GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

In 2003, a group of girls in the Dorchester area of Boston complained that women were demeaned and disrespected by talk and lyrics on local radio shows. They began GRLZ Radio, based at St. Mary’s Women’s and Children’s Center. Teen girls from this mostly minority neighborhood learn radio technology and develop content relevant to their lives.

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Featuring GRLZ Radio, a grantee of the Anna B. Stearns Charitable Foundation, the Charles Hayden Foundation, the Clipper Ship Foundation and the Rutland Corner Foundation.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Seed Magazine

Traditionally, women who do the bulk of the farming in Africa have had to haul water from long distances to tend their crops. An experimental partnership between an academic research group and and the Solar Electric Light Fund has introduced villagers to the transforming ability of solar powered drip irrigation in Benin’s remote sub-Saharan Kalalé district. To read the article, click here.

Featuring Solar Electric Light Fund a grantee of the Conservation, Food and Health Foundation.

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: New York Times

Three Massachusetts health centers are participating in a pilot program with local farmers’ markets to alleviate obesity in children and low-income families by increasing their consumption of fruits and vegetables. Doctors in participating health centers will give coupons of $1 a day for each member of a family of four in 50 families and will track their progress. To read the article click here.

Featuring the Codman Square Health Center, a grantee of Clipper Ship Foundation, Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust, Anna B. Stearns Foundation, Lalor Foundation.