Deadline-February 18, 2013
Firelight Foundation is inviting Letter of Inquiry 2013 to improve the well-being of vulnerable children in sub-Sharan Africa.
Under this funding, founadation seeks to identify organizations that are focused on improving children’s learning by creatively engaging family and community to help children to succeed in school, while also building a stronger relationship between what is happening in-school, outside of school, and what happens at home. Over a period of three years, Firelight will work closely with organizations to demonstrate the effectiveness of their innovative approaches to improve learning outcomes. Firelight will facilitate adoption of the most effective approaches among a network of community-based organizations.
With support from the Hewlett Foundation, Firelight seeks to partner with organizations using innovative strategies to improve reading, writing, and arithmetic for primary and pre-primary school age children in Tanzania. Under this funding, foundation seeks to identify organizations that are focused on improving children’s learning by creatively engaging family and community to help children to succeed in school, while also building a stronger relationship between what is happening in- school, outside of school, and what happens at home. Firelight will facilitate adoption of the most effective approaches among a network of community-based organizations.
Firelight grantee-partners develop programs unique to the needs of their community. Main focus areas are as follows-
- Living Environments
- Food/Nutrition/Agriculture
- Economic Strengthening
- Psychosocial Support
- Child Protection
- Education
- Healthcare/HIV
Eligibility & Criteria-
Specifically foundation seeks to fund organizations that demonstrates:
- Sound analysis and articulation of the barriers to children’s learning.
- Effective and innovative program design specifying how programming and interventions lead to improvements in learning outcomes.
- Support for children’s learning that bridges between what happens in school and out of school.
- Robust monitoring and evaluation to track progress and demonstrate learning outcomes.
- Commitment to using data to inform program review and adaptation.
- Track record in improving children’s learning.
- Collaboration with a variety of stakeholders that influence and impact children’s learning and well-being, including peers, local institutions and relevant government agencies.
Letter of Inquiry must provide the following information-
- Full name of organization (and acronym, if applicable)
- E-mail and postal mailing address (PO Box and street address, if available) and location of proposed activities
- The names and contact information for three people at organization (name, title, e-mail, phone)
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