Invest in FDC Projects in Mozambique
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Founcation for Community Development
Carlos Fumo, Executive Director
1160-70 Eduardo Mondlane
Maputo, Mozambique
Tel: +258 (1) 430-430
Fax: +258 (1) 422-595
Email: cafumo57@hotmail.com
Web: www.synergos.org/partners/fdc.htm
Institutional Development of FDC
The Foundation for Community Development (FDC), established in 1994, plays the role of grantmaker, capacity builder for NGOs/CBOs, advocate, convenor, networker and promoter of national philanthropy. FDC is the only Foundation of its kind in Mozambique, and the demand placed on this organization to respond to community needs is ever increasing. While the Foundation has been able to attract donor funds for its external programs, it has been more challenging to find donors interested in longer institutional support. FDC invites individuals and organizations interested in supporting their programs to contribute to the Institutional Development Fund 2002-2004. They have a goal of raising US$2.4 million over 3 years ($800,000 per year).
Please see the attached proposal for details on the visition and contact people.
REENCONTRO Assistance to AIDS Orphans - A Community Based Initiative
REENCONTRO, an NGO located in the outskirts of Maputo, Mozambique, works with women who are caring for over 400 orphaned and vulnerable children (those who are HIV/AIDS infected, have lost at least one parent to HIV/AIDS, or whose parent(s) are dying). A network of fifteen community activists provide regular assistance to children ranging from infancy to 18 years old in the form of weekly food rations, educational materials, counseling on living with AIDS and prevention, and home-based care for HIV/AIDS infected infants and parents. REENCONTRO has been largely self-sufficient as its association members contribute US$50 per month when they can. However, this manner of fundraising is not reliable, so REENCONTRO worked with the FDC to design programmatic and fundraising goals. In order to sustain and improve upon the work they are already doing, REENCONTRO is looking to raise US$124,000 per year.
Please see the attached proposal for details and contact people.
Bridging the Gap - The FDC Programme on ICT for Education in Partnership with the Faculty of Engineering
FDC established this project to teach children in rural areas how to use computers and the internet in order to bridge the technology gap that exists between rural Mozambique and the rest of world. The project will provide Computer Laboratories at select Upper Primary Schools nationwide and will train about 6000 teachers how to integrate this technology into the classroom. In addition, internet programs will be created to teach students the basic national curriculum for the 6th and 7th grades while familiarizing them with computer technology. The estimated cost of this program is $223,900.
Please see the attached proposal for details and contact people.
The MUTHIYANA Community Radio Station Project
A group of female journalists created the Muthiyana Community Radio Station, based in the outskirts of Maputo City, in 2001 when they realized that no radio programming targeted the rural population of the city. This station is the only one to broadcast in the local language of Changana, and it aims to promote education and equal rights among poor rural and semi-rural populations (especially women and children) through radio education programs. The station also has programs to help Mozambican women increase their social standing and become more aware of their universal human rights. Because HIV is such a threat to all communities in Mozambique, some of the programs also promote AIDS prevention and awareness. In order to keep the station in operation, FDC needs to raise $67,200 for its annual expenses.
Please see the attached proposal for details.
Expansion of Êsh! (Escola Sem HIV/Schools Free of HIV) Program to Nampula Province
FDC established Êsh!, or Escola Sem HIV, to reduce the spread of HIV among youth in Mozambique. Since its establishment in 2000, Êsh! has helped students and teachers plan and implement prevention activities in 45 primary and secondary schools located in Maputo City and Maputo Province. With the support of FDC's staff, each school's Êsh! program has developed its own strategy and activities to increase knowledge and access to information about HIV/AIDS/STIs and to promote healthy behavior. In September 2001, FDC expanded the program to ten secondary schools in the province of Nampula located in Northern Mozambique. Because the Nampula region has the lowest HIV infection rate among the three provinces in Mozambique, the HIV/AIDS prevention programs are lacking in this often overlooked region. FDC's expansion of Êsh! into the province has begun to fill this need for effective programs and would aim to further reduce the HIV infection rate in the region. FDC funds currently support this successful program, but about $500,000 is needed to continue Êsh! in Nampula from 2003 until 2005. For more details, please see the attached proposal.
Please see the attached proposal for details.
Impact Mitigation for Women and Children Affected by AIDS
HIV/AIDS is spreading in the southern region of Mozambique at more than twice the rate of the any other region in the country. If this growth continues, there will be over 210,000 orphans in the southern region in 2010 as a result of the disease compared with 33,034 orphans in 2000. FDC created this project to reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS on families in this critical region. The project will increase orphans' access to education, care, and support services while also helping women meet their livelihood, food and nutritional needs through better access to income generating activities. The project will work towards reducing the stigma and discrimination of AIDS by advocating for more legal protection and family rights for those affected by the disease. The project will cost an estimated $1,408,345 over the next three years.
Please see the attached proposal for details and contact people.