Megobari Foundation Grants
About Megobari Foundation Grants
The Megobari Foundation supports Peace Corps Volunteers currently serving in Georgia by providing full or partial funding to Peace Corps Partnership Program (PCPP) projects.
To receive financial support from the Megobari Foundation a project must:
• be a Peace Corps Partnership Program project and
• support the Megobari Foundation’s goal to provide assistance to the people of Georgia in one of the Foundation’s three focus areas:
• humanitarian aid and disaster relief
• education and youth development
• business and social entrepreneurship
Peace Corps Georgia Volunteers whose PCPP projects are selected for funding will be required to submit their PCPP final report to the Megobari Foundation. Grant recipients also must submit a Megobari Foundation report in a story format that draws on the details of the final PCPP report, but also includes: survey or other monitoring data; direct quotes from project beneficiaries and/or participants; photos, videos, infographics or other visual content that demonstrates the project activities or outcomes; and, other information that would be useful to Megobari Foundation’s effort to raise funds in support of future PCPP projects. The Megobari Foundation report may be used in part or in full on the Foundation’s website.
How to Apply for a Megobari Foundation Grant
If you are a current Peace Corps Volunteer seeking funding for a Peace Corps Partnership Program project and would like the Megobari Foundation to consider your project for funding please submit via email your PCPP application along with a cover letter detailing how your project will contribute to the Megobari Foundation’s goal to provide assistance to the people of Georgia in one of the Foundation’s three focus areas: humanitarian aid and disaster relief; education and youth development; business and social entrepreneurship.
Email applications to
info@megobari.org.
Three board members participated in the American Friends of Georgia’s Spring Gala’s Organization Committee. Megobari was mentioned in the gala’s program and interest in our website and our Facebook page has increased after this event. Megobari board members also volunteered at the event.
We gave a grant of $1,300 to Together for Real Change (TRC). The money was raised through Facebook appeals on various pages.
A member of the Megobari board joined the TRC board and a member of the TRC board joined the Megobari board.
Three board members visited TRC’s projects in Nukriani and Borjomi to see the successful implementation of the program. See the video.
We have supported the Transcaucasian Trail by posting about the organization on Megobari Facebook page (Georgia Returned Peace Corps Volunteers) and introducing the organizers to the Levan Mikeladze Foundation (a contact made through AFG) for funding purposes.
We have continued posting and updating Megobari Facebook page and have extended the closed Facebook page to former employees of Peace Corps Georgia. Membership has risen to 276 and there is more engagement with former volunteers.