The Grafton Street Fund
A donor-advised fund bringing a little money and a lot of thought to philanthropy
2007 - Health in Harmony
The mission of Health In Harmony is to improve the health of people and the natural environment by providing improved access to medical care, sharing empowering knowledge, and advocating for the inherent value of all life. Health in Harmony takes a unique, holistic approach, looking not only to the health and well-being of individual people, but also at the needs of the whole environment as we believe human and environmental health are synergistic.
Health In Harmony's falgship project is an innovative program in Indonesia called Alamku Ya Umurku ("My environment gives me my years"). This program provides medical care, and medical training, while at the same time preserving the natural environment through creative incentives for local communities, awareness raising, and ecologically-sustainable community development. The project is located around Gunung Palung in West Kalimantan, Borneo which is a beautiful but threatened National Park.
In conjunction with the local government and communities, this program is developing medical facilities to provide high-quality, low-cost health care to poor communities, medical and environmental training programs for local people to help promote self-sufficiency and sustainability, and environmentally friendly community development programs.
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2006 - Orphans of Rwanda
Orphans of Rwanda, Inc. (ORI) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to assisting orphans and vulnerable children in Rwanda who have been affected by the 1994 genocide and diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria. ORI provides targeted grants to strong local partners that have effective leadership and clear goals but lack the financial means to implement their plans. Our partners include orphanages, youth-focused community groups, and other NGOs.
While ORI's primary focus is on higher education, we undertake a broad range of support activities. These include assistance for primary and secondary education, healthcare, and orphanage infrastructure.
ORI's staff comprises a small fundraising team in the United States and a small management team on the ground in Rwanda, most of whom serve on a volunteer basis. These volunteers enable us to operate with an absolute minimum of administrative costs so that your donations will directly benefit the intended recipients.
The ORI strategy is based on empowering people on the front lines. ORI's Rwanda-based team identifies strong partners and works with them to design effective projects geared at improving the quality of life for the children they serve. Once projects are approved and funds transferred to a given partner, full responsibility for implementation lies with the partners themselves. Through regular site visits, ORI's local team ensures proper oversight and financial accountability.
