Saturday, February 04, 2012

GHFP Projects

  ghfp   The GHFP initiates, sponsors and supports a variety of projects falling within the Foundation's key areas of Concern. Many of those listed in this ongoing projects directory have a more info link to their dedicated page. Please contact our office to discuss your proposal to help us to support any of these schools, projects or organisations.
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Nuestra Señora de Fatimah

Project description:  Nuestra Señora de Fatimah, located in a rural area of Colombia, aims to nurture the sense of well-being in the children by helping them to connect with and admire the beauty of the surrounding natural environment, as well as their inner world.
Region:  Latin America
Type:  School
Strand:  Education
More info:  amanecer
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Lewes New School

Project description:  The Lewes New School aims to develop whole persons, who can grow up to be valued and contributing members of their communities. It looks to discover what is unique about every child, and to support that uniqueness by creating a range of teaching and learning opportunities that naturally accommodate the different styles of learning.
Region:  Europe
Type:  School
Strand:  Education
More info:  lns
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Museum of World Religions (UK)

Project description:  The focus of the project is to establish a Museum of World Religions in Birmingham (to be known alternatively as the UNESCO Centre of World Religions or the UNESCO Centre of Inter-Religious Understanding’). It is envisaged to be a world-class institution, probably in a multi-storey, purpose-built building, along the lines of the great museums of the world.
Region:  Europe
Type:  Religious Educational Resource/Inter-religious understanding
Strand:  Dialogue
More info:  mwruk
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MA in Education Studies (Person-Centred Education)

Project description:  Our commitment to educational innovation has led to our developing a unique Masters in Education Studies programme that has a focus on Person-Centred Education.
Region:  Europe
Type:  Academic Programme
Strand:  Education
More info:  pce
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Yes Quest

Project description:  The YES Quest is a non-formal learning and personal development programme. Provided in a challenging yet supportive environment, it helps young people to get back in touch with their inner talents and capacities and to re-ignite their passion to set and reach life and work goals.
Region:  Worldwide
Type:  Youth development project
Strand:  Education/Youth
More info:  yesquest
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Colegio Amor

Project description:  The colegio of 'love' has become a focal point of the local community, near Bogota Colombia. Apart from educating the young person, it also offers various educational and vocational training and services to adults within the community.
Region:  Latin America
Type:  School
Strand:  Education
More info:  amor
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Ara Pacis Initiative

Project description:  'Council for Dignity, Forgiveness, Justice and Reconciliation'. Its members are 'witnesses' themselves of suffering or tragedy yet choose the path of forgiveness.
Region:  Europe
Type:  Peace
Strand:  Dialogue
More info:  arapacis
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Bina Cita Utama

Project description:  The school offers an education in both English and Indonesian languages. It aims to serve the academic, physical, social, and emotional needs of its pupils using both Indonesian and international curricula. BCU is the first and only bilingual school in the province.
Region:  Asia
Type:  School
Strand:  Education
More info:  bcu
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Bukit Batu

Project description:  A governance strengthening project in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Its' objective is to have a well functioning society where local people are actively engaged in processes that shape how development takes place in their immediate environment.
Region:  Asia
Type:  Governance Project
Strand:  Livelihood
More info:  livelihood
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Forgiveness as a peace process

Project description:  The GHFP believes that forgiveness is a key element in peacebuilding, especially in post-conflict countries. Forgiveness is an inner journey. It allows the individuals to address our own cycle of fear, and create new momentum of reconciliation and transformation.
Region:  Global
Type:  Forgiveness/Peace
Strand:  Dialogue
More info:  forgiveness
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Forgiveness Map

Project description:  Forgiveness projects worldwide, including the Garden of Forgiveness in Beirut, Forgiveness Network, the Forgiveness Project, Ara Pacis, and more.
Region:  Global
Type:  Resource
Strand:  Dialogue
More info:  forgiveness_map
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InterWorldView

Project description:  The Montreal-based InterWorldView Project has pioneered a concept that puts implicit emphasis on dialogue between individuals who uphold different worldviews. This can be used by peacebuilders.
Region:  North America
Type:  Peace
Strand:  Dialogue
More info:  interworldview
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Learning for Wellbeing Consortium

Project description:  The Consortium's initiative includes to develop a policy document that intends to create a common conceptual framework, policy principles and shared discourse for promoting children's well-being in Europe. It will allow different policy arenas to work concertedly in proritising well-being in policy actions.
Region:  Europe
Type:  Policy
Strand:  Education
More info:  wellbeing
  

Project Support

      Organisations, groups or individuals are invited to contact our office if they are interested in seeking funds or support from the GHFP. Please refer to our current Project Funding Principles document to see project requirements and funding priorities, and Funding Application Guideline that details how to prepare for the application. Funding Application Procedure gives further information regarding the steps following the application. 
       
      The GHFP seeks projects that can serve as case studies or practical examples of investigations that we are undertaking. Project work is of vital significance and provides evidence and feedback for our research initiatives. We often form long-term partnerships with such projects.
       
      The GHFP acts to provide opportunities for the development and understanding of innovative practices by offering seed funding. We like to help to catalyse projects with the potential to create a wider social benefit, to get off the ground.
       
      The GHFP encourages and sponsors in-project research and training, providing support so that project teams can learn and share their understanding with other practitioners in the field, and we offer many modes of collaboration and participation in our projects including finance, expertise, studentships, and so forth.
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