World Bank Small Grants Program Supports Chinese NGOs

On April 21, the Small Grants Committee of the World Bank Office, Beijing approved grants to 12 Chinese NGOs to support their activities related to the empowerment of the marginalized and vulnerable groups.   Please find a list of the recipient NGOs and the funded activities in the table below:

• Ningxia Foundation for Poverty Alleviation, Ningxia -- The First NGO Forum on Poverty Alleviation in Ningxia
  
• Research Center for NPO Laws, Beijing University, Beijing -- NPO Laws Forum Series
  
• Green Earth Volunteers, Beijing -- Journalist Salon on Environmental Issues
  
• Shaanxi Society for Released Female Prisoners, Shaanxi -- Workshop to Exchange Experience and Ideas on Assistance to Released Female Prisoners
  
• Chinese Association of STD & ADIS Prevention and Control, Beijing -- Community Awareness Raising and Participation in AIDS Prevention in Shanxi
  
• Western Development Research Center of the Central Minorities University, Beijng -- Social Actions on Drug and AIDS Control in the Hinterland Liangshan Area Inhabited by Yi Ethnic Groups
  
• Danzhai County Federation of the Disabled Persons, Guizhou -- Workshop on Participation of the Disabled People in Public Life
  
• Gansu Association for NGO Cooperation, Gansu -- Enhance Women's Legal Awareness in Sunan County inhabited by Yugu Ethnic Group through Cultural Performances
  
• Women's Federation of Mabian Yi Nationality Autonomous County, Sichuan -- Training Program for Yi Women on Legal Knowledge
  
• Muchuan County Women's Federation, Sichuan -- Protecting Women's Legal Rights through a Legal Knowledge Handbook, Training and Legal Aid Centers
  
• Dingbian County Women's Federation, Shaanxi -- Training on Environmental Knowledge for Rural Women
  
• Xiangfan Environmental Protection Association, Hubei -- Environmental Awareness Training and Networking among Students and Women Living along the Han River

The Small Grants Program provides grants to NGOs.  To reinforce the empowerment dimension of poverty reduction,  the Small Grants Program focuses on civic engagement for the empowerment of marginalized and vulnerable groups in the development processes, thereby making these processes more inclusive and equitable.