ngo profiles, vol. 2

More photographs of non-profit leaders and organizations: some opening up the beaches of Hawaii and the great outdoors to people with disabilities, others educating underprivileged children and providing treatment and counseling services to HIV/AIDS patients, and conservationists showing people the importance of protecting their local flora and fauna so that it doesn't disappear forever.

• grant: $50,000 - Ramaswami Aijar Foundation (through Blue Cross of India)

  To offer animal assisted therapy to individuals who are educationally, socially, or physically challenged.

  topic: animals

  location: chennai

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• grant: $100,000 - Y.R. Gaitonde Medical Educational & Research Foundation

  To provide HIV/AIDS education, care and support, research and training, and treatment.

  topic: human services

  location: chennai

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• grant: $100,000 - Bodh Shiksha Samiti

  To support a community program in school activities such as student learning, school administration, and curriculum development.

  topic: children

  location: jaipur

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• grant: $35,000 - Ramana's Garden (through Friends of Ramana's Garden)

  To provide housing and education to children who are homeless, neglected, refugees, or otherwise disadvantaged.

  topic: children

  location: rishikesh

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• grant: $165,000 - AccesSurf Hawaii

  To empower people with disabilities by providing adaptive surfing instruction and therapeutic educational programs on water recreation and to enrich lives by allowing families to access the beach and ocean in a barrier free environment.

  topic: disabilities

  location: honolulu

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• grant: $75,000 - Kumu Kahua Theatre

  To preserve the local Hawaiian culture through theater, and to foster Hawaii's local plays, playwrights, and artists. Located in downtown Honolulu, Kumu Kahua's 100-seat playhouse attracts some of Hawaii's most talented actors, directors, playwrights, designers, and other theater artists and technicians.

  topic: culture

  location: honolulu

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• grant: $25,000 - Kanu O Ka Aina Learning Ohana

  To support Hawai'i's first native designed and controlled charter school, which integrates Hawaiian values and traditions with the latest in 21st century educational technology.

  topic: culture

  location: kamuela

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• grant: $325,000 - Sun Valley Adaptive Sports Program

  To support programs that improve the quality of life for persons with disabilities through sports and recreation.

  topic: disabilities

  location: ketchum

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