Development Grant Recipients

    1997-2025

    Development Grants have a far-reaching effect. From the smallest villages to the largest cities, your generous contributions touch the lives of women and children around the globe.

    AFRICA & SOUTHWEST ASIA

    2025 - SPOSA CHILD (Save and Protect our Sexually Abused Child) - Negros province of The Philippines

    2024 - Kiwimbi Prep for Success - Busia, Kenya

                Diabetes Medication 4 All - Lebanon

                Empowering Abused Women and Their Children: All Inclusive Support - Lebanon

    2023 - Safe Haven Educational Support Programme - Adana, Turkey

                Sanitation for Rural Schools - Southern Morocco

                Model for Teaching Nutrition to Petty Traders in Greater Accra, Ngleshie Amanfro, Ghana

                A Beacon of Hope in Anivorano - Anivorano Est, Madagascar

    2022 - MaaSAE Girls Secondary School - Tanzania

               Each One, Teach One: Safe Spaces Library's Reading Clubs - Kenya

               Healing Through Art for Vulnerable Children in Lebanon - Beirut, Lebanon

    2021 - Feeding Our School Children - Madagascar

               Pychological Support Project for Children - Lebanon
               Potatoes & Guyale Cultivation:Re-knitting the Social Fiber in Rural South Africa: A Covid-19 Women-Inspired Social Reconstruction Project - South Africa
    2020 - Hope Schools Library - East London, South Africa
               Water and Sanitation for the New White House Academy Students - Voi, Kenya
               1 Million in Mind - Kenya

    2019 - Keeping Backpacks Full - Dakar, Senegal 

                Tools for Equal Opportunities - Niamey, Niger

                Stepergy - Rural Morocco (*Funds returned)

                Fistula Foundation Fistula Repair Surgery Program - various locations in Africa

    2018 - Butiama Safe House Vocational Training Center - Serengeti, Tanzania

                Kitchen for Rural Kenyan Catering Program - Chepkanga, Kenya

                #Reboot Computer Literacy - A Safe Spaces Project - Nairobi, Kenya

                The Pillow Project to Stop Child Trafficking - Murang'a County, Kenya

    2017 - Kenyan Children Help - The New White House AcademyVoi, Kenya

    2016 - Hope Alive Foundation - Malawi

                Solar Powered Showers for Health and Academic Excellence - Ethiopia

                Mothers Averting AIDS - South Africa

                Growing Guayule to Fight AIDS and Provide Bio-Fuel - South Africa 

    2015 - Preventing A Lost Generation - Sending Refugee Children to School - Jordan

                Project Mwangi - Kenya 

                Trees Grow in the Sahel - Senegal

    2014 - Mama Norah Education Center - Wagwe, Kenya

                The Kenya Project Clean Water Initiative - Wagwe, Kenya

                Madagascar School, run by Ursulinnes Nuns - Madagascar

                Amal Women's Training Center - Marrakech, Morocco

    2013 - Amis des Ecoles, Tata Region - Morocco

                Mama Anakuja - Malindi, Kenya

                Fistula Foundation - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

                Women's Vocational College - Nairobi, Kenya

                Mothers Averting AIDS, Khayelitsha - South Africa

    2012 - Blindness Prevention Program - Ethiopia

                Feeding Education - Kenya

                Thanda Children's Library KwaZula-Natal - South Africa

                Women For Girls - Senegal, West Africa

    2011 - Little Wings Foundation - Middle East/North Africa

                Hodi Peace Cents - Marsabit, Kenya

                HIV/AIDS Awareness - Uganda

    2010 - Oyani Village - Kenya

                Fistula Foundation - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

                School Aid, Johannesburg - South Africa

                Teachers Without Borders - South Africa

                Mothers Averting AIDS - Khayelitsha, South Africa

    2009 - Kibarani Dump Site Children - Knebel, Kenya

                Mama Anakuja - Home for Needy Children - Malindi, Kenya

                The Mercy Children's Centre - Bumala, Western Kenya

                Amani School Classroom and Fence - Kenya

    2008 - Primary School Project - Assumer, Morocco

                Angels of Hope Peaceful Home for Children - Nairobi, Kenya

                Grandma-2-Grandma - Tanzania, East Africa

                Women for Girls - The Mill Project - Mbousnakh, Senegal

    2007 - Korogocho HIV/AIDS Home Care Center - Kasarani, Nairobi, Kenya

                The Lambs Project - Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso

                Women's Hope International - Chad and Ethiopia

                Arche de Noe - Bujumbura, Burundi

                Integrated Bio Framing Technologies for the Blind and Handicapped - Sebeta, Ethiopia

                Batsiranai Craft Project - Zimbabwe

    2006 - Hope's Promise Orphan Ministries - Namibia

                Ol Malo Eye Project - Kenya

                Commund de Lubumbashi Orphanage - Republic of Congo

    2005 - Obstetric Fistula - Mali

                Prevalence of Malnutrition - Tanzania

                Support Children's Literacy - Madagascar

                Kugeria Women Water Project - Kenya

    2004 - Action for Children Soldiers - Democratic Republic of Congo

                Malawi Orphan Support Project - Malawi

    2003 - Hope House Babies Home - Kenya

                Mkombozi Center for Street Children in Moshi - Tanzania

                Cecily Eastwood Zambian Aids Orphan Appeal - Zambia

    2002 - Girls of the Maqattam Garbage Settlement - Egypt

                Kezakimana ("Children of Love") - Burundi

    2001 - Chivuna Mission Rural Health Center - Zambia

                Women's Center of Azzib - Morocco

    2000 - Nyapea Hospital - Okoro County, Uganda

                Horizons Ouverts (Village Schools) - Morocco

                Monze Mission Hospital - Zambia

                Tailor Training Project - Kenya

    1999 - Bellhouse Academy - Kenya

                Philani Nutrition Centres - South Africa

                Women's Center - Democratic Republic of Congo

    1998 - Association Managre Nooma Pour la Protections des Orphelins (AMPO) - Burkina Faso

    1997 - Mfitumukiza Project (photo tracing of refugee children) - Tanzania

                Rural Girls' Literacy Classes - Tinzouline, Morocco

    ASIA

    2025 - Access Life- Pediatric Cancer Patients' and Caregivers' Holistic Support - Mumbai, India

    2022 - "I Will Learn!" -Keeping Tribal Children in School - India

               Regreening Degraded Land in Rural India - India

    2021 - Sports for Health Teaching Curriculum for Afghan Girls - Afghanistan

                Education, Traning and Rehabilitation for Girls - India (*Funds not claimed)

                Harvesting & Storing for a Better Living - India

    2020 - The Kiran Anjali Project Gender-Equality Curriculum - Slums of Bangalore, Dehli, Hydrabad and Secunderabad, India

                Trees for Sustainability - Four Hamlets in Maharashta, India

                Karikal - The Right to a Better Life - India

    2019 - A Kindergarten for Tribal Children in India - Hazarwadi, Maharashtra, India

    2018 - Hazarwadi Open Well - Maharashtra, India

                Project WIN - Chiang Mai, Thailand         

                Ending TB in North Korea - Pyongsong Sanitorium, North Korea

                Feed the Starving Rohingyas - Bangladesh

    2017 - Rural Development in Anupshahr, India through Education and Empowerment of the Girl Child - Anupshahr, India

                Community-Based First 1000 Days Project - Mumbai, India

    2016 - Mentawai Boarding School - Indonesia

                Yes Akademia - Youth Transforming Galtare-Dharavi-Paris - Galtare, India

    2015 - Aziza's Coffee - Cambodia

    2014 - Friedensdorf International - Cambodia

    2013 - Associazione Fabio Jonathan Onlus - Sri Lanka

    2011 - Water for Mentawai Sumarwea Utara - Indonesia

                Eden Women's Ministry - Shanghai, China

                Coming Home, Morning Tears - China

    2010 - Tusarang Nunnery School - Mustang, Kathmandu

    2008 - Heart to Heart - Shanghai, China

    2007 - Silk of Hope Project - Women Bearer of Traditions - Cambodia

    2006 - SOMA Home For Girls - India

                Monimala - India

    2004 - Wells For Life - Siem Reap, Cambodia

    2003 - Frauenhascha (Refuge for Single Mothers with Tents) - Mongolia

    2002 - Vincente Maria Children's Home - India

                SANKALP ("A Firm Resolve") - India

                Hope For The Hopeless (CCD) - Thailand

    2001 - Maiti Nepal - Nepal

                School for Girls in Upper Mustang - Nepal

                Punjabi Hospital Maternal health Project - India

    1999 - Ripples and Rainbows - India

    1997 - SEWA (Socio-Economic Welfare Action) for Women in Nepal - Nepal

                Youth Action for Sustainable Development - Nepal

                Fatima Self-Help Center - Thailand

    AUSTRALIA & SOUTH PACIFIC

    2025 - SPOSA CHILD (Save and Protect our Sexually Abused Child) - Negros province of The Philippines

                Bukas Palad Nutrition Program - Epifanio delos Santos Elementary School, Tramo Street, Pasay City, Philippines

                Safety Pathways: Youth Outreach in Vietnam for Trafficking & Forced Labor Prevention - In-Person in Nghe An, Central Vietnam

    2016 - Eye Surgery and Placement of Prosthetic Eye - Philippines

    2013 - Negros - Philippines

    2008 - Scholarship Fund for Girls, Maila - Philippines

    2004 - Literacy for Indiginous Women in Southern Mindanao - Philippines

    WESTERN HEMISPHERE

    2025 - Training Midwives in Haiti: Simulation Mannequin for Safer Births - Cap Haitien, Haiti

                Education Support: to help refugee women and girls in South Florida (RAA) - Miami Dade County and Broward County South Florida, USA

    2024 - Tewa Women United: A’Gin Healthy Sexuality and Body Sovereignty, Braided Curriculum Project - Española, New Mexico USA

                Caribbean Coral Restoration: Love for the Sea - Bocas del Toro, Panama

                Keep the Lights On at Haitian Birth Center - Cap Haitien, Haiti

    2023 - Refugee Assistance Alliance - Community sponsorship - South Florida, USA

                Soft Interview Room and Beloved Bundles - Throughout the United States

    2022 - Empowering Community Health Workers in a Haitian Shantytown - Haiti

    2020 - Sexual Life Kit Project - Comuna 6, Soacha, Cundinamarca, Columbia

                Veronica's Voice: Magdalene KC, Just a Cause - Kansas City, Kansas

    2015 - Kids Support Groups - Brazil

    2014 - Hope for Haiti's Kids - Montrouis, Haiti

    2011 - Proyecto DeVida - Bogota, Colombia

    2006 - Fundacion Amigos de Jesus y Maria - Colombia

    2005 - Big Brothers/Big Sisters - Antigua and Barbuda

    2002 - Children of Cali - Colombia

    1998 - Amazing Grace Project (home for disabled children) - Antigua

    EUROPE

    2025 - Connected Horizons - Empowering Afghan Women Thru Internet Access - Paris, France

                ManiGreen - The World We Want - Rome, Italy

                Project WHEEL - Women's Health, Empowerment, & Enduring Liberation - Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

                More "Hello Baby!" Bags - Hamburg, Germany

    2024 - Stop the Shop: Help Teens Embrace Sustainable Fashion - Hamburg, Germany

                Generation Z ~ Arrivals - Florence, Italy

                Butterfly Breather - Scotland, UK

    2023 - Cost Savings and Energy Efficiency: Lighting Renovation in Bern’s Ronald McDonald House - Bern, Switzerland

                Speak Up (Trau Dich) - Vienna, Austria

                Helping the Handicapped with Horticultural Training - Sauveterre-de-Guyenne, France

    2022 - Re-edition & Distribution of the Game "Relations & Prevention" - France & Francophone Countries

               Dignita "Train the Trainer" - The Netherlands

    2021 - Empowering Refugee Women in Hamburg - Germany

                A Helping Hand to Victims of Human Trafficking in Torino - Italy
                Providing Support for Victims of Prostitution and Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation - France
    2020 - The Bridge2Hope Academy - Amsterdam, Netherlands
    2019 - More Than Just a Cup of Coffee: Barista Skills Provide Dignified Work to Survivors of Human Trafficking - Amsterdam, Netherlands
    2016 - Casa Ruth and the New Hope Cooperative Project - Italy
                Frauen Helfen Frauen - Germany

    2015 - Prevention Center for Family and Marital Violence - Belgium

    2014 - Jack & Jill Foundation - Johntown, Naas Co., Kildare, Ireland

                Assertiveness/Self-Defense Training for Victims of Domestic Abuse - Munich, Germany

    2013 - Irish Society for the Prevention & Protection of Children - Dublin, Ireland

    2012 - Ruhama - Dublin, Ireland

                Center for Abandoned & Disabled Children - Athens, Greece

    2010 - Spread The Sunshine - Moscow, Russia

    2009 - Pension Villa Mariain - Bern, Switzerland

                Training for Work - Chalfont St. Peter, Bucks, UK

                Five Loaves - Wicklow, Ireland

    2008 - Mayday! Mayday! - Carei, Romania

                Food For Refugees - Athens, Greece

    2006 - Radio Studio 88 - Mostar, Bosnia and Herzogovina

    2004 - Children of a Lesser God Outreach - Moldova

                Ojos Del Mundo (Eyes of the World) - Madrid, Spain

    2003 - Ostrov Shelter, Social Patrol - Russia

    2000 - Nuevo Amanecer - Madrid, Spain

    1999 - Tsimbalina Children's Hospital - St. Petersburg, Russia

                Operation Angel (humanitarian health center and pharmacy) - Albania

    1998 - Kurdish Women's and Children's Refugee Center - Greece

                Stiichting Charite (Children in Need) - Chernobyl, Ukraine

    1997 - AMICA for refugee women and children - Tuzla, Bosnia

                DESA for refugee women - Dubrovnik, Croatia

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    2022 - Trash Hero World - 171 chapters in 20 countries

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