New grants include an environmental initiative in Costa Rica and a community foundation start up in South Africa – plus Zimbabwe, South Africa and the Philippines
19 Oct 2012
The GFCF is pleased to announce US $70,000 in grants to five new and current partners in Costa Rica, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the Philippines. The grants include the first in a pilot programme focused on community foundations and the environment (supported by the Mott Foundation): the Monteverde Institute in Costa Rica is leading a process to establish a community foundation for environmental conservation and sustainable community development, for which a key income stream will contributions from visiting tourists.
Monteverde Institute, Costa Rica: community leaders and activists discuss tourism and the environment
The Westlake Community Foundation is neighbourhood-based initiative in Cape Town which is being supported by the Community Development Foundation for Western Cape. A $3,000 grant has been awarded for start-up activities.
Also in South Africa, the West Coast Community Foundation has been awarded $20,000 for two separate initiatives – the introduction of MyMachine in South Africa and for a second regional peer learning event on community foundations and youth civic engagement.
Click here for a full list of all our recent grants
This is, indeed, an exciting development in the process of promoting and developing the community foundation model on the African continent. One only needs now to sincerely congratulate the Global Fund for Community Foundations and involved agencies for coming up with so progressive an initiative. In ensuring that we commit ourselves and live up to achieving the objectives of the new initiative, we now need in the field to regularly share infirmation with one another and GFCF on what is happening within the piloted countries. Equally, we need to remain willing to provide requested assistance to new comers in the… Read more »