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JUNE 9th 2005
The Funding Evening was held at a beautiful architect-designed
surgery in Clerkenwell. The projects were diverse, the presentations an inspiration
and a total of £29,461.54 was raised for the following five projects:
- The Marefat Education Centre, Afghanistan - supports the education
of girls already registered at the Marefat School but who are unable to continue
due to poverty and the inevitable preference given to male education. The
funds raised provided a year's education for up to 75 students.
- Bretton Woods Project - to develop the publication and dissemination
of the 'Update', a respected bimonthly digest, providing a major source
of information for people looking for a critical, independent perspective
on the World Bank and IMF policy trends and projects. The funds raised enabled
the Update through the transition period to a more sustainable future.
- Peace Brigades International UK - acts as a third party within a
given conflict, to bear witness, and by its presence stopping violence from
escalating and ensuring that human rights abuses do not go unchecked by the
international community. The funds went towards developing their outreach
strategy and carrying out a feasibility study (the preliminary stage of a
three-year strategy) and a speaker tour.
- The London Gay Men's Chorus - to empower, support, develop and help
the flourishing of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered young people using
choral singing as the means to building social capital and deliver social
change. TFN's grant went towards funding the hire of space in Islington for
a weekly rehearsal and covered the costs for the first six months after which
it can then continue to support it's growth.
- Berega Hospital, Tanzania - aims to provide improved lighting within
the hospital by the use of solar power, facilitating and improving the management
of patients at night. Funds raised went towards purchasing solar equipment
to be installed in key areas of the hospital.
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