Grantmaking Stories
An occasional series of narratives on a range of grantmaking experiences. They lay out the challenges and lessons learned as well as the successes. They are intended to help funders learn from and build on the work of others.
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Program Summary
Rural, out of school, adolescent girls are the most disadvantaged group of young people in Egypt. Fifty four percent of Upper Egyptian girls are not enrolled in school. They have restricted mobility and limited social networks, and they often suffer from poor health and malnutrition and are at risk for early or forced marriage.
When the Summit Foundation wanted to improve the quality of life for current and future generations of young women, they found an opportunity in Upper Egypt. In 2001 Summit made a three-year grant for $168,000 to Save the Children for the ISHRAQ program, a partnership with the Population Council, Caritas International, Unicef and CEDPA. The program was part of a multi-country initiative that also included Bhutan and the Philippines.
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Program Summary
The Mary Wohlford Foundation considers its grantees to be true partners, so when the Huckleberry Youth Programs asked for help in a moment of crisis, the foundation responded quickly. Huckleberry Youth Program wanted to reestablish a highly regarded HIV/AIDS education program in San Francisco middle and high schools.
The HYPE Program (HIV/AIDS Youth Prevention and Education) provides four sessions to middle school and high school classes focusing on topics ranging from values and attitudes to protection and prevention. Highlights of each session include facilitated discussion and dialogue with peers, presentations by trained health educators and youth peer health educators, guided journal writing, an anonymous question box and a resource guide.
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The group began by meeting with State officials to learn about state policies and practices. They met with the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, and the Public Education Department. The collaborative is now meeting with community groups to learn what works on the ground. The group is considering ways to build on effective state policies and ways to make up for the ineffective ones. In the long run, they hope to work with state officials to strengthen government teen pregnancy prevention programs.
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