New grants awarded – November 2023

The total amount of new grants awarded for the autumn grants round was £333,207. We received 54 applications and eight were accepted by the Grants Committee, all of which were international projects:

• Sabre Education – £30,000 for a one -year project to trial play-based early years teacher training in government preschools in north Ghana.
• Hope for Children – £32,296 for literacy classes over two years for children out of school or attending sporadically in Uganda, and provide solar lights.
• Learning for Life – £52,234 over two years to establish 21 early learning centres in Bangladesh.
• Temwa UK – £28,806 over three years to support 30 villages to set up and run their own preschools.
• Just a Drop – £57,042 over two years to provide menstrual health training to 16 schools in Kenya and set up groups to manufacture reusable menstrual hygiene kits.
• Amazon Charitable Trust – £58,269 over two years to refurbish and equip 12 schools, in hard to reach rainforest areas, that have been badly damaged by flooding.
• CodeBrave Foundation – £55,124 over two years to train teachers in coding, robotics and AI, to improve STEM education for children in impoverished communities in Lebanon.
• Chamos – £19,436 over two years to establish a digital literacy programme at three schools in Venezuela to enhance employability post-education.