Grants
In July 2007, the board of the Eleos Foundation approved its first four grants.
Zambia Blindness Prevention Initiative
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$114,500
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Blindness prevents over a quarter-million Zambians from participating in educational and economic opportunity, usually leaving no choice but street begging. In the vast majority of cases, the causes of blindness are easily treated or prevented. Eleos is a lead investor in this three-year strategic initiative, which will help approximately 300,000 Zambians - mostly children - avoid blindness and have a chance at a normal, fruitful life. |
Franchised Health Clinics in Kenya
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$47,000
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These ten clinics will bring basic health care services to a total of 50,000-100,000 people per year. |
Eleos will cover the initial start-up costs for ten trained Kenyan nurses to open micro-franchise health clinics in rural Kenya. Serving mostly children at an average cost-per-visit of 51 cents, these self-sustaining clinics treat the most common ailments that keep Kenyans from school or work: malaria, respiratory ailments, worms and diarrhea. Link |
Community Water System in Eastern India
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$45,000
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Local operators from the village are trained to build and maintain the filtration and UV disinfection systems, designed for scalability and ease of use. |
Clean water is critical to good health and significantly improves educational outcomes. Eleos will purchase a sustainable community water system capable of supplying water to 12,600 people in Bihar state in Eastern India. For a fee of $2 per year for up to 10 liters of clean water per person per day, this community-owned water system sustains itself indefinitely with little or no maintenance. Link |
Eastern India Health Initiative
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$37,200
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Eleos is funding the education component of a large, multi-organization strategic initiative in Bihar state in eastern India, designed to lower mortality rates among infants and mothers, improving the future for families and communities. Most causes of infant and maternal mortality are preventable, and Eleos' grantee partner will provide critically needed education about health, hygiene, nutrition and infant and mother mortality. Eleos' funding is anticipated to impact 58,500 lives. |
Total funds granted:
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$243,700
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Total lives impacted:
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400,000 to 500,000
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2008- 2009 Scholarship Program
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Congratulations to Eugenio Ordonez and Gustavo Beck Urriolagoitia for earning their scholarship awards!
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The Eleos Foundation is committed to increasing access to health and education in communities challenged by severe poverty.
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