Requests Originating with Outreach International
Africa Field Program. This supports the budget whereby Outreach
International field staff in Zambia, Malawi, and Democratic Republic of Congo
partner with Community of Christ in human and community development programs
to address sustainable projects involving food production, storage, and
marketing. $75,000 approved.
Zion’s Hope Day Care and Nutrition Program. This grant supports the
nutrition program of the Ferraz de Vasconcelos, Brazil, Day Care Center,
providing nourishing meals to approximately 100 preschool children every day.
$10,000 approved.
Dominican Republic Schools Food and Water Program. This grant supports
a program that provides safe water and a nutritious meal to students in
Community of Christ-sponsored schools in the Los Mulos and La Romana areas.
$19,000 approved.
Gumiguda School - Orissa, East India. The Gumiguda School in Orissa
continues a long tradition of providing quality education for students of poor
families. This grant provides food for the nutrition program. $14,000
approved.
Field Training Program. This grant will assist in supporting the
training of field staff in Africa, the Philippines, and Latin America in late
2004 and early 2005. These are staff who work in the villages to encourage
human development projects related to agriculture, land development, and
nutrition education. $7,000 approved.
Nicaragua Field Program. This program is similar to the Africa Field
Program in that the grant helps support the staff engaged in human development
projects related to providing safe water and food security projects, among
others. $10,000 approved.
Total amount approved: $135,000
Requests Originating with World Accord
PERC - El Salvador. This project is patterned after a successful
program in Honduras that seeks to enable poor, displaced families to learn
techniques of garden cultivation in poor sol, including hydroponic methods.
$22,581 approved.
SAP Nepal. This grant supports an ongoing program of training
poor farmers in improved agricultural methods. $20,403 approved.
World Accord Core Funding. This grant provides funds to help support
administrative expenses involved in running an international organization,
funds that are often difficult to raise from donors who wish to see their
dollars go directly to field projects. $30,000 approved.
Total amount approved: $72,984 USD
Note: all 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
Thomas Carman Food Pantry, Marina, California, USA. This represents
third-year funding for this successful food pantry. It is anticipated that
other sources of funding will be utilized in subsequent years. $5,000
approved.
Total amount approved: $5,000
Disaster Relief
Orlando, Florida, USA Food Bank received $5,000 and the ROCK
Food Pantry of Pensacola, Florida, USA received $2,000 for disaster
relief following hurricanes in Florida during August and September of 2004.
Total amount approved: $7,000
Grand total World Hunger Funds approved: $219,984
