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BGR projects are designed both to provide emergency food aid and to promote greater food productivity at the grass-roots level. We partner with organizations that are already operating on the ground in areas of interest. MORE
project: india |
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Task: Enable child migrant laborers to enroll in and attend school Partner: Lotus Outreach International MORE |
project: niger |
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Task: Micronutrient distribution to children and women in Zinder, Niger Partner: Helen Keller International MORE |
project: cambodia |
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Task: Provide food support to at-risk and exploited girl students Partner: Lotus Outreach International MORE |
project: sri lanka |
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Task: Microfinance women’s livelihood program Partner: Sarvodaya Women’s Movement MORE |
project: vietnam |
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Task: Provide meals for hospital patients Partner: Local Red Cross of District Tam Binh MORE |
mewat-india project
helping child laborers out of brick kilns and into school
A heartwarming thank you from a few of the child laborers who have recently been enrolled in school for the first time through BGR’s new project with partner Lotus Outreach. The cost to enroll these children in school is minimal – just $21 per child covers their enrollment fees and school supplies for the entire school year!
BGR has made a grant to Lotus Outreach International to support the school enrollment of over 700 children working in the brick kilns of Mewat, Haryana. Their parents are eager to send their children to school, but they have been too poor to enroll their children in school and cover the costs of their school materials and supplies. The children work 14-16 hours a day alongside their parents, often in dangerous conditions. BGR funds will provide the financial support to enroll 100 of their daughters and sons in school and provide the children a chance to emerge from poverty, cast off the shackles of social oppression, and stake out for themselves a fulfilling life. MORE
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profile from cambodia
rina can now dream of medical school due to rice support
The story of 18 year-old Long Rina highlights the critical impact of the Girls’ Access to Education (GATE) scholarship program’s new rice support component sponsored by BGR. While scholarships can nudge talented and ambitious girls into education, the omnipresence of poverty is a constant threat to their success. By far, the most common menace is the lack of food. Rina entered GATE in 2007 and quickly established herself as a bright and remarkable young woman. Her vibrant spirit took in Program Director Raksmey Var, who hoped to help Rina achieve her dream of becoming a medical doctor. MORE
