The Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation awarded $472,007 in grants at its spring meeting.

Some of the grants that we will be following with interest relate to advancing new technologies. Venture Strategies for Health and Development, for example, will be testing of the use of text-messaging to reduce post-partum hemmorage in Zambia. In Israel, the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies will test a low-cost water desalinator that can irrigate crops in very dry areas. Continue Reading »

SUCCESS STORIES

Foundations are abuzz about monitoring, tracking, and evaluating outcomes. It is an essential discussion that shapes good grantmaking.

But as foundations zero in on narrow sets of indicators captured in relatively short time frames, we wonder if we sometimes lose track of the ripples in the pond – the unintended outcomes.

The Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation’s support of Hesperian Health Guide’s A Community Guide to Environmental Health reminds us of how many ripples its grants can have. Continue Reading »

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Foreign Affairs

Farmers in Rwanda are working to improve their methods in a crucial effort to reclaim the land. Beginning with 40 farmers in Kenya, the One Acre Fund is now working with nearly 30,000 farmers in both Kenya and Rwanda to reverse the rampant soil depletion and erosion with improved seeds, fertilizer and water management techniques. The prospects for increased crop yields are promising if not yet reality.

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Featuring One Acre Fund, a grantee of Conservation, Food and Health Foundation.