In 2006 the Lasallian Foundation funded projects in India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Myanmar and Papua New Guinea. Details of our 2006 grants are listed below. For more information on these specific projects, click on the Country links below.
Click here for information on our 2005 grants.
| INDIA |
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| St Joseph's Development Trust - Micro-credit schemes for women, women's empowerment, support of New Life Girl's Village and New Dawn Disabled Children's Village and disabled outreach programs. |
$38,270 |
| Boys Village AIDS Program - AIDS orphans education program and AIDS awareness education. |
$6.899 |
| St Joseph's School - School for poor and disadvantaged children, and village outreach literacy projects. |
$10,100 |
| St La Salle Puthumanam Industrial School - Vocational training project for street children. |
$16,600 |
| Teacher Training - Training for 12 future teachers and development workers for projects with the poor in India. |
$6,000 |
| Women's Self Help Group - Purchase of a turkey incubator for women's micro-credit group. |
$1,000 |
| Disabled Self Help Group - Establishment of a micro-credit scheme for disabled people in one village. |
$1,500 |
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| SRI LANKA |
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| Henamulla Fire Emergency Relief - Emergency relief for children of 150 families who lost their houses in a shanty town blaze: purchase of books, school uniforms. |
$6,500 |
| De La Salle Mutwal Library Roof - Replacement of Mutwal school library roof, for use as a community resource. |
$2,000 |
| Adampan/Mannar Van - Purchase of a van to supply emergency relief in civil war affected areas, and to safely transport students to and from school in the emergency. |
$25,000 |
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| PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
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| Hohola Youth Development Centre - Vocational training and literacy project for poor and disadvantaged youth. |
$8,518 |
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| MYANMAR |
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| Yangon Computer Training Centre - Purchase of new computers for training courses for disadvantaged youth. |
$14,500 |
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