and this favors other future potential beneficiaries, the aim is to banish extreme poverty and we improve their living conditions, social, economic, cultural, psychological, holistic health and last but not least educational priority women and girls, children and adolescent boys as well as responsible, ask support to grow, expand and through you respectfully continue to support more families in need, please help us to continue helping.
We train in preference to the inhabitants of rural and urban areas has the potential rural human hope, desire to work, responsibility, respectful neighbor. After training go to a pre-selection to compete at a capital fund called seed money, with technical advice from consultants in business pro-women micro east.
Our trainings are processing products from Amazonian camu camu, guava, pineapple, cacao, banana, water hole, and other seasonal fruits.
Training in agricultural management, bird feeders, posture, swine production, cattle production in milk and meat, and other small animals.
Agronomic management of native fruits and vegetables.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION, TIME AND WAIT FOR PROMPT RESPONSE, GOD BLESS.
any coordination with:
ing. Rolando Carbajal Odicio
DR. Liz Eagle Gianine Tutusima
Director of Operations
EAST WOMEN’S PRO “Women trust your word”
PRO WOMEN local microenterprise workshop EAST
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my name is Muhammad Bukenya a human rights activist working with a not for profit making organization called Rural Development Media Communication(RUDMEC). Our core objective is to uplift the income levels of the impoverished majority in rural areas in Uganda.we do this through provision of start up capitals for their small micro businesses and encourage the village saving and loan associations in order to be able to sustain their businesses after the project. we also carry out awareness and sensitization campaigns about sanitation and hygiene and maintenance of good health care,social justice,and advocacy for good environment conduct as per our catch word”communication for sustainable development”. I will be so grateful if we are considered.
We are associate of unemployed youth both graduates and non employed who in need of financial assistance to continue with the meat goat production project as away of eliminating poverty and generating incomes to improve our livilihoods
We are a Registered NGO called Center for the Poor International CPI based kenya Our Areas of operations are in Arid and Semi arid areas and we are looking for donors to fund projects in Water and Sanitation, Education ad Food.
I Francis have voluntary organization called as “CREATIVE SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIETY”
We are dedicated to serve the downtrodden poor people. Mainly we are doing our works in rural areas.
We uplift their livelihood to aware then in all aspects to provide children Education to aware health provide medicines. Mainly we formation of self-help groups and Mahila groups for there sake of finical assistant we run the orphan children homes, HIV/AIDS awareness programs to provide some support to the victims . we conducting AIDS awareness camps water and sanitation monitoring water quality and surveillance ,child rehabilitation programs.
We have sufficient infrastructure facilities with our organization running the program successfully.
Hence I request you to kindly give us an opportunity to serve the poor people you also to serve the partner of this programs and we seek your finical support
Hence we request you sir, please consider our proposal for which act of kindness, I shall ever grateful to you.
Our address
“CREATIVE SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIETY”
Door.Numder :47-1-24
Lurdhu Nagar, Gunadala, Vijayawada
Krishna dt, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.
We are the members of the local NGO in Rwanda and we have got recently the legal status. Our NGO is called: NIMUHAGURUKE TWUBAKE ASBL. We have the Land of approximately 2 hectares and we are seeking the sponsorship to construct a training center on that land for orphans. Our Offices are in Kigali, Kicukiro District.
I want to join for my NGOs name Yeteem in Ethiopia orphan and destitute
mothers Aid, therefor I will agree to pay for your service.