AFRECS maintains a registry of requested project support from Sudan and its neighboring countries for individuals or institutions looking for ways to help. Following please find more details about this initiative, and links to a summary of each proposed project.
Students at school under a tree in Konbek, Sudan.
History:
Americans who visit Sudan often return to the United States with large numbers of financial requests from bishops, clergy, dioceses and individuals. Deciding how to circulate, publicize and fulfill even a few of the requests is often a source of great distress. Sometimes, American visitors manage to circulate requests widely upon their return to the US; occasionally they do not circulate them at all. The Sudanese, with few practical means of making their needs known, are left without knowing whether their funding requests are known to interested Americans. Return to Top
AFRECS Initiative:
To give
Sudanese brothers and sisters a means of making their needs known to the
widest possible audience, AFRECS will employ its website (www.afrecs.org)
to post a summary of all appropriate proposals submitted to the
organization. Anyone in the world with an interest in Sudan and access
to the Internet will be able to view these funding proposals on AFRECS
Project Registry. For each appropriate proposal submitted to AFRECS a
summary will be prepared and posted to the website
For each proposal submitted to AFRECS and determined to be appropriate
by AFRECS, a summary will be prepared and posted to the website. AFRECS
will maintain a copy of the complete proposal and stand ready to make
copies available to interested donors upon request. Individuals who
request a proposal will assume full responsibility for researching the
project and ascertaining its accuracy, worthiness, and arrangements for
accountability.
While AFRECS is not a funding organization and does not have the
capacity to evaluate individual proposals, or to make recommendations or
endorse one proposal over another, it can nevertheless play a crucial
role in connecting people, needs, and resources. AFRECS Project Registry
will be an important part of making these connections.
This service of AFRECS is intended to:
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Enhance awareness of, and give greater publicity to, the needs of the Episcopal Church of Sudan and people throughout Sudan
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Connect Americans – and people around the world - who are concerned about the people of Sudan and interested in helping to meet their needs; and
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Encourage new funding relationships
Who can post on the project registry?
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the Archbishop of Sudan, the Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan
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SUDRA
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Episcopal Sudanese bishops and Episcopal Dioceses of Sudan
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Sudanese individuals, both in Sudan and North America
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Foundations, non profits, churches, and institutions working for the development of Sudan can post project summaries. Foundations, non profits, churches and institutions may post their proposals if their purpose is to serve the Sudanese in the United States.
Information needed for each financial request
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Name of Project
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Location of Project (Bishop and Diocese if appropriate) where the project takes place
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Contact person, contact person’s email and mailing address
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Full description of project.
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Who will do the work of the project?
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Grant request amount
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Fund transfer information (which will not be posted)
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Accountability. How will the receipt of funds will be acknowledged and how will progress in the project be reported? Return to Top
Project Summaries
Click here to see a list of all proposed projects and links to their summaries.
How to Submit a Proposal:
To be
considered for posting, proposals may be mailed to AFRECS at 3737
Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22304 or emailed to
executivedirector@afrecs.org.
If the proposal is appropriate, it will be summarized, posted on the
website and the original will be retained so that it can be copied for
interested donors. Return to Top