Requests Originating with Outreach International
Dominican Republic Schools Food and Water Program. Provides clean
drinking water and a daily meal to school children in Los Mulos and La Romana
areas, most of whom are from poor Haitian refugee families. $19,000.
Africa Field Program. Supports field staff working in human
development projects in 4 African nations: Zambia, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Malawi and Kenya. $65,000.
Training Program. This grant supports a special emphasis on training
field staff so that they can more competently conceive and supervise the many
agricultural projects needed to improve food production and storage in the 4
African countries where Outreach International is active. $25,000.
Nicaragua Field Program. Ongoing support of food security and clean
water projects in several rural communities. $7,000.
Gumiguda School - East India. Provides nourishing meal for both ‘day’
and residential students in this mountainous area of Orissa state. $14,000.
Zion’s Hope Day Care Facility - Brazil. Longstanding support for
the nutrition program of this day care facility located in a poverty-ridden
section of Sao Paolo, Brazil. $10,000.
Total amount approved: $140,000
Requests Originating with World Accord
Lenca Women in Action. This project is to supply honey bees and
laying hens to 240 women living on small hillside farms around Tegucigulpa,
Honduras. The purpose is to increase food security and assist in establishing
small businesses to augment family income. $35, 952.
Programma de Reconstruccion Rural. This grant represents current
fiscal year funding for an ongoing program of development around La Buena Fe,
Honduras. It involves instructing local farmers in the use of hybrid bean and
corn varietals to increase yield, as well as nitrogen fixing through organic
fertilizer use. $19,975.
SAP Nepal. This grant supports a national training organization in
Nepal that aims to enhance local capacities through farmer education and
micro-credit, among other training activities. $17,730.
Total amount approved: $73, 657 USD
It should be noted that all the World Accord grants are in
US dollars, but will be matched at a ratio of at least 3:1 by Canadian
Government funds.
Direct Requests
Food Pantry - Marina, California, USA. Second year funding to
support operation of this food pantry sponsored by several churches in the
Marina area, including the Community of Christ congregation in Monterey, CA.
$7,500.
Total amount approved: $7,500
Grand total World Hunger Funds approved: $221,157
