Forever Projects: From Grant to Sustainable Income

In 2024, Meridian’s Giving Circle awarded $30,000 to Forever Projects. The grant was designed to help 25 women in Tanzania join a 12-month programme combining practical family support with opportunities to earn an income.

Behind that funding is a simple idea: support can meet an immediate need while helping a family build towards a more secure future.

Support for today, opportunity for tomorrow

The programme brings together support for babies’ nutrition and families’ basic needs with weekly health and skills training. It also includes capital to help women start a business.

Locally led Tanzanian teams deliver the programme. Its approach connects immediate care with the tools women need to work towards an income of their own.

Why collective giving matters

A grant like this starts with people choosing to give together. Meridian’s Giving Circle pools contributions so donors can take part in supporting charities and the communities they serve.

For Forever Projects, the 2024 grant connected that generosity with a programme focused on women, babies and family stability. For Meridian’s donors, it offers a concrete example of the kind of opportunity their collective support can help fund.

Impact designed to continue

The ambition extends beyond the moment a grant is awarded. By bringing practical care and income creation into the same programme, Forever Projects aims to help families move towards greater independence.

That is the thinking behind Meridian’s belief in impact designed to echo: giving that helps create opportunities beyond the original gift.

Thank you to everyone whose contribution helped make this grant possible.

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