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Congratulations to the Recipients of the Partnership Community Advocacy Grants Program!

The Partnership would like to thank all applicants who submitted proposals to the program following the announcement of the competition at the U.S.-Middle East Partnership’s first regional advocacy conference in Amman in November 2008. The grant committee has selected 8 small community grant ideas which support breast cancer education and awareness initiatives including: targeted outreach, training of trainers, enhancing patient treatment, developing support groups, supporting capacity building and other partnerships and collaborative efforts. The selected grantees reflect innovative, collaborative, complimentary and geographically diverse projects that will be completed before the end of this year.

Over the next six months, our grantees will be encouraged to use the website and network to present their project ideas, publicize events, start discussions, post photos, and more. We encourage all network members to read about these projects, share your thoughts and suggestions and add to the success of their initiatives through your own experience and ideas.

Please join us in congratulating the following grantees and wish them luck as they implement their programs.

  • Breast Cancer Foundation Egypt (Egypt)
    “Community Based Health Awareness and Screening Project”
  • Breast Care Kuwait (Kuwait)
    “Psychosocial Support Group”
  • Egyptian Society for the Promotion of Women’s Health (Egypt)
    “Breast Cancer Training of Trainers in Mansoura”
  • Jordan Breast Cancer Program (Jordan)
    “Target Awareness Campaign in East Amman’
  • The Queen Zein Al Sharaf Institute for Development (Jordan)
    “Early Detection Training”
  • SOUL for the Development of Women and Children (Yemen)
    “Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign Project in Sana’a”
  • Tunisian Association for Breast Cancer Survivors’ Support (Tunisia)
    “Screening and Treatment Unit”
  • Yemen Family Care Association (Yemen)
    “Breast Care Early Detection”

Monthly updates on the grants and opportunities for collaboration will be posted on the network!

For questions, please contact Grants@bcpartnership.org.

First MENA Regional Breast Cancer Advocacy Conference

Agenda — The First MENA Regional Breast Cancer Advocacy Conference agenda.

Grants Application — During the conference the Partnership announced its new Community Advocacy Grant Program. Only organizations who participated in the conference are eligible to apply. The Partnership will provide individual grants of $5,000–$10,000 to support the expansion of local and regional partnerships, the exchange of information on effective strategies and approaches to raise breast cancer awareness, and capacity building.

Media Kit — Advice and tools for effective ways to use the news media to highlight and expand the reach of your breast cancer awareness work.

Presentations — Presentations and speeches made during the conference are displayed next to the corresponding session on the conference agenda.

Program Booklet — Detailed information on conference participants, presenters, and background information on the Partnership.

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