GVN News

5:10pm 27 August 2010  
Filed under: Eat So They Can, GVN Foundation

New York, August 27, 2010 - Courtney Montague, Executive Director of The Global Volunteer Network Foundation (GVN Foundation) and 2009 NYU Catherine B Reynolds Fellow, has announced that GVN Foundation has raised $1.2 million for communities in need around the world since its inception in 2005.

Montague says that reaching the milestone has not been easy but it has been an incredibly insightful and rewarding journey.

“It’s been fun, amazing, stressful and profoundly meaningful over the last five years for me as GVN Foundation’s Executive Director. I went from running GVN Foundation in a spare room of my house to having a formal office, and an incredible team of people committed to social change,” says Montague.

GVN Foundation is 99% publically supported and since 2005 funds have gone towards helping women and children living in poverty across Africa, Asia, and South America.

GVN Foundation Highlights:
Uganda - funded the construction of a kitchen and a science laboratory at Springs of Hope High School.
Peru - helped fund the construction of a new bathroom, kitchen, dining room and laundry at the Hogar Mercedes de Jesus (orphanage).
Nepal - helped fund the construction of the Shining Stars Children’s Home and Brighter Future Children’s Home.
Haiti - funded the construction of the GVN Jacmel Community Centre.
Special Consultative status by the United Nations - granted to GVN Foundation (2009)

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11:15am 25 June 2010  
Filed under: GVN Foundation, Grants

A grant of $1,147 was sent to Ethiopia on June 9th. This was a program fee donation and will be used to purchase computers for Mercy Ministry Home.

A sponsorship grant of $601.01 was sent to CETU in Uganda to assist with the running costs of Springs of Hope school.

ZOTE Projects in South Africa was sent a $10,000 grant from Intel thanks to Mark Russell. The grant will be used to build a magnificent library and learning center in Manamani Village.

$5600 was sent to Haiti to be used as micro grants to support volunteer-led projects. I will update this on the GVNF site. Examples of the types of projects that are being carried out with these funds are:

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10:05am 5 March 2010  
Filed under: Eat So They Can, GVN Foundation, Grants

Eat So They Can and GVN Foundation have made the following grants recently:

Eat So They Can Grant - $687: This grant will be used to complete the construction of the first group of 10 houses at Pipeline IDP camp in Kenya.

Eat So They Can Grant - $1,376.30: This grant will be used to reconnect the electricity at Shelter Children’s Home in Kenya.

$450 emergency relief grant sent to CERV in the Philippines to help fund their work to assist the victims of typhoon ketsana.

$13,253.16 ESTC grant for VICDA: This grant will be used to support several orphanages in and around Nairobi both with their immediate needs and sustainability projects. Funds will also be used to run a porridge program at several IDP camps.

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2:36pm 25 February 2010  
Filed under: GVN Foundation, Grants

The GVN Foundation recently commissioned a research project into good practice in orphanages in Kenya. The outcome of the project was an orphanage development framework which will be used to structure grant distribution and evaluate the success of grants.

Also, a wire of $1,406.23 has been sent to be used for two purposes; the IDP Pipeline Project, and a donation for Shelter Orphanage.

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9:43am 4 February 2010  
Filed under: GVN, GVN Foundation, News, Program Information, Programs

Thank you for your ongoing patience regarding volunteering in Haiti. To date we have received nearly 10,000 enquiries so as you can imagine it has been quite busy… I am on my way to New York to meet with Nadine McNeil who headed up the advanced team that just returned from Haiti. I will be able to give you more details following this meeting.

What I do know is that the emergency relief phase is taking much longer than everyone thought. In fact estimates are that nearly 250,000 people lost their lives during the quake. So our March date of beginning the next phase may be a little optimistic.

Accommodation continues to be in short supply and many of the relief workers have been getting sick from the water. The airport is still not open to commercial flights and may not open for another 3 weeks.

Nadine McNeil, GVN Haiti Advanced Team Leader and Project Co-ordinator has returned to Jamaica following the five day assessment in Haiti and provided us with a preliminary report which is available online for you to listen to:
http://www.globalvolunteernetwork.org/haiti/nadine.php

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1:07pm 22 January 2010  
Filed under: Fundraising, GVN, GVN Foundation, News, Programs

The Global Volunteer Network (GVN) will send an advanced team of GVN relief professionals into Haiti this week thanks to a private organisation in Jamaica and public support.

In response to the Haiti disaster Colin Salisbury, Global Volunteer Network (GVN) Founder and President has commissioned an advanced team of relief professionals - all private individuals who have readily volunteered to lend their expertise and support - headed by Nadine McNeil, GVN Foundation Board Member who has over 20 years experience working in the UN, including a three year assignment in Indonesia following the 2004 tsunami.

“The team will make an initial assessment of the immediate needs on the ground, specifically addressing water/sanitation, health/safety, psycho-social trauma support, and logistics/ distribution. The recommendations coming from the initial assessment team will drive the GVN Haitian re-building/support volunteer projects for the next 12-18 months,” says Salisbury.

Salisbury says that the international community, both the public and private sectors have been quick to respond but more needs to be done.

“I am urging everyone to act. Whether you dig deep and put your hands in your pockets, volunteer, or send prayers, please do something. We can all do something.”

If you are interested in joining a GVN volunteer team in Haiti over the coming 12 months, please visit the GVN website: http://www.globalvolunteernetwork.org/haiti

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4:35pm 31 December 2009  
Filed under: GVN Foundation, Grants

1. Peruvian Hearts, Peru

Sponsorship Grant
$171.72 - To assist with ongoing running costs at the Hogar Mercedes de Jesus

International Fundraiser Grant - Jan Reid’s Fundraiser
$5,142.92 - Will be used to build a new dining room and kitchen at a primary school in Pampallacta.

International Fundraiser Grant - Associacion Wara Fundraiser
$773.24 - This is general funding for Wara
$66.52 - This is sponsorship funding for Wara

Machu Picchu Grant
$4,999.00 - Will be used to build a new dining room and kitchen at a primary school in Pampallacta.

2. Tangare Foundation, Ecuador

General Project Grant: $469.23 - To assist La Hesperia with building a classroom for a new primary school.

3. VSN, Nepal

Everest Grant
$6,336.33 - To cover BFCH 1st Quarter Running Costs

General Project Grant
$6,621.97 - To assist with SSCH build

4. The Real Uganda, Uganda

Sponsorship Grant
$258.00 - To assist with running costs for the Hope for Africa Children’s Village

General Project Grant
$967.00 - To cement the classrooms at the children’s village.

General Project Grant
$225.00 - From Caitie for various projects

5. GVN Vietnam, Vietnam

General Project Grant
$5,000.00 - Food, equipment and physio therapy.

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3:34pm 22 December 2009  
Filed under: GVN Foundation, Grants

The GVN Foundation has sent the following grants this month:

$887.32 - Samoa Emergency Relief Grant

> GVN Foundation

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12:54pm 25 November 2009  
Filed under: GVN Foundation, Grants, Philippines

The GVN Foundation have sent an Emergency Relief grant of $1,024.21 to our partner organisation in the Philippines.
> Philippines Volunteer Program
> GVN Foundation

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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.

> GVN Foundation

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