International Needs Canada is embarking on a challenging initiative that ensures its school in Solwezi, Zambia continues to operate thanks to the development of a poultry plant. Income generated from chickens and eggs will benefit staff and students at ZACTS School, eventually contributing 40% of income and relieving the pressure on tuition and donation income. Project Name: School Poultry Enterprise … Read More
Scaling up 3D-printed prosthetic innovation
cbm Canada, with collaboration from University of Toronto, is moving ahead with a stunning innovation that attracted the attention of Grand Challenges Canada last year to develop prototype prosthetic limbs in Uganda through 3D printing. Technology already makes this possible, but what is not yet secure is a business model to drive this innovation forward by making it more widely available … Read More
Teen girls become peer educators in Sierra Leone
Last year’s Ebola crisis hit Sierra Leone hard. Schools were shut down for the better part of the year, so CAUSE Canada began offering education by radio to home-bound kids. This year children are back in school, and eager to learn. CAUSE Canada proposes to empower teen girls to become peer educators in to younger kids through this innovative project … Read More
Debt freedom: More opportunities in the GTA
Christians Against Poverty Canada is a new charity, only two years old, that has experienced success in ramping up its work quickly. They offer debt counselling through local churches, and have established a footprint in the Greater Hamilton-Toronto area. Stronger Together plans to assist their expansion by helping them create three new debt centres in the next year. Project Name: … Read More
Deeper research on families invites better policies
The Institute for Marriage and Family Canada conducts research and develops policies to influence public discourse in order to highlight the valuable contribution marriage and families have in shaping our society. Stronger Together partners stand with the IMFC in this work by funding new and original research. Like gas in the car, this new, quality research will fuel ongoing activity by … Read More
Challenge grant for better pharma inventory
Health Partners International Canada is working with a third party to develop software that will help its partner clinics and hospitals in the developing world better track their pharmaceuticals. This creative health care project from a leading charity in Quebec will allow many lives to be impacted, and as such, attracted Stronger Together grantmakers’ enthusiastic support. At the same time, we … Read More
Resourcing the regions with pregnancy care support
The Canadian Association of Pregnancy Support Services (CAPSS) is a small umbrella group that provides resources to over 70 pregnancy care centres across Canada. Many of these are very small charities in far-flung towns that are often overlooked. Their unique solution, endorsed by Stronger Together, is to train five regional consultants and deploy them into the regions. Project Name: National … Read More
Seeds and savings in South Sudan
World Relief Canada‘s grassroots interventions in South Sudan are deeply needed and appreciated in Ibba County, a rigorous 8 hour drive from the capital of Juba. These rural inhabitants are impacted by war, undernourishment, and poverty. World Relief – through local staff – offers them new ways of thinking and farming that impact their livelihoods. Stronger Together has offered to … Read More
Consolidating the world’s Biblical resources on one site
The Grantmakers of Stronger Together appreciate projects which create efficiency and streamline resources. Bible League Canada is taking the lead in developing a site where minority language Biblical resources – from Cherokee to Wolof – will become available. They are working with 39+ Bible agencies from countries around the world to consolidate this information onto one site. Project Name: Find-A-Bible … Read More
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