Apply for a grant for your environmental project

22 March 2012

If you have an idea for an environmental project, you could receive up to 1500 USD to help you achieve it, under the FAO/WAGGGS grant scheme.

The deadline for applications is 1 July 2012.

Together with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, WAGGGS invites Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world to apply for a small grant for projects related to our Global Action Theme for 2012, girls worldwide say "We can save our planet".

Your project can be related to climate change adaptation (helping people cope with climate change) or mitigation (preventing further CO2 emissions). A food security or agriculture theme to the project is advantageous but not essential. Projects with inter-country collaboration will be looked on favourably.

Examples of eligible projects include planting trees or crops, setting up a recycling system in your meeting hall or school, or hosting a discussion in your community.

For further information and the application criteria please download the application form. If you have any queries please contact WAGGGS at comms@wagggs.org. The deadline for applications is 1 July 2012.

Funding criteria

To be eligible for a grant, your application must meet the following criteria.

Details of a dedicated contact person with access to email and a bank account are provided
The project is related to climate change, and ideally food security
The project is planned and conducted by young Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (between 7 and 25 years old) with the help of their leaders as required
The funding will be spent exclusively on the project as outlined
Project reports and other available documentation such as pictures are submitted immediately after completion of the project and will be used by WAGGGS and FAO for publication and promotion
If the project cannot be conducted as outlined, WAGGGS will be consulted immediately to agree further steps

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Naho Watanabe - 25 May 2012 - 8.30AM (GMT)

I’d like to apply this!
Mangroves are in danger. They are dying by rubbish drifted by flow.
I heard about this from people who joins in the project planting mangroves.Mangroves make water clean and ,of course, emit a lot of oxygen.
So this project has two benefits!
My friend and I are planning to go there, Indonesia, to plant them.
I’m sure that seeing and doing by own eyes and body is the best way to know and tell.
So,please Support us for going there!
well,Is there any limitted dates?

high school student,From Kanagawa, Japan

Dejeen - 14 April 2012 - 11.31AM (GMT)

First of all I would like to appreciate your program in enhancing for the development of human beings through environmental conservation.
Am delighted to take part with your programes in the future;please kindly forward me different activities that you are running in the future.
Thanks!!
Dejene Abdissa,from Addis Ababa,Ethiopia

KUMBUKANI MWANYONGO - 8 April 2012 - 2.10PM (GMT)

Am happy we are done with 2012plan of planting tree in our community!this year we changed the style,we planted trees door by door to atract other Girls attention(at every house of the targeted village) inoder to encourage families to take part in planting tree so that they can aswell teach their children.It was fun seeing all female ages in action.After all the activities the PH kandama(chief) and community famers gave the girlguides alot of farm produce as a gift of thanks for choosing their village and this was great for it acted as reinforcement to the warmfull progress of the project.we have just applyed for the FAOandWAGGGS Grant and we hope to develop our project through awareness that can impact 100 000 local community people with help of the 500 girls that are currently involved,since 2010 we have been planting trees and taking care of our crop garden and we know we are growing but our aim now is to share and harvest ahuge number of girls and young women that can actively participate in environmental issues aswell as help their communities cope with climate change BECOUSE TOGATHER WE CAN SAVE OUR PLANET!

ABADI - 27 March 2012 - 6.36AM (GMT)

Attitude Build up on Active Development institutional organization that we are try to motivating to change their behavior to protect the change for humanity and change the climate, and to save the live from natural climate. we are working with adolescent to build up their future livelihood on skill in behave on this we are make a program with girls and their parents.

Bridget Shepherd - 27 March 2012 - 12.18AM (GMT)

I am so excited! We are amongst the plans of planting a community garden that will serve over 200+ families. As well as plant 100 trees. Our county and our neighboring county is amongst the highest unemployment rate here in Michigan. We look forward to bridging the gap with our neighbors and making sure our families have food to help suppliment their incomes. Our troop looks forward to teaching kids in area schools the importance of trees and the need for our natural resources. Thank you so much for a grand opportunity to serve our communities!

Make Sorovakarua - 25 March 2012 - 10.50AM (GMT)

Hi I'm fro the Friendly isles of Fiji and am a Guide Leader at a Primary School in The capital - Suva. Currently the girl guides in school are imposing proper rubbish disposal in classrooms and have achieved zero burning in the past 2 years. We however would like to set up a compost in school but have no funds to get going.

Milla Menga - 25 March 2012 - 7.04AM (GMT)

We are currently involved in a climate change response strategy that implements Environmental Education targeting 35000 schools in Kenya. we are currently working with 20 schools and would like to replicate our programme in partnership with like minded organizations. Kindly keep us posted as we strengthen partnership, we will engage Kenya Girl guides association in this

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