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Min has talked with the local VDC (I believe Village Development Committee) about the need for water at the school. They have agreed to contribute $100 USD toward the project. We also have a donor willing to donate around $700 USD toward the project budget. This leaves only around $300 left to raise to complete the project according to Min's original budget estimates. He's been very busy meeting with local NGO's and other International Aid organizations and doing a great job gaining local support.
Thought you would all want to know the good news :)
Jennifer
Votes of Support are Needed for new Nabuur Village in the Philippines!
Fri, 2009/01/02 - 18:08 —A couple of other suggestions:
1. Volunteers can post a link to the fundraising page by adding it in the signature of their emails.
2. Volunteers can also consider posting a link to the project in the status update section of their instant messenger, Facebook account, etc. Everywhere people see it, even for a little bit, will help get the word out about the project.
Best wishes!
Jennifer
Barb-
I came across this one tonight too and it also looks like a good one. At first I thought that it was only for projects here in the US, but looking through the Fall grantees there are a few grantees for projects based in developing countries as well.
Application guidelines are located here:
http://www.openmeadows.org/apply.htm
I did note that proposals cannot be accepted via email-they need a paper copy.
Jennifer
Research Funding opportunities - Teaching women and girls to make cloth sanitary pads
Some months ago a discussion started on Nabuur about girls in Kabondo, Kenya not being able to attend school during their period; a common problem in many parts of the developing world. Disposable pads are very expensive and alternatives don't seem to exist for most girls. They often just stay home for the 5-10 days per month that they have they period, rather than be embarrassed. This cuts heavily into their education. ( To see past discussion visit http://www.nabuur.com/en/village/kabondo/project/task/feminine-hygiene-p...)
Hi all-I have really been pushing the last few days to get this last $146 raised by year-end. With 2-more days to go, I was wondering if you all might be able to contribute a story, possibly something about one of the women who worked on the hats for the children in Gamauli, the impact the knitting business has had on her life...maybe a story of how the women felt when they saw the picture of the children at the school with the hats they made??
We received a large donation this morning to our fundraising project and are now $146 from reaching our goal of $800.
You can help, by posting information about our project to things like your Facebook page, emailing friends, sending out a Tweet via Twitter with a link to our project, etc.
http://www.givemeaning.com/project/gamauli
Please continue to help us spread the word about our project.
Here's a little story on Social Actions that I posted about it as well :)
http://blog.socialactions.com/profiles/blogs/through-the-eyes-of-a-child




Min has been able to secure assistance for the construction of a new toilet at the school. He approached a local NGO and made an agreement with them for a 60/30/10 percent financial contribution-NGO (60), ECC (30) and local community (10). Min estimates that around $500 USD will be needed for ECC to meet the contribution they agreed to. I am expecting an itemized budget for that project from Min soon.