Department of the First Minister and Cabinet
Welsh Assembly Government
Cathays Park,
Cardiff CF10 3NQ.
Telephone:
+44 (0)29 2082 3439
E-mail: walesforafrica@wales.gsi.gov.uk
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Wales for Africa Grant Scheme 2010/11
The Welsh Assembly Government's "Wales for Africa" Grant Scheme 2010-11 is now closed. The aim was to support and encourage people in Wales to make an effective contribution to international development and respond to global disasters and emergencies. People in Wales were again encouraged to join with the Welsh Assembly Government in considering what they can do to help deliver the Millennium Development Goals, to halve poverty by 2015.
Wales for Africa Grant Scheme: previous years
In the first two years of the Wales for Africa Grant Scheme grant scheme, activities were supported which would:
- encourage international disaster preparedness in Wales and enable and support volunteering at appropriate time of disaster;
- support diaspora communities in Wales and their efforts to respond to international disasters in their homeland;
- build the capacity of small Welsh International Development NGOs (non-government organisations) and aid the co-ordination of the sector as a whole in order to strengthen Wales’ impact on Millennium Development Goal delivery; and,
- build effective links between communities in Wales and sub-Saharan Africa.
In 2008-09, 58 applications were received. Grants were awarded, by an assessment panel, to 11 projects/activities, totaling just under £240,000.
In 2009-10, 13 initiatives were funded, totalling £268,000.