The UNWG Geneva provides financial support for projects worldwide, dedicated to improving living conditions, healthcare, and education for disadvantaged children, and empowering women through vocational training and skills development. These micro-projects are designed to be completed within six months, with a maximum funding allocation of CHF 6,000 per project.
Funding applications are submitted by UNWG Geneva members and are carefully reviewed by the V-P Projects. Final approval for funding is granted by the UNWG Executive Committee.
To date, the UNWG Geneva has financed over 2,000 projects in more than 100 countries, using funds raised through the UNWG Annual International Bazaar, including proceeds from lottery ticket sales.
2018 Sudan
The Red Pencil International’s mission is to bring the benefits of arts therapy to children, adults and families who face traumatic life circumstances and who have no words to express their emotions and overcome the situation they are in. The specific project is for children with developmental disabilities in Khartoum, Sudan, working with two local NGOs: Suha Atelier and Dar AL Hanan. Funds will be used for didactic material.
2018 Thailand
Bandonkhunhuay School provides education for disadvantaged children. Funds are needed for books for kindergarten children, computers for primary school children, sewing machines for secondary school students and agricultural equipment for all students. Funds will also help cover hospital costs for the chronic care of six students under 15 years of age who have AIDS or thalassemia.
2018 Tunisia
Association Aide Aux enfants Atteints de Xeroderma pigmentosum, à Tunis a pour but de faciliter la vie et l’accès aux études à ces enfants. Cette maladie héréditaire se manifeste par une photosensibilité extrême qui est à l’origine de brûlures solaires, de troubles pigmentaires, de vieillissement cutané précoce et de multiples cancers dès leur plus jeune âge. Sans vêtements, lunettes et environnement protecteurs, ces enfants meurent avant l’âge de 15 ans. Les fonds sont destinés à équiper les salles de classe de protection antisolaire pour leur assurer l’accès à une école sécurisée.
2018 Vietnam
Cette association a été créée pour aider les familles extrêmement démunies de la région deTu Bong – une région côtière au centre du Viet Nam – à construire ou rénover leurs maisons afin de leur donner une vie plus décente. Ce projet a pour but de créer une mini-bibliothèque dans le hameau de Van Phuoc pour donner aux élèves de deux écoles primaires et deux écoles secondaires du district de Van Ninh une activité de loisir saine et utile après l’école. Les fonds permettront l’acquisition de 5 étagères, 2 tables, 2 bancs, 4 chaises, 1000 livres, la réfection du plafond, 4 ventilateurs, 1 porte et fenêtre (vitre), 1 bureau, 1 PC et un distributeur d’eau fraîche.
2018 Zimbabwe
The purpose of the Belwood Early Childhood Development Center is to provide early childhood development to disadvantaged children. The center also provides full day care and offers hot meals. This particular project seeks to provide access to computers to disadvantaged children. Funds will serve to purchase computers, whiteboards and a projector.
2018 Colombia
Ayuda por Colombia (ONG) fournit une aide et un encadrement aux enfants de quartiers défavorisés de Bogota en assistant leur developpement affectif, physique et intellectuel. Les fonds sont utilisés pour l’achat d’une cuisinière d’un mixeur industriel, de 5 tables et 5 chaises pour promouvoir de meilleures habitudes alimentaires au sein des familles à travers les enfants et ce dans le but de permettre un bon dévéloppement physique et intellectual.
2008 Guinea
Association El Hadj Mory Diakité pour les enfants déshérités. Le projet a pour objectif général de soutenir les communautés et plus particulièrement les enfants victimes de l’épidémie d’Ebola (enfants ayant perdu des parents ou les personnes assurant leur prise en charge) et pour objectif spécifique d’accompagner 98 enfants dans leur cursus scolaire. Les fonds seront utilisés pour leur fournir des fournitures scolaires, du matériel didactique, de vêtements, des balançoires, tobogans et espace de grimpe.
2008 Jordan
Eradeh’s Children Diabetes Center in Amman, is dedicated to children from under privileged communities who have type 1 and 2 diabetes and do not have medical insurance. The aim is to empower the children to reach a better quality of life by educating them and promoting good diabetes care and to provide the means of doing this through sustainable services and activities (to encourage healthy living with aspects related to nutrition, sports, and frequent blood testing and monitoring). Funds will be used for insulin pens and diabetes tests.
2008 Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Foundation for Cultural, Social and Educational Development. The foundation’s vision is to make women a catalyst for social change in Kazakhstan, by engaging them in social initiatives, making them the main actors of their own development and positive role models for their communities. The specific objective is to create a space where young disadvantaged women can receive training and meet other women to share knowledge and experience. Funds will be used to purchase armchairs, chairs, desks, books and bookcases for the reading/meeting room.
2002 Afghanistan
The Independent Afghan Women Association was created in 2002 to help rebuild the country. It focuses on advancing the education of Afghan girls and women, increasing information, building and developing schools with unlimited access for girls, and promoting education and training for widows and handicapped girls and women. Funds were used to improve four schools in Kama, Nangarhar.
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