Identify Funding Sources for Workshop for Disabled Project
Status: 

Time needed:
Two weeks or more
Step:
1
A project proposal for a workshop for disabled people and Youths have been drawn up. We are looking for potential funding sources. Help us find one.

"We Can Do" is a great blog to watch for current funding opportunities with a focus on people with disabilities. This is a link to the Resources, Toolkits and Funding page:
http://wecando.wordpress.com/resources-toolkits-and-funding/
I would start there.
All the best-
Jennifer
Hi Jenniffer,
Thank you so much for the link for the disabled persons resources. I will go there and if there is anything I will come back to you with some questions. Things are fine in Cameroon.
Still looking for more fundraisers for the disabled workshop Project in Jinkfuin Cameroon.
This is a list that Mary Smith has compiled of funding sources addressing a variety of needs. I did not sort through it to see which would apply specifically for your project, but this is also a good resource and lists several places where other Nabuur villages have successfully been able to secure financial support for their projects.
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dgs9fnp6_0g5zp8p3n#ONLINE_FUNDRAISING
Kind regards-
Jennifer
Thanks Jenniffer. How are things in the USA? Hope fine! I will make good use of the links. We are badly in need of Funding to start this project for the Disabled. Many of them are already crowding at the workshop and we have only few resources to give them a better training. Thank you so much for the links. I will really take time to study and see how I can about it.
Friends of Cameroon is a group of returned Peace Corp Volunteers. According to their website, they provide small grants of about 1/4 the total cost of the project. Applicants must demonstrate their ability to contribute to the project as well. More information can be found here:
http://www.friendsofcameroon.org/projects/
I have attached a copy of their application.
Hope to talk soon-
Jennifer
That is awesome! I will make a kind of proposal and then email it to you to see. Sure we are taking a major step.
According to their website, Progressive Initiative Cameroon (PICAM)
"is dedicated to improving and transforming the Cameroonian society through innovative research, practice, and programs based on a collection of factors necessary to foster an overall improvement in human dignity."
They have several different project focus areas located here:
http://www.picam.org/projects/home.htm
There are application forms in each section that I looked at. This may be of benefit for both the school and the small business project.
All the best-
Jennifer
According to their website: "The Challenge Fund aims to support innovative, small-scale high-impact projects from the grassroots under the themes of democracy, human rights and climate change."
Bidding for 2009/2010 is now closed, but the website indicates that bids can be sent in at any time.
Specific guidelines and a project application form are located on their website. I have attached them here for your convenience.
All the best-
Jennifer