Deadline: 1 July 2015 The NextWorldNow Community Investments is accepting applications for its 2015 funding opportunity. NextWorldNow believes that communities throughout the world can work together in an informed way to improve the well-being of each community. Aim The community seeks smart ways … [Read more...] about NextWorldNow Collaborative Contributions to Community Wellbeing
Comic Relief International Grants Opening Soon for 2015 grant cycles
Deadline: 12 May 2015 (Implementing and Adapting) & 22 July 2015 (Generating Ideas) The Comic Relief International Grants for 2015 are opening soon. The Comic Relief funds organizations working among the disadvantaged population through its three types of funding approaches. The projects that … [Read more...] about Comic Relief International Grants Opening Soon for 2015 grant cycles
Call for Applications under Eighth South-South Institute on Inequality and Social Justice
Deadline: 15 April 2015 The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and the International Development Economic Associates (IDEAs), are currently accepting applications for the third three-year phase of the … [Read more...] about Call for Applications under Eighth South-South Institute on Inequality and Social Justice
Call for Hurford Youth Fellows Program 2015
Deadline: 27 April 2015 The World Youth Movement for Democracy and the International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is seeking applications for the Hurford Youth Fellows Program 2015 in Washington, DC. A monthly cost of living stipend and roundtrip … [Read more...] about Call for Hurford Youth Fellows Program 2015
Project Inspire 2014 Finalists: Esther Banda – Empower Women? One Young Zimbabwean says Yes, we can!
Project Inspire 2014 Finalists: Esther Banda - Empower Women? One Young Zimbabwean says Yes, we can! Esther Banda, from Zimbabwe, intends to realize – and one which has earned her a place as a finalist in Singapore Committee for UN Women and MasterCard’s annual social enterprise competition, … [Read more...] about Project Inspire 2014 Finalists: Esther Banda – Empower Women? One Young Zimbabwean says Yes, we can!
2014 Project Inspire Finalist: Aakar Innovations – The local Men Bringing Respect and Loss to Women in India
28-year-old Sombodhi Ghosh, from India once realised the female helpers around him were being shunned during their monthly menstrual cycle, the incident ultimately led him on an unexpected career path. In 2011, Sombodhi co-founded Aakar Innovations (Aakar), a company which creates low-cost sanitary … [Read more...] about 2014 Project Inspire Finalist: Aakar Innovations – The local Men Bringing Respect and Loss to Women in India
Project Inspire 2014 Finalists: Going to School – The Transformative Power of Going to School, in India
Project Inspire 2014 Finalists: Going to School - The Transformative Power of Going to School, in India Shrutikantha Kandali from India along with her teammates: 33-year-old Nishi Arora, 30-year-old Satyam Vyas, and Ranjeet Kumar, 30 – was recently named as a finalist in the 2014 Singapore … [Read more...] about Project Inspire 2014 Finalists: Going to School – The Transformative Power of Going to School, in India
2014 Project Inspire Runner Up-: Riverkids- From Trash Collector to Fashion Designer
2014 Project Inspire Runner Up-: Riverkids- From Trash Collector to Fashion Designer Sara Gingold, 23, from Australia, is a volunteer for Cambodian-Singaporean non-profit organisation, Riverkids. Sara – along with her teammates; Peo Bona, 30, from Cambodia, and Elaine Woon, 42, from Singapore … [Read more...] about 2014 Project Inspire Runner Up-: Riverkids- From Trash Collector to Fashion Designer
Wall Street Journal’s Call for Applications: ‘The Financial Inclusion Challenge’
Deadline: 15 May 2015 The Wall Street Journal has announced a call for application for The Financial Inclusion Challenge. It invites non-profit and for-profit enterprises around the world to submit short video proposals that showcase their solutions to the problems of financial inclusion, with a … [Read more...] about Wall Street Journal’s Call for Applications: ‘The Financial Inclusion Challenge’
NED Grants to NGOs Advancing & Strengthening Democratic Institutions
Deadline: 19 June 2015 The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) invites civic organizations, associations, independent media, and other similar non-government organizations around the world to apply for 2015 grant funding. NED yearly funds hundreds of projects of organizations that are working to … [Read more...] about NED Grants to NGOs Advancing & Strengthening Democratic Institutions
