IHEU has announced the recipients of its latest funding round in partnership with HIVOS.
In June 2006, IHEU was awarded a three year “block grant” of €225,000 from HIVOS for the purpose of funding projects in the developing world. The grant covers the years 2006, 2007 and 2008. IHEU then invited grant proposals through this web site, International Humanist News and by word of mouth. The grants were decided on the basis of IHEU’s published grant criteria.
Approximately 50 grant proposals were received from the developing world. Most of these applications were worthy of funding, but we could only fund 13 organizations with the funds available to us. Even for the 13 successful grant applicants, we had to reduce the amounts requested.
In the current funding round, the grant recipients are:
SOCH – Nepal – Humanism in Nepal – EUR 5,000
Disha Rural Dev Soc – India – Movement for educating Dalits – EUR 5,000
Viveka Vidyalayam – India – Teacher training – EUR 6,000
Netradana Protshaka Sangham – India – Anti superstition – EUR 2,500
PRACHESA – Uganda – Issac Newton School – science lab – EUR 4,000
UHESWO – Uganda – Women’s empowerment centre – EUR 4,000
Social Dev Foundation – India – Scavenger community – EUR 5,000
Nigerian Humanist Movement – Nigeria – Untouchability (OSU) in Nigeria – EUR 4,500
IHEYO – Young humanists – EUR 2,000
Tamil Nadu Tribal Dev Soc – India – Tribal humanist youth movement – EUR 2,000
Social Dev Foundation – India – Dalits Rights organisation – EUR 4,000
International Untouchability conference – EUR 5,000
French Freethinkers Federation – Use IHI to develop humanism in Africa – EUR 1,000
Atheist Center – India – Thinking and Social outlook – EUR 4,000
Soc for Rural Dev – India – Humanism: awakening on wheels – EUR 1,000
2008 Congress travel scholarships – EUR 5,000