IHEU has announced the recipients of its latest funding round in partnership with HIVOS.

In June 2006, IHEU was awarded a three year “block grant” of €225,000 from HIVOS for the purpose of funding projects in the developing world. The grant covers the years 2006, 2007 and 2008. IHEU then invited grant proposals through this web site, International Humanist News and by word of mouth. The grants were decided on the basis of IHEU's published grant criteria.

Applications for funding under the 2007 grants programme closed on 30 September 2007.

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The following countries are eligible for IHEU-HIVOS grant funding in 2007.

Key
+ Least developed countries (source: United Nations, 13 June 2007)
** Low income countries (source: World Bank, 13 June 2007)
* Low-middle income countries (ibid.)

In June 2006, IHEU was awarded a three year “block grant” of €225,000 from HIVOS for the purpose of funding projects in the developing world. The grant covers the years 2006, 2007 and 2008. IHEU then invited grant proposals through this web site, International Humanist News and by word of mouth.

Lawrence Jones, chairman of the IHEU/HIVOS Grants Committee, has commented on the criteria used to assess the grant applications in the 2006 funding round.

"The IHEU/HIVOS Grant Fund received nearly 50 requests for funding this year from organizations throughout the developing world. With limited monies available, it was impossible to fund all the worthy proposals", he said.

It is hoped that publication of the grant criteria will assist organizations in future grant applications. An announcement of the 2007 funding round will be made in the New Year.

Update: Applications for 2006 funding are now closed.

IHEYO, the International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organisation, has prepared a short manual on how to fund-raise. This will be uesful for groups seeking brief guidelines on how to find and approach funders and write a proposal. It provides many practical suggestions, points to keep in mind (do's and don't's), and good questions. Individual chapters are available separately. The document is available at http://www.iheyo.org/think/fundinglinks.htm.

If you live in the UK, there is a new way to support international humanism. eBay has set up a mechanism that lets you sell unwanted items and give some or all of the proceeds to International Humanist Trust - a sort of online, virtual charity shop.

Founded in Amsterdam in 1952, International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is the sole world umbrella organisation embracing Humanist, atheist, rationalist, secularist, skeptic, laique, ethical cultural, freethought and similar organisations world-wide.

Our vision is a Humanist world; a world in which human rights are respected and everyone is able to live a life of dignity. The mission of IHEU is to build and represent the global Humanist movement that defends human rights and promotes Humanist values world-wide. IHEU sponsors the triennial World Humanist Congress.