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Creative Education Fund
At the moment, Hesperian is not accepting applications for the Creative Education Fund.
CEF supported projects include using puppets to expand the skills of traditional birth attendants (India); a running race for women with hurdles that represent the barriers they face to safer sex (Kenya); a question and answer poetry contest on HIV/AIDS prevention (Ethiopia); easy-to-read, illustrated pamphlets on mental health (Nepal); and radio plays about power relationships between men and women and how this affects sexual health (Haiti).
We also support projects that present information in spoken, visual or easy-to-read formats such as:
- Video and slide shows
- Flip charts and posters
- Educational theater and drama
- Educational crafts
To receive a grant from CEF, the project must:
- Benefit poor women and have clear goals with a clearly defined plan of action
- Educate the participants' community about women's health issues
The Creative Education Fund gives priority to projects that:
- Develop new and creative educational materials or techniques
- Involve women in planning, carrying out and managing funds for the project
- Involve the people who will use the materials in the process of developing them
- Use a "popular education" approach that works from the participants' own experiences, treats both participants and leaders as co-learners, and empowers people to improve their health and their lives
- Educate the community in how being female and poor affect women's health
- Develop ideas and materials that other organizations can use or adapt
Please email us for more information about the Creative Education Fund. To apply, please download the Creative Education Fund Application.
Recent Grants
Some recent grant recipients include:
ROSE Trust (Rural Organization For Social Education) — India
This project includes a street play and two sets of posters developed in the local language, Tamil, to address the issue of domestic violence against women. The group will cover 63 villages of the Vandavasi Block and share its newly created resources, i.e. script and posters, with other local non-governmental organizations. The project's messages included gender equality, distribution of power, problem solving skills and communication strategies.
Role de la Femme — Togo (West Africa)
This group provides health education for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections among sex workers and drivers along the Ghana/Togo border. In order to raise awareness, the group held a contest to create posters and stickers with educational messages. The contest encouraged the community to address their own health problems and by using illustrations, it was accessible to those who could not read.
Health Education Organization — Pakistan
In order to educate the community on nutrition for women, this group used an artistic mixed-media approach including flash cards made of oil-painted recycled tin, posters and leaflets, and educational audio cassettes created by traditional birth attendants. The project's messages focused on the main problems faced by women in the area including anemia, lack of calcium, lack of knowledge about balanced diet (especially during pregnancy) and iodine deficiency. The project also included the creation of kitchen gardens to provide needed food.
Centro De Estudios y Apoyo Laboral (CEAL) — El Salvador
This group met with garment workers to promote healthy working conditions using the Where women have no doctor and Saludos. Using the popular education method of collaborative learning, the meetings consisted of group discussions on topics including women's rights, negotiation and conflict resolution, and leadership in the community and workplace.
Needy Girls Mothers Association (NEGIMA) — Ghana
This group conducted interactive workshops with young girls about family planning. An important component of these workshops was the use of a board game that encourages active dialogue about family planning and contraceptives.
What others are saying about CEF:
"Creative Education Fund is a very good project that helps to build capacity at the grass root level. It targets the most vulnerable people and yet it addresses critical concerns such as women and health, women and violence and women in poverty situations. These concerns are very vital and it is our urge that the project continues to uplift the standards of the most needy people. The funding of grassroots groups to sensitise and train women in various skills is equally important."
— Peasant Farmers' Association for Rural Development (PFARD), Iganga, Uganda
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