2019 Awards

This is an update for NextWorldNow Community Investment’s 2019 grant award process. NWN fielded inquiries from 1000 organizations located in over 40 different countries. We subsequently invited and received more than 60 completed comprehensive project applications. From a very strong pool of applicants, we selected seven finalists and conducted skype calls with the project leader(s) to review the project and address outstanding questions.

Having completed this process, NWN is pleased to announce the selection of:

1. Discover Zimbabwe Trust (DZT)’s Enhancing Marange Community’s Health and Economic Empowerment through Resurrection Plant Products’ Promotion (EMCHEERPPP) project in Zimbabwe as one of the primary 2019 awardee for full funding. DZT’s project will produce a specialty health tea from the Resurrection Plant, marketing this product in the greater community.

2. COOPIAGRAN/MIL-AGROS’s Vertical Agriculture Demonstration Plot project of Columibia as a primary award and full funding. COOPIAGRAN/MIL-AGROS’s project will build a demonstration agricultural plot within a greenhouse using a vertical cultivation process which maximizes production in a small area with greater output.

For those organizations that submitted applications, we recognize that the submission process required time and effort on behalf of your community project. Having completed dozens of reviews, we were continually impressed by the vision and thoughtfulness of the project plans designed to improve the quality of life in your communities. We wish that we could directly fund more projects and will work to increase the funding base.

Some organizations have asked what the selection criteria included. The projects were reviewed with the following considerations:

1. Feasibility – how realistic is the project scope and how well thought is the business plan?

2. Impact – how many people benefit from the project and how significant is the benefit?

3. Sustainability – will the project be able to continue after the initial funding period?

4. Relevance – how important is the project for the community?

5. Fiscal Accountability – how are the project funds scheduled be spent, with sufficient detail?

6. Creativity – how original and inspiring is the proposed solution?

7. Outcomes – how will project success be measured? are the proposed measures realistic?

8. Strength – what is the level of commitment by the leaders to make this project work?

9. Community Engagement – how involved is the community in determining the project?

As part of this 2019 award announcement we plan to promote the top submission

M Waters posted Sep 14, 2019, 2:12 PM by M Waters