In honor of 100 years of Zonta service and Zonta International’s centennial anniversary in 2019, Zonta International has launched its Centennial Anniversary Grants program. These one-time grants of up to US$5,000 each recognize charitable organizations working to improve the lives of women and girls in their local communities.
A total of US$296,271 will be disbursed to 62 community-based organizations in 18 countries, partnering with a Zonta club to improve the lives of women and girls at the local level.
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We are pleased to announce the recipients of our Centennial Anniversary Grants.
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- Family and Community Connections for Incarcerated Women
The Zonta Club of Berkshire County partnering with Recovery Learning Community - Meet, Mingle, Mammogram
The Zonta Club of Malden partnering with MelroseWakefield Healthcare - VOICES OF HOPE
The Zonta Club of Harrisburg-Hershey partnering with Shalom House - Suffolk County Anti-Trafficking Initiative
The Zonta Club of Suffolk County Area partnering with Empowerment Collaborative of Long Island Inc.
- Girl Scout Leadership Summit for Girl Scouts in Trenton
The Zonta Club of Trenton/Mercer partnering with Girl Scouts of Central and Southern NJ, Inc. - The KW Zonta Poster Project
The Zonta Club of Kitchener-Waterloo partnering with Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region
- Zonta Fresh Start Initiative for Passage House
The Zonta Club of Niagara Falls, NY partnering with Pinnacle Community Services
- Improving Safety and Empowering Intimate Partner Violence Survivors
The Zonta Club of Rochester partnering with Resolve of Greater Rochester, Inc.
- Fresh Start for Women and Girls
The Zonta Club of Ashtabula Area partnering with Beatitude House - Street Outreach
The Zonta Club of Cleveland partnering with Renee Jones Empowerment Center & The Northeast Ohio Human Trafficking Law Clinic
- Journey of Grace- Survivor Retreat
The Zonta Club of Columbus partnering with The S.O.A.P. Project: Saving Our Adolescents from Prostitution
- Domestic Violence Program Technology for Connectivity
The Zonta Club of Frankfort, Indiana partnering with YWCA Greater Lafayette
- The Advocacy Center
The Zonta Club of Blackfoot, Idaho partnering with Operation Shield
- Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD)
The Zonta Club of Eugene-Springfield partnering with Mobility International USA (MIUSA)
- Next Right Step
The Zonta Club of Olympia partnering with Family Education and Support Services
- Teens Against Trafficking
The Zonta Club of Roseburg Area partnering with Douglas County Human Trafficking Task Force
- A library for the CARE Cottages at Puerta Nueva (long-term transitional home for battered women and their children)
The Zonta Club of Burbank Area partnering with Family Service Agency of Burbank
- Breaking the Drug Abuse Cycle–Empowering for a Better Life
The Zonta Club of Fort Smith partnering with Girls Shelter of Fort Smith, AR, Inc
- KCWS Client Assistance Program
The Zonta Club of Fredericksburg partnering with Kendall County Women’s Shelter - The Women’s Home Vocational Training Program
The Zonta Club of Houston partnering with The Women’s Home - Zonta & RCC (Rape Crisis Center) Raising Girls Up Fund
The Zonta Club of Savannah partnering with Rape Crisis Center of the Coastal Empire - HEaling with the ARTs (HEART) Program
The Zonta Club of Tallahassee partnering with PACE Center for Girls, Inc - Helping Victims Transition from Lives of Violence and Poverty to Finding Safety and Hope
The Zonta Club of Billings partnering with YWCA Billings - Cyprus Stop Trafficking
The Zonta Club of Nicosia Region partnering with Cyprus Stop Trafficking - Creating Trauma Informed Spaces To Empower And Educate Women and Children For A Better Tomorrow
The Zonta Club of Alpena/Tri County Area partnering with Shelter, Inc. DBA Hope Shores Alliance - Tech Savvy Gaylord
The Zonta Club of Gaylord Area partnering with AAUW Gaylord Area Branch - A New Livelihood for A New Life
The Zonta Club of Bangkok 8 partnering with Fountain of Life Women’s Center (under Good Shepherd Sisters Foundation) - The Native Embroidery Fabric Training Project of Ranong Province
The Zonta Club of Bangkok II partnering with Association of Community Development for Women Leaders, Ranong, Thailand (South) - Fostering Changes – Empowerment with Love for Women and Adolescent Girls
The Zonta Club of Hong Kong partnering with The Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Lady MacLehose Center - Holistic Development of Young Mothers (II)
The Zonta Club of Kowloon partnering with Caritas-Hong Kong
- I am P.I.N.A.Y (Powered, Inspired, and Nurtured Adult and Young women)
The Zonta Club of Las Pinas partnering with Junior Chamber International (JCI) Perlas Pasay - IT Education for girl survivors of sexual abuse…Zonta’s Gift to Resiliency
The Zonta Club of Makati-Ayala partnering with CAMELEON Association Inc.
- Breaking the Status Quo: Teenage/Child Marriage, Unwanted Teen Pregnancy and Foregone Opportunities and The Key to Proper Teenage Parenting
The Zonta Club of Mandaluyong-San Juan 1 partnering with True Love Waits Philippines Inc.
- Bangsamoro Women Recovery from War Initiatives
The Zonta Club of Metro Greenhills partnering with Philippine Children’s Ministries Network
- Teen’s Key “Young Women Development Network“ Young Mother Project, sponsored by Zonta Club of the New Territories
The Zonta Club of New Territories partnering with Teen’s Key
- GESCO Women’s Listening, Awareness and Orientation Center
The Zonta Club of Abidjan partnering with Formation Sanitaire Urbaine à base communautaire Mudessa Gesco – Yopougon
- Empowerment and sensitization of Yemetu teenage girls against early child marriage, abuse and sustainable skills acquisition
The Zonta Club of Ibadan I partnering with Help for Mankind Initiative
- Empowerment of Female Sex Workers Living with HIV/AIDS with Vocational Skill to Reduce their Financial Dependence on Sex Work
The Zonta Club of Ibadan II partnering with Blue Gate Public Health Promotion Initiative
- Project aimed at reducing the number of forced child marriages in the municipality of Boussouma, province of Sanmatenga, North-Centre region.
The Zonta Club of Ouagadougou partnering with PUGSADA (Association for Young Girl Support and Stimulation)
- Let’s Work Together
The Zonta Club of Vantaa II partnering with The Finnish Federation of Graduate Women, Vantaa Branch
- Zonta Food Bank Mobile Kitchen
The Zonta Club of Brisbane City Heart partnering with Anglicare Southern Queensland
- LoveBites
The Zonta Club of Brisbane East Inc partnering with National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN)
- Enhancing Connections: Resourcing Women to get Online
The Zonta Club of Brisbane Metro Breakfast partnering with Women’s Community Aid Association (WCAA)
- “Standing up” – Women’s Cultural Event
The Zonta Club of Ipswich partnering with Access Community Service LTD, for Ipswich Community Hubs
- Food for Thought
The Zonta Club of Adelaide Flinders partnering with Zahra Foundation Australia
- Building the Health Literacy and Quality of Life for Refugee Women
The Zonta Club of Bendigo partnering with Bendigo Community Health Services Limited
- The Zonta Room: Supporting Women in Flight
The Zonta Club of Bunbury Inc partnering with South West Refuge Inc - Y.E.W. ‘Young Empowered Women’
The Zonta Club of Melbourne’s East partnering with Emerge Women and Children’s Support Network
- Supply of equipment for mothers and their babies who are at risk of, or experiencing homelessness.
The Zonta Club of Cumberland West partnering with Parramatta Mission
- Making Change by Education – Development of a Training Package
The Zonta Club of Macarthur Inc partnering with BaptistCare Housing and Retirement Living/Campbelltown-Macarthur - Zonta Wellness Retreat
The Zonta Club of Orange Inc. partnering with Housing Plus
- Reducing of Gender based Violence through vocational training and legal support
The Zonta Club of Chittagong partnering with Ensure Legal Support through Local Movement & Action-ELLMA
- Inspire Lab
The Zonta Club of Colombo IV partnering with Without Borders Sri Lanka
- Happy Home for 100 displaced girls from 7-18 years
The Zonta Club of Dhaka III partnering with ActionAid Bangladesh
- “Grant A Smile”-Reaching out to women and girls with disabilities
The Zonta Club of Kandy partnering with Centre for Handicapped (CFH)
- Setting up of a Goat Cheese Manufacturing Unit
The Zonta Club of Kathmandu partnering with South Asia Foundation-Nepal
- Social Enterprise Bakery
The Zonta Club of Uzhhorod partnering with My Transcarpathia
- Women Shelterhouse Hofheim
The Zonta Club of Bad Soden – Kronberg partnering with Frauen helfen Frauen MTK e.V.
- Financial Skills and Gambling Addiction Management Training For Vulnerable Prison Women
The Zonta Club of Guildford partnering with Office of the Chaplaincy, Send Women’s Prison, Ripley UK
- End FGM: Teachers on the Frontline
The Zonta Club of London II partnering with SafeHands for Mothers
- HIGHER SKILLS FOR BETTER LIFE – TOGETHER WE CAN DO MORE
The Zonta Club of Sofia partnering with Animus Association Foundation
- Prevention of early marriages in the Roma community: turn the page
The Zonta Club of Stara Zagora partnering with Center for Interethnic Dialogue and Tolerance “Amalipe”