In 2010, Pangea shifted the grant calendar to award grants at the end of the first quarter. As a result, no grants were awarded in 2010. In March, 2011, Pangea awarded grants totaling $122,299 to 17 organizations in three regions of the world. We are proud to support the work of these partners who are doing so much to help their communities.
Common Ground Program ( Kenya), $7500 to continue supporting the Wasoni Women’s Cooperative Center started in 2010 through training in business planning, basic accounting and marketing, and advanced organic farming techniques.
Omeko Women's Group (Kenya), $10,000 to build a second grain mill, plant a community garden to grow food for the orphan feeding program, and provide more agricultural training.
Tears (Kenya), $10,149.38 to support growth and expansion of two existing businesses – event support and garment making – which will build the organization's self-sufficiency.
Women's Education and Economic Center (Tanzania), $6,400 to support women living in two Maasai villages by starting village co-operative banks and training in women's rights.
St. Rael Women's Group (Kenya), $5000 to finance expansion of the group's soapmaking business to include bar soap (in addition to liquid soap), which will generate income for HIV+ women and orphans.
Light for All (Haiti), $7500 to continue operating support for primary school (includes teacher salaries, books and supplies, teacher training and supplies for health center).
Haiti Konpay (Haiti), $5000 to continue support for the Food and Fuel Alternative Center funded last year and to provide capacity-building for the staff.
CEADEL (Guatemala), $6250 to continue support for a program that encourages boys and girls working in the informal market to return to school. The program includes direct support to 32 children as well as after-school recreational and cultural activities that build children’s self esteem and provide human rights education.
Maya Aj Sya (Guatemala), $11,000 to continue supporting traditional Mayan education for 83 students, and purchase land to build a new school. (Funds for land purchase contingent on approval of engineering survey.)
Circle of Women (Mexico), $5000 to expand an existing adult literacy program that teaches women to read both Mixtec (indigenous language) and Spanish in two communities in the Mixtec region
New Hope Foundation (Guatemala), $5000 to help create
the New Hope Cultural Center for local art and traditions of the indigenous
Maya Achi people
Friends Economic Development Association (FEDA) (Cambodia), $7500 to continue the traditional music/dance program, construct a small beauty shop, and train 90 young women as beauty operators or massage therapists.
ASHA/Nepal (Nepal), $9000 to construct 25 additional toilets with women’s groups in two Nepalese villages.
Pattanarak (Thai-Burma border), $8000 to "train the trainers" and support peer education on HIV/AIDS prevention among Burmese youth ages 12-15 on both sides of the border. This fills a gap not covered by well-funded HIV education for older youth.
Thai Action Committee for Democracy in Burma (Thai-Burma border), $8000 to continue human and legal rights support for Burmese migrant workers (many undocumented) living in Thailand, and also for human trafficking victims.
Tean Thor (Cambodia), $7500 to continue the seamstress apprenticeship program funded last year, including opening an apprentice-staffed shop in a second market.