The Children's Fund
All money raised through Eat So They Can benefits the Children's Fund set up especially to aid children living in poverty. By addressing both immediate and long-term issues, the GVN Foundation hopes to make a significant impact on the lives of the children in the programs we support.
Immediate Needs
The GVN Foundation Children's Fund was founded with the aim of meeting the immediate needs of our partner orphanages and schools in Africa, as well as a tool for creating long term sustainability in these same projects. The money raised through Eat So They Can events will be used to provide food, shelter, education and medical care to children in our partner orphanages and schools. A Global Volunteer Network representative and the Executive Director of our partner organizations in Africa evaluates the short-term needs of the programs and distributes the funds appropriately. To maintain accountability, for all funds granted, orphanages must submit an assessment form on a quarterly basis explaining how the funds were used. This is rolling process based on continuous needs.
Sustainability
In an effort to foster long-term economic and personal development in our programs, the sustainability portion of the Children's Fund was set up. This portion of the fund is comprised of two streams- microfinance and scholarship- and will be used over the course of the next two years to provide small loans and training to women, and/or leadership training and scholarship funds to youth.
Breakdown of Funds: Exactly where does the money go?
We understand why people are often hesitant to give money to organizations they may not be familiar with. Often people think that the money will not be spent on what the organisation says it will be spent on. The GVN Foundation believes in providing donors with a transparent breakdown of the funds. This is why we think it is important for you to know just how your money is going to be spent:
