Since 1997, The FAWCO Foundation has supported projects and charities through its Development Grants program. For a birds eye view of where we have been able to lend a helping hand, please click here (pdf - 50 KB).

Recipients

2007

$3500 A PLACE TO LEARN sponsored in part by AWC Antwerp
The Lambs Project in Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso nominated by AWC Denmark

$3500 AROUND THE CORNER, A WORLD AWAY sponsored in part by AWC Auckland
Korogocho HIV/AIDS Home Care Center, Kasarani Nairobi, Kenya nominated by AWA Kenya

$3500 CRITICAL HEALTH CONCERNS sponsored in part by AWC of Basel
Women’s Hope International, Chad and Ethiopia nominated by AWC Bern

$3500 EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE sponsored in part by the AWC of Düsseldorf
Arche de Noe, Bujumbura, Burundi nominated by AWC Luxembourg

$3500 AW OF SURREY FEED THE WORLD
Integrated Bio Farming Technologies for the Blind and Handicapped Sebeta, Ethiopia nominated by AWC Zurich

$3500 THE FAWCO FOUNDATION 40TH ANNIVERSARY HOPE THROUGH EDUCATION
A Jumpstart for Orphans, Kashikishi, Zambia nominated by AWC Basel

$3500 SKILLS FOR LIFE sponsored in part by AILO of Florence
Co-Winners:
Silk of Hope Project - Women Bearer of Traditions, Cambodia nominated by AWC Lausanne
Batsiranai Craft Project, Zimbabwe nominated by AWA Rome

2006

$3,000 CARE IN CRISIS DG sponsored in part by AWC Basel
Hope’s Promise Orphan Ministries, Namibia nominated by AWC Luxembourg

$3,000 EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE DG sponsored in part by AWC of The Hague
SOMA Home for Girls, India nominated by AWG of Languedoc-Roussillon

$3,000 AW of Surrey FEED THE WORLD DG
Commund de Lubumbashi Orphanage, Republic of Congo nominated by AWC Bern

$3,000 HEALTHY LIVING DG sponsored in part by AWC in Stockholm
Ol Malo Eye Project nominated by AWC Kenya

$3,000 AAW Aberdeen HOPE THROUGH EDUCATION DG
Monimala, India nominated by AWG of Languedoc-Roussillon

$3,000 AW Berkshire & Surrey PEACE THROUGH UNDERSTANDING DG
Radio Studio 88 Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina nominated by AWC Luxembourg

$3,000 A PLACE TO LEARN DG
Fundación Amigos de Jesus y Maria, Bogatá nominated by AWC Bogatá

$3,000 AWC Brussels SKILLS FOR LIFE DG
Los Cimientos Alliance Women’s Project, Guatemala nominated by AILO Florence

2005

$3000 The AWC Basel Healthy Living Development Grant
Obstetric Fistula in Mali, nominated by AWC Basel

$3000 The AW Surrey Feed the World Development Grant
Prevalence of Malnutrition in Tanzania, nominated by AWA Bristol

$3000 The Effects of Violence Development Grant
AIC Girls Rescue in Kenya, nominated by AWA of Kenya

$3000 The Peace through Understanding Development Grant
Big Brothers/Big Sisters in Antigua & Barbuda, nominated by AWC Antigua & Barbuda

$3000 The Hope through Education Development Grant - sponsored in part by AWC in Sweden
Madagascar Support Children's Literacy, nominated by AIWC of Genoa

$3000 The Skills for Life Development Grant
Kugeria Women Water Project in Kenya, nominated by AWC of Cologne

2004

$3000 The AWC Madrid Effects of Violence Development Grant
Action for Children Soldiers in The Democratic Republic of Congo, nominated by AWC of Düsseldorf

$3000 The AW Surrey Feed The World Development Grant
Wells For Life, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, nominated by AW of Surrey

The Healthy Living Development Grant resulted in a tie
$1500 – Children of a Lesser God, Outreach Moldova, AWC of Dublin
$1500 – Ojos Del Mundo (Eyes of the World), nominated by AWC of Madrid

$3000 The Hope through Education Development Grant
Malawi Orphan Support Project, nominated by AWA of Rome

$3000 The Peace through Understanding Development Grant
Literacy for Indigenous Women in Southern Mindanao, Philippines, nominated by AWC of Bern

2003

$4000 Hope House Babies Home, Nairobi Kenya, nominated by AWA of Kenya

$3000 Ostrov Shelter- Social Patrol, St. Petersburg, Russia, nominated by AWC of Sweden

$3000 Mkombozi Center for Street Children in Moshi, Tanzania, East Africa, nominated by AWC of Luxembourg

$3000 Frauenhascha (Refuge for Single Mothers with Tents) Mongolia, nominated by AWC of Bern

$2000 Cecily Eastwood Zambian Aids Orphan Appeal, nominated by North American Connection

2002

$5000 Children of Cali, Colombia, nominated by AWC of Hamburg

$4500 Vincente Maria Children's Home, India, nominated by AWC Oslo

$3000 SANKALP ("A firm resolve") India, nominated by AWC of Bern

$3000 Hope For the Hopeless (CCD) Thailand, nominated by AWC of Thailand

$2500 Girls of the Maqattam Garbage Settlement, Egypt, nominated by AILO of Florence

$2000 Kezakimana ("Children of Love"), nominated by Burundi, AWC of Basel

2001

$7000 Maiti Nepal, Nepal, nominated by AW of Sydney

$5000 Chivuna Mission Rural Health Center, Zambia, nominated by AWA of Rome

$3000 School for Girls in Upper Mustang, Nepal, nominated by AWC of Cologne

$2500 Women's Center of Azzib, Morocco, nominated by AIWC of Casablanca

$2500 Punjabi Hospital Maternal Health Project, India, nominated by AWC of Languedoc-Roussillon

2000

$5000 Nyapea Hospital, Okoro County, Uganda, nominated by AILO of Florence

$3500 Horizons Ouverts (Village Schools), Ain Cheggag, Morocco, nominated by AWA of Rabat

$2500 Monze Mission Hospital, Monze, Zambia, nominated by AWC of Dublin

$2500 Tailor Training Project, Kenya, nominated by AWC of Bern

$1500 Nuevo Amanecer, Madrid, Spain, nominated by AWC of Madrid

1999

$3000 Tsimbalina Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Russia, nominated by AWC of London

$2000 Bellhouse Academy, Thika Kenya, nominated by Ulster AWC

$2000 Operation Angel, open a humanitarian health center and pharmacy in Bajram Curri, nominated by AWC of The Hague

$1000 Philani Nutrition Centres, South Africa, nominated by AWC of Luxembourg

$1000 Ripples and Rainbows, Calcutta, India, nominated by AWC of Dublin

$1000 Women's Center in Katuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, nominated by AWA of Vienna

1998

$2000 Association Managré Nooma Pour la Protections des Orphelins (AMPO) in Burkina Faso, West Africa, nominated by AWC Denmark

$1000 Amazing Grace Project, home for disabled children in Antigua, nominated by AWC of Antigua and Barbuda

$1000 Kurdish Women's and Children's Refugee Center in Greece, nominated by AWOG Athens

$1000 Stichting Charité (Children in Need), treats children with medical problems as a result of the Chernobyl disaster, nominated by AWC of The Hague

1997

$1000 SEWA Nepal (Socio-Economic Welfare Action for Women in Nepal), nominated by AWC of Fyn

$750 Youth Action for Sustainable Development in Nepal, nominated by AWC of Denmark

$750 Fatima Self-Help Center in Thailand, nominated by AWC Antwerp

$2000 Mfitumukiza Project for photo tracing of refugee children in Tanzania, nominated by AWC of Oslo

$1000 AMICA, for refugee women and children in Tuzla, Bosnia, nominated by AWA of Vienna

$1000 DESA, for refugee women in Dubrovnik, Croatia, nominated by AWC of London

$1000 Rural Girls' Literacy Classes in the village of Tinzouline, Morocco, nominated by AIWC of Casablanca