Hello every one at the site,

l send my greetings to the community members
when do we hope to start on the task and we share ideas?
l wish every body nice time
l remain
Norman Mbale ug

Dear Brother,

Thank you for joining us and taking responsability in your interested taske on Buterere community. I am very glad to know you and working closely in Buterere community on behalf of virnerable people.

You are welcome.

Hello Jean Claude and all the others ,

Jean Claude , thanks for your welcome e-mail.
As I promised hereby I post what I already sent you by e-mail.

The problems in your community are complex. People are traumatised and in bad health. They also have no income for survival.

You want funding to improve the situation.

The problem is: funding/aid organizations don't like to give funds to situations that have no guarantee to continue/improve in future. ( they will think that it is a waste of money )
They will like that you generate income also ( that you become self-reliant / self-sustainable )

So if you want funding for a healthcenter , then you also need to make a plan for income generation.

You should make 2 projectplans , one for income and one for healthcare and send them together in one funding proposal.
You will also need one overall-plan ( masterplan / strategic plan ) to manage everything.

At this moment I am making simple ( step-by-step ) standard manuals ( in French and English ) how you can best make such plans and proposals ( with examples also ).

As soon as it is ready ( in 1 or 2 weeks or so ) , I will send you the manuals in French. Then you can see if you like to use it ( I would advice you to do so )

Warm greetings ,

Johan

About funding: after there are good plans you/we could also try at international aid agencies in Bujumburra ( or embassies ).
If your organization is not important enough for them you could try cooperation with FWA in Kamenge and apply for funding together ( and share funding and share activities ).

Hello Johan,

Thank you for being ours in BUTERERE COMMUNITY, you are welcome and thank you very much for the contributions.
Yes, you are right when you say that problems are complex in our community and tha we just need funding to improve the situation while generating income also. It is a great idea,

Thank you so much for this contribution, I am ready to ready it in two weeks as promised.

Warm Regards.

Dear neighbours
Iam very happy to join in this village.We also working for the health concept.I appreciate the work of the local representative and other neighbours valuable suggestions.
Thanking you
yours sincerely
p.chaithanya

Dear P.Chaithanya,

I am glad to welcome you on Buterere home page.
Thank you for thinking of us, as a worker for the helth concept, you are encouraged to click and shoose one task ore more.

We look forward to read your contribution.
Warm regards

Hi Jean-Claude and other neighbours,
thanks for the invitation to the village, I will try my best to share whatever information I lay hands into.
Will be contributing shortly.
Mary

Dear All,

The Process of Finding the FUNDING ORGANISATIONS are-

1)First go to GOOGLE.

2)Type the Following in the "Google Search".

"WEBSITES OF CHARITY ORGANISATIONS IN NORTH

AMERICA WHICH PROVIDES SUPPORT TO BUTERE IN

BURUNDI IN AFRICA

FOR HEALTH CARE CENTRE"

3)You will get NUMEROUS Websites RELATED to your NEED..

4)You have to take the POINTER of your MOUSE to the name of the Website.

5)The POINTER of the MOUSE will turn to THUMBMAIL(The pointer will turn to
five fingers of the HAND with FOREFINGER POINTING)

6)Now you have to "Log On" to Websites to Find out whether the organisation is READY TO EXTEND SUPPORT OR NOT.

KEEP IN MIND-some of the websites may not be of your need.Do not log on to them.

By SEEING THE BOLD LETTERS & OTHER WEBSITES SHORT DESCRIPTIONS,IN YOUR FIRST SEARCH PAGE(before logging on to each website),you can understand whether it is of your NEED OR NOT.

If by chance,you CANNOT UNDERSTAND AT FIRST SIGHT,or have any DOUBT,you can log on.

7)Many times the Organisations had already Funded Elsewhere.

8)To VERIFY so ,FIND the "CONTACT" of the website.

9)In CONTACT you will find the E-MAIL-ID,of the ORGANISATION.

11)Instead of getting email-id, you may also get A BLANK SPACE WHERE YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR EMAIL-ID.and also type a SHORT INFORMATION OF YOUR ORGANISATION AND YOUR REQUIREMENT.

In order to meet this requirement,in your OWN YAHOO ID-SAVE A MESSAGE IN "SAVE AS DRAFT".

So that every time you meet these types of organisations,you can just straight
SELECT > COPY > PASTE(from yourYAHOO-ID- "SAVE AS DRAFT"to the required organisation MESSAGE SPACE)

10)It will SAVE YOUR PRECIOUS TIME(preventing the rewriting of the same message every time)

11)By REPEATING the "STEP 2 "-,& CHANGING the NAME OF COUNTRY,FOR EG.INSTEAD OF "NORTH AMERICA",you can write "AUSTRALIA",or ANY OTHER COUNTRY'S NAME.

And then repeat the same steps like before.

12)IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUERRIES,DO NOT HESITATE, AND YOU ARE MOST WELCOME TO CONTACT ME.

13) THE WORK IS OF " TIME TAKING" & " PATIENCE"

Good Luck,
Take Care,
Warm Regards,
Sushmita
India

Dear Neigbhour,

Thank you for the message and useful information provided.

I would also like to add this information found to the web site of our neibhours:

Hello,
Here are two organizations that fund HIV/AIDS programs, that are not on the list already posted:

Stephen Lewis Foundation: They specifically fund projects related to orphans of HIV/AIDS.
www.stephenlewisfoundation.org
Project proposals may be sent to the Stephen Lewis Foundation at: proposals@stephenlewisfoundation.org
OR by surface mail to:
STEPHEN LEWIS FOUNDATION
260 Spadina Ave
Suite 501
Toronto, Ontario
M5T 2E4
Canada

Funding Criteria:
Organisations applying for a grant from the Stephen Lewis Foundation should fulfil the following criteria:

Be a registered CBO or NGO. This means you should be able to provide a copy of a letter from government proving your status, and/or a fund-raising or registration number.

Have a bank account or access to the bank account of an accredited NGO that is working on behalf of your organization.

Be committed to the principles of non-discrimination against all groups of people, with a particular commitment to women and people living with HIV/AIDS.

Have a sound financial system to manage grant expenditures;
Have a functioning board, steering committee and/or leadership structure that has women and people living with HIV/AIDS.

Be engaged in community-based activities aimed at assisting one or more of the following: orphans and vulnerable children; young people; women; caregivers/guardians, who are often grandmothers; and people living with HIV and AIDS.

Proposal Guidelines
Please note that applications do not have to be lengthy. If you have a format that you are already comfortable with, this is fine. It must simply contain:

Name of group requesting funds: The name and registration number of your CBO or NGO.

Mission/vision of organization: Share the vision, principles, and a brief background on how and why you began your organization. It would be useful to include the number of people you reach in your community and the kinds of services that you are providing.

Details on organization: Provide details on the organization, such as the number of staff, Board members, office location, etc.

Past funding: Please specify your overall organizational budget and your past and current experiences with receiving and managing funds from other agencies or foundations.

Objectives: Explain what you want to do with the funds or resources you are requesting.

Proposed Activities: Describe how you will carry out your activities. This should include things like workshops, community events, and meetings, etc.

Timeframe: Explain how long it will take for your activities to take place. This could be three months from the beginning of the project, to one year. Currently, the SLF does not fund programs longer than 1 year.

Results: Provide a brief description of the specific results which are the goal of the project/activity, and how the proposed activities will contribute to their achievement.

Budget: The budget simply needs to be straightforward and comprehensive. What are the costs of infrastructure and the administrative costs of running the project, as well as those costs associated with programming. List any items you will purchase, and how much you think they will cost. It would be helpful to cost those things that will make it easier for women and people living with HIV/AIDS to attend you meetings. For example, include items like food or transport money for meetings if you are in a rural area. Also, please include the total budget with any other financial/in-kind contributions.

Monitoring and Evaluation: Include a plan for monitoring and evaluation – a method which will ensure the project is monitored in order to provide greatest responsiveness/ effectiveness; and an inclusive evaluation process which will assist in determining the successes and failure of the project(s), lessons learned and future needs.

References: Please provide us with at least two references with their contact information who could speak about the vital work you are doing. They could be funders, organizations, or agencies.

There is a link to a PDF version of the funding criteria on the website.

The second organization is the Tides Foundation (HIV Collaborative Fund). I have spoken with their head office and they are currenlty preparing for their next round of grants. They asked that you contact the regional coordinator for East Africa, listed below:

www.hivcollaborativefund.org
Rose Kaberia
Regional Coordinator
NAP+ - East Africa –
eatamcrp@yahoo.com

I hope this helps.

Hello,

I would like that if every body have a suggestion can feel free to add it here at the web site so that to discuss and share it with other neigbhours.

I received an other important contact in my web mail and chacked that it is useful to be added here at Buterere home page it is a LINK of EUROPE which publich the Grants, Funds and donation opportunities with criteria in all domaines:

Here we go:

...For more information on other possible sources of funding, I suggest you visit the European Commission's website on grants and loans at http://europa.eu.int/grants/index_en.htm.

Best regards,
Maija Mannervesi European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Wyattville Road Loughlinstown
Co. Dublin Ireland
Tel. +353 1 204 3100

Hi,

Two places have been found to apply for funding in Buterere community "Health economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division" and "global health leadership award", someone can help us to fill the application, by contacting my facilitator Beatriz Serna, for more information to keep progress because of the deadlines

wish to reply you

Hi Jean,
I can assist in the preparation of Global Health Leadership Award specifically the project abstract.
Cheers,
Arun

Dear Rajan,

We warmly welcome you and thak you for owning the commitments, we are glad to be with you and read your contributions.

Warm Regards

Dear neighbours

It´s a pleasure for me to welcome to Arun, our new neighbour, who is going to help us with the forms in order to fulfil the deadlines for the application for funds :
1.Registration form to Global Health leadership awards : Deadline October 22th, 2007
2. Letter of Intend for Health economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division : Deadline November 1th, 2007

He also has wide experience in budgeting processes and is going to help us with that task.

He´s is going to share the drafts with us soon, please, if some of you can some time to help us with your comments, we´d appreciate these, and we´ll able to send the application.

Arun, welcome to our Village and we´re very grateful for your help at the right moment. :-)

Warm regards,

Beatriz