Well Sabina ...why don u go to givemeaning.com website...itz an organization that supports needy people ....earlier it helpd one poor guy from Nepal to continue his education....so givemeaning.com might b a gud platform tht supports ur program....

best of luck......

Hi all,

I have found some list of donor organization. lets work on it for few time and find if there is any suitable org where we can send proposal.

it is divided into two category:
1. economic development
2. education development.

Hope you all will help.

regards
Sabina

agency.doc

Hi all,
Junjun sent this tip:
Dear Angelika,

Please look at the link and see what it can do to Yoshinkel. It can provide funding and other source for the village.
www.globalhand.org.
Of course, you can let us know once you see Global Hand can help the village.

Best regards,

Junjun

Dear Sabina @ Angelika,

Please let me know once you enlist Yoshinkel for possible funding courtesy of Global Hand (www.globalhand.org).

Best regards,

Junjun

Dear all
Rewati, a neighbour in Sikharpa - another online village in Nepal - has posted the following main funding agencies in Nepal.

"Main fnding agencies in Nepal are as followa :
The asia foundations, DFID, Care Nepal, UNDP,UNICEF, SNV, JICA, LWF, Karitas, GTZ, US Aids, CIDA etc"

Best, Angelika

Hi Sabina and Angelika

I am not able to get actively involved but thought you may be interested in this as a potential source of funding.

You will need to read their criteria and decide whether Yoshinkhel fits them...

Feed The Minds
http://www.feedtheminds.co.uk/get%20funding.html

"Feed the Minds awards grants ranging from £1,000 to £25,000. In the past year, we have supported projects in more than 40 countries across the developing world."

They accept applications three times a year in February, May and November.
The next deadline is 1st November.
You can apply for a Small Grant (£1000-10000) or a Large Grant (£10000-25000).

Funding criteria (full details on site) include:

"1. Education for development
Access to education and educational resources can promote material and spiritual wellbeing. Through education, Feed the Minds aims to support the empowerment of the most disadvantaged members of societies. Feed the Minds supports:
• Literacy – particularly for those people who do not have access to other forms of literacy training
• Libraries – providing reading materials in places where there is presently poor access to materials
• General formal education – Feed the Minds emphasises projects that promote access to education for the most marginalised groups in society (e.g. women, the disabled, the chronically ill or the elderly).

2. Training and communications for development
Effective training and communications can generate new opportunities for people and enable them to lead fulfilling lives. Feed the Minds supports training and non-formal education that provides people with skills and ideas that will make a real difference to their lives. We support training and communications across the developmental spectrum including health, hygiene, human rights, nutrition, peace and reconciliation, farming and industry. Applications should demonstrate clearly how training needs have been identified.
• Seminars, coaching, workshops, training courses – innovative programmes that generate new opportunities for disadvantaged people
• Vocational training schemes – priority is given to training for marginalised people of low economic status who have limited access to vocational training opportunities
• Multi-media educational projects – using multi-media to respond to locally identified needs, developing skills and improving communication."

but does not fund

"Projects with budgets that primarily reflect a focus on capital expenditure e.g. erecting buildings, creating physical infrastructure (such as schools, churches, water points, etc) or the purchasing of equipment, vehicles and other capital items"
although the Frequently Asked Questions section does say that they will consider applications that include equipment if it is directly relevant to the project.

The website includes full details of funding criteria, application guidelines, frequently asked questions and application forms

As with any potential donor organisation, putting in an application does not mean that you will be successful - lots of people apply and they cannot fund all of them.

Mary

Dear Mary,
I guess we could qualify in terms of
- literacy training for the women: we'd have to dedicate a special workshop or something, inviting a teacher I guess
- vocational training: but I guess we'd need to train the women on something new, but might be able to get a grant for flying in a trainer for example

Will need to look into it in more detail.

Thanks for the reference!

Best, Angelika

Hi Angelika

I guess I should have pointed you at the list of other potential donors I have found - both funding and equipment, the majority have criteria and application information on their sites.

See sections 11 and 12 at http://www.nabuur.com/modules/resource/resource_topic.php?villageid=279&... and also the page in Kiliba village that this links to http://www.nabuur.com/modules/wiwimod/index.php?villageid=174&actionId=6...
This list is focused on organisations providing funding to projects in Africa (it started as a list for a school and related projects in Congo) but some may cover Nepal too, and some of them do not fund education projects. May be a starting point for you though if you have time to investigate...

And by the way... anyone can add to that wiki!!!

Mary

Hey,

I've come across a number of programs utilising CD Roms to deliver Literacy Training. They are a Auditory and Visual style of learning so maybe the cheapest and most effective way to go is to simply have these prgrams available for the womens use so that way they are not neccessarily taking up the full attention of a teacher which for us is scarece at the moment, it would work if we had a computer literate person there to assist if needed but then allow the women to go thru the program on their own at their own pace which then wouldn't hinder other women who may learn faster. We could utilise the skills of one of the other carers/teachers already working at the centre just to oversee the starting up of the program and then off they go.

The other option is my elderly grandfather has taken up computer lessons I could get his course notes (which would be easy to follow since they are designed towards the elderly) and have Sabina or someone else in the community translate them from English to Neapli.

I'll find out some more about both and send thru details. I just think we need to think outside the box and basically do as many free options as we can.

Simone.

Hi Simone,
That sounds like a great idea! Did you find out anything about the CDs?
Best, Angelika

Thanks for your email please i dont know about CDS
Please can you help me.
Hamadou
Douala

Dear Hassan,
I was referring to the CD Roms to deliver Literacy Training that Simone mentioned in her posting.
Best, Angelika

Hi,

A couple of web sites I was looking at originally have to responded to my emails which is always annoying. I still think its the way to go so I will keep searching. There are thousands of packages out there it just findng the right one at the right price (i'm sure we could find a sponsor to purchase these).
I'll keep looking.

Cheers,

Simone

Hi again,

The other option is I work for a training company, we have the software here to make our own ebooks and interactive CDs... sorry cant beleive I didnt think of this before....

If I could enlist the help of the village in putting the material togther I am happy to put it into the software CDs etc.

Sim.

Hey, that sounds like a great idea! So what exactly are you thinking about? I can start a new task on it in case - I'm sure we can find some Nabuurs to help you on this :)
Best, Angelika