NEWS & STORIES featured stories Community-Based Organizations Mobilize COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Africa Leaning into their years of experience encouraging use of and providing HIV/AIDS and other treatments and services, CBOs are proving that they are important vehicles in driving uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine Read More → ELMA Community Grants Program Partners Respond to Civil Unrest in South Africa Despite their own hardships caused by civil unrest in South Africa, 10 community-based organizations within The ELMA Community Grants Program (ECGP) quickly took action to fulfill the immediate needs of their communities Read More → Learning from an Evaluation of Aga Khan Foundation’s Early Childhood Program in Uganda Findings on the impact of Aga Khan Foundation’s Early Childhood Program in Uganda on children’s school readiness over a two-year period Read More → A Pragamatic Approach to Expanding Access to Quality Early Learning for South Africa’s Poorest Children SmartStart is one example of an early learning platform that uses a social franchise mechanism to scale quality ECD services that are affordable and accessible for all children. Read More → Sugira Muryango: Scaling Home Visits in Rwanda through Implementation Science Momentum is growing in low- and middle-income countries to improve the quality of early childhood services and broaden access, particularly for vulnerable children. Read More → How Community-Based Organizations Are Responding to COVID-19 Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, the CBOs supported by The ELMA Foundation within the ELMA Community Grants Program portfolio have demonstrated agility and resourcefulness in their response to meet the immediate needs of their communities. Read More → Using Technology to Communicate COVID-19 Health Information to Hard-to-Reach Communities Access to credible and actionable health information is essential for communities to stay informed about how to engage in safe and healthy behavior and curb the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More → Acceptability and Uptake of an Electronic Decision-Making Tool to Support the Implementation of IMCI in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) was developed by the World Health Organization and UNICEF to improve the quality of care for sick children under the age of five in primary health care facilities. Read More → Evaluations of Unfinished Business ELMA's pediatric HIV initiative in Africa ELMA commissioned a series of evaluations to assess the impact and sustainability of the Unfinished Business initiative and to inform our ongoing grantmaking. Read More → ALIMA's Dr. Richard Kojan receives Game-Changing Innovator REACH Award for revolutionizing Ebola treatment and care Dr. Richard Kojan was announced winner of the Game Changing Innovator Award during the Recognizing Excellence Around Champions of Health (REACH) Awards ceremony. Read More → A Chat with Dr. Christiane Horwood on the Impact of the KwaZulu-Natal Initiative for Breastfeeding Support Evaluation of the KwaZulu-Natal Initiative for Breastfeeding Support (KIBS) aimed to improve exclusive breastfeeding rates and encourage continued breastfeeding after six months. Read More → ALIMA: African-led humanitarian response ALIMA’s staff members—whether providing services in their own communities or in communities in neighboring countries—are the driving force of organization's success. Read More → The African Paediatric Fellowship Programme on CNN Click to watch on the APFP site! Read More → What does "Music & Youth Development" sound like? Listen to this. Music is the hook that gets young people engaged and connected to the other services MYDA organizations provide. Read More → Featured grantees from the ELMA Community Grants program Three stories capture the community-based impact that The ELMA Community Grants Program aims to achieve. Read More → ELMA commits to rebuilding post-earthquake Haiti by supporting St. Damien Pediatric Hospital For families with minimal savings and no safety net, all it takes is one unexpected shock to destroy the precarious daily balance. Read More → news The Audacious Project: Response to COVID-19 The Audacious Project announced three new grantees from their 2020 cohort that are delivering bold and urgently needed solutions to tackle COVID-19. Of these, The ELMA Foundation has committed to fund The African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) and The Collins Lab. Read More → Cyclone Idai Reponse In response to Cyclone Idai, The ELMA Relief Foundation and The ELMA Community Grants Program are providing support to affected children and families. Read More → The Hugh Masekela Heritage Scholarship Will Enable Six South African Music Students to Study at Manhattan School of Music The Manhattan School of Music (MSM), The ELMA Music Foundation, and the Hugh Masekela Heritage Foundation partnership is thrilled to announced the establishment of The Hugh Masekela Heritage Scholarship. Read More → partner spotlight Spotlight: CHAI The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) was founded in 2002 to help save the lives of millions of people living with HIV/AIDS in the developing world. Spotlight: Camfed Camfed is one of the most prominent international non-profit organizations tackling poverty and inequality by investing in girls and women. • About Us • Investments • News • © 2018, The ELMA Philanthropies Services (U.S.) Inc. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER