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The grants approved totaling $680,000 by the unfcu foundation board of directors for the 2025 program year that aligned with its mission to sustain a path out of poverty through healthcare and education for women and youth are the following: education:building tomorrow is a locally-led social impact organization ensuring children in rural uganda access foundational learning opportunities. Building tomorrow will recruit and train 125 new fellows on their roots to rise education program, bringing their active corps total to 225. The 225 fellows will recruit and train 4,000 new community education volunteers and impact an estimated 270,000 learners, more than half will be women and girls, across camps and their online ewaka learning platform.YWCA brooklyn provides a holistic college access and leadership program (lead) for youth, services for immigrant women, and domestic violence prevention, anti-racism, civic engagement, and women's health and wellness initiatives with the goal of empowering women. YWCA brooklyn's lead program will serve 140 girls of color from poverty-impacted communities to support their timely graduation and acceptance to a four-year university, build financial literacy and career exposure and provide mentorship for alumni of the program. Mindleaps creates positive life pathways for vulnerable children and youth in uganda through a creative arts program build on data-drive metrics, combined with holistic wrap-around services for the children, youth, their caretakers and communities. The "girls & women rising" program will provide academic and advanced digital literacy skill-building for 25 girls between the ages of 12-18, and their caretakers will enroll in the family strengthening program, providing business training classes.

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Healthcare:mount sinai adolescent health center (msahc) will provide integrated medical, sexual and reproductive health, and behavioral and mental health services utilizing a wellness and preventative approach. They will provide these much needed services to 50 adolescent girls between the ages of 10 to 26. Their services will include a myriad of different high quality, comprehensive and integrated youth specific services. The floating hospital will continue to provide behavioral health services and support programs for over 700 women and children. Many of the women and children are experiencing domestic violence and other traumas, and are considered part of the "hidden homeless" population. Clients will receive behavioral-health screenings to evaluate level of care, will receive behavioral-health therapy appropriate to their level of need, and will be referred to TFH's life-skills department for additional services and assistance outside of mental health.

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Livelihood training:global fund for widows is dedicated to empowering widows and female heads of households to overcome poverty through skills-based training, job creation, and micro-finance. GFW will support 150 widows to create six savings and loan associations to bring economic security to over 1,650 individuals in kenya. The six savings and loans groups will be owned, managed and governed by 25 widows to provide financial inclusion and access to capital. 150 women will be trained in paralegal skills to instigate legal and social change. Hot bread kitchen creates economic opportunity for immigrant women and women of color in NYC, through job skills training, food entrepreneurship programs and an ecosystem of holistic care. HBK will enroll 260 women in their culinary fundamentals training program across NYC, including 40 members who will participate culinary fundamentals tailored to the needs of migrants and asylum seekers. Graduated participants will be placed in high-quality jobs in the food industry within HBK's network of 200+ employer partners.imagine her's mission is to work with communities to accelerate the power and potential of women, girls, and youth as active leaders and social entrepreneurs creating sustainable solutions within their communities in uganda. Imagine her will support 500 rural young women and youth to participate in "imagine academy," a social enterprise and innovation incubator program. The program training is an accelerated, mentored MBA-style business, leadership and social entrepreneurship training course. Its participants will also be able to access tailored, start-up financing via interest free loans.mission for community development (mcode) empowers individuals to improve their lives and promote community driven development in rural areas of uganda. Mcode will support 180 young women in their organic agricultural vocational training program for the production of high-demand vegetables, habanero and cayenne peppers. They will provide coaching and mentorship through a horticulture training company to provide a market for the products, and support to achieve certifications at an accredited farming institute. Refushe's mission is to protect, educate, and empower orphaned, unaccompanied, and separated refugee girls and young women so they can build healthier and more resilient futures for themselves and their children. Refushe's artisan collective is a social enterprise that will graduate 20 young women into two-year apprenticeships to gain advanced tailoring skills, entrepreneurship education and access to small loans.sanctuary for families is new york's largest nonprofit provider of wrap-around services exclusively for survivors of domestic violence, sex trafficking, and related forms of gender-based violence. Sanctuary's economic empowerment program (eep) will cover stipends for 150 women and youth to make internships accessible for participants and help prepare them for living-wage jobs.together we bake's (TWB) mission is to provide a comprehensive workforce training and personal development program for underserved and underrepresented women. TWB will recruit and train 45 women, and provide post program support to 150 alumni team members. Alumni team members will receive post-program professional development support services through the workforce development specialist.trickle up works with ultra-poor women in guatemala to help them access financial inclusion services. The program works with local municipalities to assume the financial, administrative, and management requirements to implement its graduation approach. Trickle up will support 500 existing women participants and 200 new women participants through the livelihood training programs to provide financial inclusion services, including providing seed grants for income generating activities, monitoring project activities, coaching and mentoring, and diversifying participant income streams.village enterprise utilizes the graduation approach to address the challenges of women living in rural poverty in uganda by providing access to business savings groups, financial literacy, sustainability training, membership and a cash grant as seed capital. The program will start 51 business, impacting the lives of 153 women entrepreneurs, and form four new business savings groups.international rescue committee (irc) provides opportunities for refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking, survivors of torture, and other immigrants to thrive in america. Irc's women's employability program (wep) will provide specialized employment services and financial capability training to 150 refugee women and individual financial coaching to 40 women.united nations population fund (unfpa) will provide support to the existing fistula treatment intervention in gombe state, where there is a high prevalence of women and girls affected by obstetric fistula. The grant will support enrollment of 40 indigent fistula survivors in small and medium-sized enterprises. The 40 women will receive training for various vocation and trade skills. Unfpa will support 200 fistula survivors' reintegration experiences through psychological counseling, and peer and community support.konexio is dedicated to addressing the socio-economic challenges faced by refugee women and youth through digital access and education. Konexio will enroll 60 young refugee women in the "digital inclusion program" in kakuma refugee camp in kenya. The participants will complete foundational digital literacy training, job-specific skills development, and online business operations training. Participants will be linked to digital job platforms and provided with ongoing mentorship, peer learning, and digital resources.world food programme senegal works to build resilience to climate shocks through sustainable livelihoods and aims to tackle chornic poverty and strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities. WFP senegal's "kaolack rural women economic empowerment program" will support 500 participants of an agricultural economic interest group through capacity building, high quality products training, entrepreneurship and management training, and license coaching to increase living wage jobs and income.

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In 2024, the unfcu foundation provided five grants totaling $75,000.00 through the strategic initiatives fund (sif) as well as operational support in the amount of $41,000.00 to the kilimanjaro initiative (ki). Strategic initiatives fund:the afriwomen network addresses the critical needs of african women and girls in the diaspora with a starting focus in the united states. The afriwomen network's programming initiatives include a convening at the un commission of the status of women to conduct meaningful discussions centered on leadership, philanthropy, entrepreneurship, community connections, and advocacy.nyaka global provides community-based solutions to address the needs of orphaned and vulnerable children in rural southwestern uganda through a comprehensive support system. Nyaka global will support 60 women and girls through their women employability through enterprise and skills development project to provide business planning training and mentorships. Participants will receive agricultural technical vocational education and training and receive funds for business start ups.american red cross will provide support to their hurricane relief response in the aftermath of hurricanes helene and milton in the southeast united states. American red cross will provide families and children in need with access to shelter, food, relief supplies, and health services. Un escwa staff council in collaboration with other un staff unions in lebanon provided support to those displaced in lebanon. The unescwa staff council will provide families with access to shelter, food, and relief supplies.unhcr climate resilience fund aims to ensure that forcible displaced people fleeing from or living in climate-vulnerable countries are protected from and resilient to the impact of climate change. Unhcr has identified priority countries where data demonstrates the impact of the climate crrisis on the displaced will worsen significantly by 2030. Climate-related interventions include building climate resilient shelters, increasing access to solar energy, and improving climate-resilient agriculture.

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Kilimanjaro initiative (ki) operations support:kilimanjaro initiative (ki) provides counseling, livelihood skills and income generation opportunities to young women. Ki organizes annual climbs of MT. Kilimanjaro with youth from disenfranchised communities in kenya, tanzania and the USA. The climb supports leadership and physical training courses. Ki also supports a network of boxing clubs and psycho-social support groups where youth become community role models. Ki is a unique platform that brings together individuals from different economic, social, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds.