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Mini
Grants
SBPCA provides
support via its Mini Grants program to assist active Peace
Corps Volunteers (PCVs) with projects needing funding in
their communities of service. Emphasis is placed on projects
that will have many beneficiaries, are community-oriented,
and will have a continuing benefit to the community.
Since 2004, SBPCA
has funded 25 projects for a total of $14,694!
SBPCA provides
Mini Grants funding to these PCVs in two ways:
1)
Directly to PCVs who have either (a) lived in or
have an established connection to Santa Barbara County, Ventura
County, or San Luis Obispo County, or (b) have been recommended
by an active member of SBPCA; OR
2) Through the Peace
Corps Partnership Program.
Applications
are reviewed as received. Applicants need to be aware that
the evaluation process includes communication between the
SBPCA Board and applicants, and we are likely to have follow-up
questions after reviewing applications. Applicants should
be sure to include a current email address with their contact
information. The review process is likely to take between
a few weeks to a couple months, depending on how often an
applicant is able to check email and how responsive s/he
is communications with us.
Each PCV is limited
to receiving a maximum of $750 total in grant funds during
his or her Peace Corps service.
To download the
SBPCA Mini Grants Application, click
here.
To download the
SBPCA Mini Grants Final Report Guidelines,
click
here.
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Bead making project,
Ghana 2008
Vocational Training for
disabled youth & young adults,
Romania 2006
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SBPCA
Mini Grants Program "In the News"
6/17/08
- "Making
a Difference: Santa Barbara Peace Corps Association Gives
Mini-Grants"
in the Peace
Corps Polyglot
(the blog of the National Peace Corps Association)
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| GRANTS
HISTORY |
2011
Grants
Outdoor Multi-Use
Pavilion Project, PCV Forest Carter, Casario Laguna Verde,
El Salvador - $225
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2010 Grants
Interactive
classroom to provide teachers with internet access, etc.,
PCV Garrick Bjur, Yampil, Ukraine - $750
Materials for construction of school computer lab, PCV Laura
Kutner, San Miguel Duenas, Guatemala - $632
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2009 Grants
HIV/AIDS awareness program for youth in high risk areas, PCV
Bea Scheuermann, Sikasso region, Mali - $500
Fix-up of local library & painting health focused murals
at primary school & youth organization building, PCV Caleb
Mariani, Conakry, Guinea - $160
Construction of community center, PCV Joanna Carman, Loma Verde,
Dominican Republic - $750
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2008 Grants
Stove building project, PCV Daniel Alejandro, Sibinal,
San Marcos, Guatemala - $500
Bead making project, PCV Suzanne Hartley, Abompe, Ghana
- $500 |
2007 Grants
Compost Latrine Construction, Druadrua Island, Fiji - $838
Library project, Baclayon High School, PCV Anne Park, Philippines
- $750
Latrine project, Dominican Republic - $600
English/Bulgarian dictionaries & bilingual classroom guides,
Bregovo, Bulgaria - $583
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2006 Grants
Stove
building project, PCV Aimee Diehl, San Isidro, Nicaragua
- $565
Rejuvenating
Eco-Tourism, Paga & Sirigu, Ghana - $1000
Vocational
Training for Disabled Youth/Young Adults, Onesti, Romania
- $500
Demonstration Poultry Small Business, Jammeh Kunda, The Gambia
- $850
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2005 Grants
Rainwater Catchment Systems, Bolivia - $450
Future Environmental Leaders Camp, Ukraine - $500
Youth Leadership Development Conference, Dominican Republic
- $500
AIDS Education Conference, Cameroon - $500
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2004 Grants
Markoye Market and Health Clinic - $645
Millet Grinder - $1017
AIDS education event - $150
English Library and Tutoring Center - $475
Latrine Grant - $754
Previous
Grants
Road project, El Salvador - $150
Library project, Kyrgyz Republic -$200
Primary School Reparations, El Manzano, El Salvador - $200
Community Tree Nursery, Maronga, Zimbabwe - $367
Fruit Tree Planting activity, Honduras - $50
Health Education project, Ecuador - $150
Water Sanitation project, Bolivia - $200
Irrigation
of Community Gardens, PCV Eric Strong, Sevare / Ouo, Mali
- $300
Women's
Chicken Project, Chinandega / Cabo de Orno, Nicaragua
- $350
Women's
Palm Oil Cooperative, PCV Paul Meadows, Yotokope, Togo
- $250
Latrine
Building project, Tieningboue / Wedala & Ninakiri,
Cote d'Ivoire - $250
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Women's Palm Oil Cooperative,
Togo 1998
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Irrigation of Community Gardens,
Mali |
Latrine Building,
Cote d'Ivoire |
Chicken Project,
Nicaragua 1998 |
Road Building,
El Salvador |
Library Project,
Kyrgyz Republic |
Tree Nursery,
Zimbabwe |
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