AP is delighted to receive support from the Global Fund for Children

AP residents prepare to take a bow after their role-play

performance during May's Family Night event. 

Aziza's Place is honored to become a recipient of a $6,000 'Enterprise' grant from Global Fund for Children (GFC), an organisation that 'provides capital to strengthen innovative community-based organisations serving the most vulnerable children and youth'. GFC awarded their first grant in 1997 and now Aziza's Place is priviliged to join nearly 500 other GFC grant recipients and partners who come from 78 countries around the world. In assessing eligibility for the grant GFC prioritises organisations who focus on the most vulnerable children; organisations who are rooted in their community and operate with community input; organisations that illustrate effectiveness and that empower children being served; those that emphasize innovation, strong leadership, adaptability, potential for sustainability; and those that have a recognised and trusted reputation. The 'Enterprise' portfolio focuses on programs that recognise the holistic educational, economic and social skills that vulnerable children and youth require to develop into productive adults.

The funding from the GFC grant will go a long way in strengthening the programs offered at Azíza's Place. We are delighted to be able to use the funding to deepen our life-skills programs for the eldest AP residents, to invest into holistic counseling programs for all the children, to improve staff capacity through training courses, and to contribute towards the salary of our permanent English teacher. We look forward to fulfilling these opportunities and to building a long and successful partnership with GFC.