| 1/11 |
Peru |
Feeding Quechuan Children (Comunidad Campesina de Huama) |
$6,996 |
Interim Report |
Project Goal: School meal program
Location: Huama & Chumpepokes Communities, Andes region of Peru
For most Quechuan families living in the harsh, unforgiving and remote Andes Mountains, eating nutrient-rich food is rare because growing and transporting fresh items is costly and families do not have enough money to pay for them. As a result, many families live on potatoes causing children to suffer from malnutrition.
Thanks to donations from the Lee Oneness Foundation, since June 2010 GO has disbursed two grants of $3,498 each to Huama and Chumpepokes community schools that will provide more than 400 students with a healthy diet program that includes chicken and vegetables.
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| 11/10 |
Tanzania |
Health Clinic (Africa Schoolhouse) |
$95,000 |
Interim Report |
Project Goal: Build a community health clinic
Location: Misungwi District, Tanzania
Community leaders from six villages told GO Campaign's partner organization Africa Schoolhouse that they desperately need a health post to provide their children with adequate health care. Today, it is common for children to become severely ill from treatable diseases, but this health clinic will provide families with vital resources to improve health conditions, care for the children and improve the community's knowledge about basic health care. The government has agreed to staff the facility with a doctor and a nurse helping to ensure the sustainability of the project. Construction is underway and the health post is expected to open its doors by mid-year 2011.

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| 9/10 |
Cambodia |
Build A School (Life and Hope Association) |
$42,537 |
Final Report |
Project Goal: Build a 5-room secondary school
Location: Sotnikum District, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia
Thanks to donations received from the students attending the International School of Abu Dhabi, we have completed the building of the new 5-classroom SomRong High School. As a result, 208 students from Tayek, Popel and Chansor junior high schools who otherwise wouldn't be able to continue their education started attending classes in January and will able to continue their education! Secondary schools are scarce in rural Cambodia, and those that do exist are too costly for most families to afford. SomRong High School is much needed and welcomed addition to the community.
Ms. Pon Sopheap, a single mom, told SomRong's Director: "I told my daughter Kanha to quit school because I wouldn't be able to afford her to go school in DomDek [located more than 7 miles away], but now because of SomRong at least for this year, she is still in school."
Kanha and her peers are attending school thanks to the students at International School of Abu Dhabi who raised the money to support the construction of SomRong High School.

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| 6/10 |
DR Congo |
Income-generating Poultry Farming (Earth Rights Institute) |
$10,000 |
Final Report |
Project Goal: Teach street children to earn a living through poultry farming
Location: Kimbanseke, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
The people of Kimbanseke live in chronic poverty -- incomes are very low, economic opportunities barely exist and the population of street children is rapidly increasing. GO Campaign disbursed a grant to the Earth Rights Institute Jatukik Training Center for Orphans and Street Children to:
- Build an income-generating poultry farm
- Train young students how to raise and sell poultry
- Teach the students business management skills and how to save money
With support from the GO Community, the Center is helping students reintegrate into society by teaching them skills to earn enough money to be self-sufficient at the same time the income-generating poultry farm will help enable the Center to provide additional social services to more marginalized children.
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| 6/10 |
Kenya |
Bedding for an Orphanage for Disabled Children (SHERP) |
$5,235 |
Final Report |
Project Goal: bedding for 136 vulnerable children with disabilites
Location: Samburu Region, Kenya
Samburu Handicap Education and Rehabilitation Programme (SHERP) is a loving home for 136 children living with disabilities. Founded in 2001 by Grace Sneiya, who won the President of Kenya's Youngest Achiever's Award and the Human Rights Award from the Law Society of Kenya, SHERP's goals are to provide the children with their basic needs such as healthcare and education and to work with the children's families in hopes of the children returning home to be cared for by their families and becoming integrated within the community.
This grant provided SHERP with mattresses, pillows, sheets and blankets for the children. This marked the first time these children had ever had thick mattresses to sleep on, and they proudly showed them off to GO Founder Scott Fifer who visited SHERP in July, 2010. See pictures and videos from Scott's trip.

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| 3/10 |
Tanzania |
Food & Shelter (Tuseme) |
$2,500 |
Final Report |
Project Goal: Provide basic needs and rent for children's home and community center
Location: Arusha, Tanzania
This grant helped Tuseme Children Empowerment Trust pay the rent for the home that provides 17 children with a safe and supportive environment and their basic needs. Not only is this a place for the children to thrive, but it also serves as a community center for other vulnerable children looking for a place to feel safe and welcomed.
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| 2/10 |
Haiti |
Emergency Earthquake Relief (H.O.P.E.) |
$64,934 |
Final Report |
Project Goal: Provide immediate on the ground emergency relief
Location: Borgne, Haiti
When the earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince we knew immediately that we needed to help H.O.P.E., GO's trusted partner in Haiti, respond. Soon after the earthquake, refugees began fleeing Port-au-Prince in search of shelter, healthcare and a safe place away from tremors and aftershocks. H.O.P.E. became the lifeline for these refugees.
Due to the generosity and speed in which the GO Community donated, GO was able to contribute $64,934 to H.O.P.E.'s earthquake relief efforts that included:
- Airlifting critical supplies, medicines, food, cots and a generator.
- A medical team who helped convert a hangar into a makeshift medical clinic and provide emergency medical attention to refugees.
- The resettlement of families and orphans.
- The development and ongoing implementation of a mental health and feeding program to address the social, economic and emotional needs of the refugees.
- Installation of a water purification system providing clean water to over 1000 people.
The refugees lost everything and needed help to heal and reconstruct their lives, and GO's donation enabled H.O.P.E. to quickly get these relief efforts under way. Haiti Outreach Pwoje Espwa (H.O.P.E.), the only nongovernmental organization in the northern region of Borgne, provides children living in the region with access to health care and education.

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| 2/10 |
Kenya |
Textbooks for 40 students (Bright Junior School) |
$1,240 |
Final Report |
Project Goal: Purchase student textbooks
Location: Kware slum, Nairobi
Textbooks for forty students at Bright Junior School have been purchased and delivered! In 2008 Wambui and Mary Wamaitha founded the informal one-room school in the Kware slum near Nairobi to provide primary education to children aged three to ten unable to attend one of the few overcrowded and run-down free government schools because they cannot afford the required school uniform. Bright Junior Schools is registered with the government and Wambui and Mary continue to run the school with occasional help from qualified volunteers and part-time teachers.
The textbooks purchased by the GO Community will significantly enhance the students' ability to learn, retain information and help them pass the entry exams required to attend public schools in the hopes that someday their parents will be able afford the required school uniform.
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| 6/09 |
Liberia |
Niapele Project School Nutrition Program (CAMES) |
$1,989 |
Final Report |
Project Goal: Renovate school cafeteria
Location: Monrovia, Liberia
As one of the only tuition-free private schools in Liberia, the Carolyn A. Miller Elementary School (CAMES) provides free education to over 600 primary and secondary school children - war affected youth, primarily orphans, returnee-refugees and abandoned children.
The GO Getter Prize awarded to CAMES enabled them to renovate the school's cafeteria, purchase the necessary cookware and run the school-wide Niapele Project School Nutrition Program for a year. This program ensures that the students receive all the necessary nutrients for healthy physical and intellectual development, allowing them to focus in class, thereby increasing learning capacity, and, ultimately, the quality of education.
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| 5/09 |
DR Congo |
Mobile Education & Health Unit (OneWorld Works and Espoir Pour Tous) |
$4,800 |
Final Report |
Project Goal: Fund mobile education unit for street children
Location: Kinshasa, DR Congo
Oneworld Works and their partner Espoir Pour Tous, a Kinshasa, DRC based NGO, operates a Mobile School Program for street children and former child soldiers. The street children are some of the most vulnerable victims of the wars that have been going on in the country for the past ten years. The program operates in five districts in Kinshasa, but prior to GO's involvement, there were no full time workers.
The $4,800 GO Getter Prize awarded to Oneworld Works paid the annual salaries of Albert Ngoy, a Street Educator who teaches street children basic literacy and survivor skills and of Micheline Lowa, a child therapist who talks to the children about getting off the street and helps them receive basic health care. On average, Albert and Micheline help 50 street children a day. Albert and Micheline also organized a Cultural Day where over 40 street kids participated in art and therapy classes and learned some basic French and English.
"We are so grateful for the good works of the GO Campaign. Your grant for our mobile School Program in Kinshasha, Democratic Republic of Congo will help us serve many more children and make the program more stable. Again, thank you for all that you do to help others. I sincerely believe that working together we can really bring about positive changes in the lives of street kids in Kinshasa". ~ Ira Simmons, President Oneworld Works

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| 5/09 |
Namibia |
Greening of 10 Schools (GAWA) |
$4,900 |
Final Report |
Project Goal: Fund tree-planting and environmental awareness program
Location: Windhoek, Namibia
GO awarded GAWA a $4,900 GO Getter Prize that enabled 15 schools in Namibia to plant and grow organic orange trees on campus which helped to raise awareness on the importance of living in a "green" community that promotes environmental sustainability.
This grant paid for the orange trees, fertilizer, compost and necessary equipment to care for the trees. In addition, students and teachers were taught how to properly care for the trees and GAWA used this opportunity to discuss with the students the environmental social problems plaguing the community, such as the lack of clean water.
In addition to the beatification of 15 schools, the process of planting these 120 trees galvanized the Green Movement in Windhoek, which has been dubbed the "concrete jungle" of Namibia.
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| 4/09 |
Cambodia |
Agricultural Program (Life and Hope Association) |
$2,640 |
Final Report |
Project Goal: Fund organic garden
Location: Siem Reap Angkor, Cambodia
LHA operates the Children's Development Village (CDV), a home for 43 impoverished and vulnerable Cambodian children. It is here that the children receive their basic needs including a loving, secure environment.
The GO Getter Prize awarded to LHA went a long way in their agricultural program including employing an agriculturalist, purchasing agriculture and compost-making tools and the creation of an organic nursery. This organic garden continues to produce some of the food that feeds the children and has enriched both their minds and the bodies.

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| 1/09 |
Peru |
100 Desks and Chairs for School Children (Comunidad Campesina de Huama) |
$4,400 |
Final Report |
Project Goal: Purchase school desks and chairs
Location: Huama, Peru
Imagine trying to concentrate while sitting, all day, on a cold mud floor. This was the case for students attending school in the remote Peruvian Andes Mountains. Thanks to the $4,400 "GO Getter Prize" awarded to GO partner Comunidad Campesina de Huama, over 100 students are better equipped to do well in school because they now have chairs and desks.

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| 1/09 |
Malawi |
Girl's Bathroom Facility (Jacaranda School) |
$7,600 |
Final Report |
Project Goal: Construct girl's bathroom facility
Location: Chigumula, Malawi
How many bricks does it take to build a bathroom facility for girls in Malawi?
35,000! Now, for the first time, the Jacaranda School has a suitable bathroom facility for girls who attend the school. The bathroom greatly increased attendance among the girls and they feel a great pride that they, like the boys, have access to this basic luxury.
You can see the bathrooms in this video that was, in part, filmed by teenage Sam Steinberger who visited Malawi in summer, 2009 after raising over $3,500 with his personal fundraising page!

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| 1/09 |
Tanzania |
Arts Education for At-risk Children with Disabilities (Mtakuja Art Group) |
$2,500 |
Final Report |
Project Goal: Teach income-generating skills to children with disabilities
Location: Arusha, Tanzania
Mtakuja Art Group is a community of talented Tanzanian artists from the small rural village of Mto wa Mbu in northern Tanzania.
They sell their professional artwork to tourists and as part of the group's mission, they teach at-risk youth, ages 6-13, about their cultural heritage and train them how to create quality pieces of artwork that can be sold in the Arusha city markets. Many of these students are living with physical disabilities, are orphans and/or live on the streets.
The Mtakuja Art Group values education and thus offers flexible hours to allow students to develop their artistic skills after school hours, during the weekend and on holidays. In addition, the adult artists teach students life skills and help them to manage their earnings. Thanks to the $2,500 "GO Getter Prize", Mtakuja Art Group now has 29 young graduates equipped with the artistic training, resources and skills to help them earn a sustainable living.
Click here to see more paintings or to order prints in support of these young Tanzanian artists!

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| 1/09 |
Tanzania |
Communal Porch for Orphanage (Leaders of Tomorrow) |
$2,000 |
Final Report |
Project Goal: Extend an orphanage's usable space
Location: Mt. Meru, Arusha, Tanzania
Leaders of Tomorrow is a joy-filled orphanage nestled in the hills of Mt. Meru, Tanzania. The orphanage is part of a larger arts-based cultural and education center, and the children are encouraged to partake in communal activities such as dancing, singing, poetry, art, drumming, acrobatics, and more. GO has funded a roof-enclosed porch for the orphanage, giving the kids a safe place to come together and continue their learning during the country's famous rainy seasons.

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| 12/08 |
Madagascar |
Beds, Blankets and School Furnishings for Students (Berivotra School) |
$1,250 |
Final Report |
Project Goal: Provide basic living supplies for school children
Location: Provide basic living supplies for school children
GO Campaign purchased 2 tables, 9 chairs, 10 blankets, and 5 mattresses, totaling $1250, for school children from the small rural town of Berivotra in northwestern Madagascar.
The Berivotra community currently has ten students continuing their education in a secondary or vocational school. They were in need of basic supplies. During the rainy season, from November to April, it is common for the children to become sick and fall behind in their studies because they are studying on the ground and sleeping on the dirt floors of their homes or other community structures. But now, just in time to make a difference, the children are warmer and more comfortable, and their studying will be more productive.
Most of the people in the area are internally displaced refugees and make their living through subsistence farming. Very few families own livestock and those who do often end up selling it prematurely, before a profit-making herd can be established, in order to buy food. Others produce charcoal and sell it to nearby urban centers. The Berivotra community greatly values education, and we are happy to have been able to come to their aid.
GO thanks our partner The Madagascar Ankizy Fund for helping to facilitate the delivery and success of this project.

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| 12/08 |
Tanzania |
Education Essentials for the Holidays (Tuseme) |
$2,500 |
Final Report |
Project Goal: Improve children's education
Location: Arusha & Moshi, Tanzania
In December 2008, GO Founder Scott Fifer traveled to Tanzania and visited Tuseme's center for street kids and orphans as well as their kindergarten. Tuseme was awarded a special "GO Getter Prize" to fulfill some pressing needs in addition to celebrating the holiday season like never before!
The timely grant allowed Tuseme Director Dominic Balama to host a Christmas feast of chicken, pilau (traditional rice dish) and soda, buy clothes for the children to give to each other in a gift-exchange and give a small bonus to the staff who care for the children. For everyone at Tuseme, it was a Christmas to remember!
Beyond the celebration, the majority of the grant went towards improving the children's education. Dominic combined GO's grant with some of Tuseme's savings to pay for:
- Uniforms for students so they were able to attend school in Moshi
- 40 new desks and benches for the school in Moshi so students don't have to sit on the floor
- Construction of an informal classroom where more children can study
- School fees for a few of the older street children to be able to attend school in Arusha
Fred, one of the children living at Tuseme, told Dominic, "Tunashukuru na Mungu atawalipa." meaning, "We are thankful and God will repay them."

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| 9/08 |
Tanzania |
Water Well (Africa Schoolhouse) |
$5,000 |
Final Report |
Project Goal: Build a water well
Location: Ntulya, Tanzania
The GO-supported water well continues to have a significant impact on the lives of those living in the town of Ntulya and the surrounding villages. The new well was drilled from a rich aquifer and is in constant use. The well provides the community with water used for mixing cement, curing bricks, drinking water, cooking and washing clothes. Communities with access to clean drinking water are better positioned to be able to care for their families and prosper, and we are thrilled to have been able to provide the water well for the Ntulya community.

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