GVN News

9:32am 6 November 2009  
Filed under: GVN Foundation, Grants

The GVN Foundation has sent the following grants in November:

• a $2,744.36 international fundraiser grant to VICDA for the Rebuilding Lives project
• a $658.26 sponsorship grant to Peruvian Hearts.

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5:16pm 30 October 2009  
Filed under: GVN Foundation, Grants

The GVN Foundation has made the following emergency relief grants during October 2009:

• $3,346.83 - Emergency Relief Grant to CERV, Philippines
• $1,109.82 - Emergency Relief Grant to GVN Vietnam

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12:42pm 9 October 2009  
Filed under: Articles, GVN Foundation, Grants, Philippines, Vietnam

The Asia Pacific Emergency Appeal has raised over $3,000 for the Philippines, over $2,000 for Samoa and over $1,000 for Vietnam. We will be posting further updates over the next few weeks on the total raised as well as the difference these funds are making. A huge thank you to all donors for their generous donations! If you haven’t yet donated please click here.

Shafaq Varghese, a current volunteer in the Philippines, has written an article about her experience in the wake of typhoon Ketsana: http://www.volunteer.org.nz/media/articles/ketsana.php.

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2:07pm 6 October 2009  
Filed under: GVN Foundation, Philippines, Vietnam

ASIA PACIFIC EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS

Typhoons, earthquakes, and tsunamis have wrought death and destruction in the Asia Pacific region this week. Hundreds of lives have been lost, many are still missing, and hundreds of thousands of people have been affected.

In response, the GVN Team has launched an Asia Pacific Emergency appeal to assist three communities in desperate need who are

particularly dear to our hearts - our partner in the Philippines, our partner in Vietnam, and Samoa, the island neighbouring our headquarters here in New Zealand.

I urge you to please consider making a donation to one of our emergency appeals or volunteer and assist on the ground.

100% OF YOUR DONATION WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE FUND.

PHILIPPINES DISASTER RELIEF FUND
Typhoon Ketsana has rampaged through the Philippines, killing over 330 people and forcing millions to flee their homes. Officials have reported that 2.3 million people had their homes flooded, and 400,000 were seeking help in relief centers.

Click to donate: www.gvnfoundation.org/programs/emergency_relief/philippines/
Click to volunteer: www.volunteer.org.nz/philippines/

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6:10pm 2 October 2009  
Filed under: GVN Foundation, Grants

The GVN Foundation has made the following grants during September 2009:

VICDA, Kenya
$712.75: General Project Grant - CWWC Donation and Shelter School Fees
$141.72: Sponsorship Grant - Mama Tunza Running Costs
$193.10: International Fundraiser Grant - Rebuilding lives project

Mercy Ministry Home, Ethiopia
$1,423.89: General Project Grant - Beds, tables and chairs, educational materials and field trips.

ZOTE, South Africa
$1,721.41 General Project Grant - Senior app fees and ongoing fundraising for library and learning materials
$47.97 International Fundraiser Grant - Khangwelo

GVN Vietnam
$606.08: Sponsorship Grant
$1,745.87: General Project Grant - TK Hoa School fees, Tuy Hoa Cleft Palata Surgery, Middle Autumn Festival Supplies, Swerage System at Tam Ky
$192.70: International Fundriaser Grant - Kha Family Support

Antardristi Nepal
$376.47: Sponsorship Grant
$2,454.34: General Project Grant - Outreach programme

VSN Nepal
$5,000: General Project Grant - SSCH Build
$4,733.25: BFCH running costs.

CETU, Uganda
$446.81: Sponsorship grant.

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3:34pm 31 August 2009  
Filed under: GVN Foundation, Grants, Kenya

The GVN Foundation has just sent an international fundraiser grant to VICDA in Kenya for the Rebuilding Lives project of $1,504.14.

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11:28am 21 August 2009  
Filed under: GVN Foundation

The GVN Foundation is excited to announce that they have been granted Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). This means that the GVN Foundation is now officially recognized by the United Nations! We are growing up and making connections that will help us as we work to help the UN achieve their Millennium Development Goals. Courtney Montague, Executive Director of the GVN Foundation, hopes to go to the UN in the coming weeks to speak with their NGO Branch about ways GVN Foundation can assist the UN, and vice versa. Meanwhile, we are all celebrating!
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3:00pm 24 July 2009  
Filed under: GVN Foundation, Grants

GVN Foundation has made the following grants during the month of July 2009:

- Mercy Ministry Happy Children Home, Ethiopia: $4,609.29 - ESTC grant
- Mercy Ministry Happy Children Home, Ethiopia: $510.71 - General project grant
- PCO, Ghana: $7,226.79 - International Fundraiser Grant, School Construction
- CETU, Uganda: $799.88 - Sponsorship Grant
- VICDA, Kenya: $1,123.15 - International Fundraiser Grant - Rebuilding Lives Project
- VICDA, Kenya: $1,735.55 - General Project Grant - IDP Microfinance Project
- Jatun Sacha, Ecuador: $895.54 - International Fundraiser Grant - Environmental work
- The Real Uganda, $652.26 - General Project Grant - Mosquito nets, food/household goods, transport for KACCAD staff, well maintenance
- The Real Uganda, $200.34 - Sponsorship Grant
- VSN Nepal, $1,846.57 - General Project Grant - Shining Stars Childrens Home Construction
- VSN Nepal, $4,816.09 - Everest Grant - BFCH Running Costs
- VSN Nepal, $193.10 - International Fundraiser Grant - Brian Mooney Fundraiser
- GVN Vietnam, $3,235.90 - International Fundraiser Grant - Medical Fund, Kha Family, Tam Ky Orphanage
- GVN Vietnam, $530.79 - Sponsorship Grant
- GVN Vietnam, $5,000.00 - General Project Grant - Food, teacher salaries, construction, drying machine, tips for staff and cots

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5:29pm 14 July 2009  
Filed under: GVN Foundation, Programs

I have just returned from Breckenridge, Colorado after co-leading another successful GVN ‘Be The Change’ Program with Courtney Montague and Nadine McNeil. We had nine incredible participants from around the globe and after spending an intensive week together I feel alive! Do you know what I mean when I say I feel alive? Something inside of me is energised, activated, full of life! It is an incredible feeling and I believe we feel this way when we are living our passion or following a dream or ‘on the right path’ as I have often heard it described.

And this is exactly what the Be The Change Program is all about - tapping into what it is that is alive in you and then equipping you with the skills and confidence you need to breathe life into that dream. Whether you want a job where you are living your passion, or if you want to start something new, the Be The Change program is the springboard that will help take you there.

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2:50pm 1 July 2009  
Filed under: Eat So They Can, GVN, GVN Foundation

Every five seconds a child dies because she or he is hungry, that’s the equivalent of forty five 747’s full of children crashing every day.

We have a way for you to help in the movement to end child poverty and hunger. All you need to do is join Eat So They Can and host a fundraising event. The event can be breakfast, lunch, or dinner; it can be a small gathering, an elaborate dinner, a party, a cocktail hour… whatever you choose!

Eat So They Can is co-sponsored by the Global Volunteer Network, and the GVN Foundation. This year, on October 17th-18th, hosts around the world will share a meal with friends and raise money to benefit the GVN Foundation’s African Children’s Fund: http://www.eatsotheycan.org/about/fund.php.

Raising $100 will buy 20 thick blankets.

Raising $250 will buy school books for 500 orphaned children.

Raising $500 will feed 30 orphans for 3 months.

Please Eat So They Can. To sign up as a host, click here:
http://www.eatsotheycan.org/getinvolved/signup.php.

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