Minister Peter Power announces €10m in funding for Irish and International Non-Governmental Organisations

Project supporting crop production and farm incomes in Ethiopia to receive €600,000

The Minister for State for Overseas Development, Peter Power TD, today announced Irish Aid funding of almost €10m in support of 41 projects in 31 developing countries.

The grants, approved under Irish Aid’s Civil Society Fund, will support the development work of 23 Irish and 8 international Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO). Making the announcement, Minister Power said:

“Support for NGOs’ development work is central to Irish Aid’s efforts to reduce global poverty. Irish Aid has built strong partnerships with NGOs and missionaries active in many of the world’s least developed countries. As well as supporting broader development, these organisations play a critical role in galvanising communities to reduce poverty. The funding announced today will strengthen our partnership over the coming years.”

Note to editors:

• Irish Aid is the Government’s official programme of assistance to developing countries. This year Irish Aid will provide over €140 million in support of the overseas development work of Irish and international NGOs.

• The Civil Society Fund focuses on poverty alleviation among the poorest people of the world through the provision of funding for sustainable development programmes and projects.

• The Irish and international NGOs funded by Irish Aid are working in Africa, Asia and Central and South America.

The Irish organisations to receive funding are:  

Apostolic Work,  Enlargement of 5 Primary      €248,640
Dublin     Schools in Rural Zimbabwe

Amawele,     2 School Development              €200,000
Dublin     Projects in South Africa
     
Cambodia Trust Ireland,    Centre for Physical       €28,980
Dublin     Rehabilitation in Timor
     Leste

Camara Education,    Providing Technology   €1,200,000 Dublin     to Schools in Developing
     Countries
      
Church Mission Society Ireland, Health and Education    €935,308
Dublin     Programme in Sudan and
     Ethiopia
 
College of Anaesthetists,   Management of Trauma  €422,620
Dublin      Related & Obstetrical
Emergencies in Malawi

Edith Wilkins Foundation,   Providing Halfway House  €194,250
Cork     for Boys in India
     
Friends of Londiani,    Developing Health and  €224,860
Cork     Water Projects in Kenya

Hospice Africa Ireland,   Enhancing the Delivery  €537,298     Dublin     of Patient Care in Uganda
     
Housing for Boaco,   Extension of High School   €78,000
Waterford    in Nicaragua
 
Jampa Ling Trust,     Supporting the Women’s  €192,000
Co. Cavan    Employment in Mongolia
     
Lepra Ireland,     Support Access to Basic  €300,000
Co. Kildare    Healthcare in Guatemala

Leprosy Mission,   Providing Healthcare in  €736,900
Dublin     Bangladesh and the Ivory
     Coast
 
Playing for Life,    Supporting Underprivileged  €404,600
Co. Kildare    Youth in Malawi
     

Right to Sight,    Supporting the Provision of  €250,000
Dublin     an Eye Care Centre in South
     Africa

Royal College of Surgeons,   Completion of the Outpatient  €200,000
Dublin     Building of the Holy Rosary
     Hospital in Africa

School of Law Trinity College, Training in Refugee Law  €45,000
Dublin     for African Judges
     
Serve     Building and Equipping a  €368,642
Dublin     Hostel for Girls in Mozambique,
     and Building Capacity of their
     Partners in a number of Countries

Special Olympics Ireland   Projects to Support    €210,250
Dublin     Special Olympics in Uganda
     and Tanzania

Support Africa Foundation,  Increasing Crop Production  €600,000 Dublin     and Farm Household Income,
     and Developing Water and
Sanitation Project in Ethiopia
      
The Law Society   Training of Lawyers from  €200,800 Dublin     Disadvantaged Backgrounds,
South Africa
   
The Presbyterian Church in Ireland  Rehabilitation of Children at   €670,300
Belfast     Risk, Children with Disability,
     and Women’s Empowerment
     in Nepal, and the Provision of
     Access to Basic Services and
     Promotion of Human Rights
     in Malawi
  
VIVA     Provision of Basic Animal  €125,189
Co. Longford    Healthcare to Enhance their
     Production in Uganda and
     Tanzania

The international organisations to receive funding are:

Anti Slavery International,   Promoting and Protecting  €199,600
London    Rights and Opportunities
     for Bonded Labourers in
     South Asia

Association for the Prevention of  Promoting the Ratification and €147,430
Torture,     Effective Implementation of the
Switzerland    OPCAT
 
Concern Universal,    Water and Sanitation Project  €600,000
Hereford    in Kenya, Malawi, and
     Mozambique

Civicus,     Improving Legitimacy,  €60,000
South Africa    Transparency, and Accountability
     in Civil Society Organisations
     
Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort,  Lobbying to Advance the Cause €57,926
France     of the Abolition of the Death
     Penalty in Morocco and Asia

Global Witness Trust,   Building the Voice of    €145,300
London    Civil Society and Communities
     in Natural Resource Governance
     in Liberia
 
Instituto Tecnico Juridico Educativo Support the Minority Indigenous €73,775
Brazil     Indians to Re-Occupy their
     Traditional Lands in Brazil
          
ECPAT,    Mobilising Global Action  €100,000
Bangkok    Against the Sexual Exploitation
of Children and Adolescents

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03/08/08