Grant Distribution!

This week is an exciting one here in the Eat So They Can office, because this week we are sending out grants to many of our partners. This is from the money raised from the 2010 Eat So They Can campaign, and it is great to see it being put to good use! Some of you may have read about some of these grants in our latest newsletter, but we thought we’d give you a full update. Some of the grants include,

• A $5,000 grant to Huchuy Yachaq community center in Peru. The funds will be used to fund a jewellery workshop to empower women in the community and give them a new source of income for their families.

• A grant of $14,359.50 to Peruvian Hearts to fund the first year of the Peruvian Promise Program. The grant will be used fund scholarships, school uniforms, textbooks, school supplies and experiential retreats for 16 girls. In addition this ESTC grant will fund a breakfast program at Lamay school for 360 students for one year.

• A grant of $2,476.56 to Maximo Nivel in Costa Rica. These funds will be used to support a soup kitchen in La Carpio shanty town in San Jose, Costa Rica.

• A $2,000 grant to Antardristi, our partner in Nepal, which will go towards operating the residential centres they run for vulnerable children in Kathmandu, Pokhara, and Hetauda.

• A $2,000 grant to Sunshine House, our partner in Thailand, which will go towards vocational training for women in the area.

• A $4,884 grant to FVA, our partner in Rwanda, which will be used to support a chicken project in Mpore Pefa Orphanage.

• A $5,000 grant to Grassroots Development Trust, which will fund teacher salaries at Springs of Hope High School in Uganda.

• A $5,000 grant to The Real Uganda, to complete a goat project at Johnson Nkosi Memorial School which will support the community, and to set up a piggery at PACE, an orphanage and education centre in the Mukono District.

Once again, we would like to say a huge thank you to anyone who raised funds in 2010. It is only through your fundraising efforts that these grants have been made possible. Thank you so much, and keep up the great work! 

 - Luke and the ESTC team.