The Turing Foundation

Every application must include a project summary, which lists the following information (brief and to the point, please):

– Name of your organisation;

– Website of your organisation;

– Contact (name, phone, e-mail address);

– Short text on your organisation (objectives, size, established when and where);

– Name of the project;

– Brief description of the project (mentioning project partners);

– Total project budget;

– Total amount of money requested from the Turing Foundation;

– Overview of funds/current applications for this project (mentioning the budget deficit).

– Underprivileged children and youths in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, D.R. Congo, Guinee, Liberia, Mali, Niger and Sierra Leone.

– Teaching basic skills (primary and secondary education) and vocational skills (vocational training);

– Improving the quality of education.

– Specific terms and conditions:

– Building projects are only funded if a solid plan outlining the first six years of running costs is available, and a provision for the building’s maintenance is included.

– The Turing Foundation only supports vocational education projects if, after the training, support and guidance are offered towards getting jobs.

– Projects aimed at the supply of books/other educational tools are only funded if they include teacher training in order to realise the effective use of these educational tools.

– ICT is regarded as an educational tool. The foundation does not fund the implementation of ICT at schools as a purpose in itself.

The foundation does not usually fund local organisations directly, but rather through a Dutch partner organisation. Only in special circumstances when a local initiative has exceptional references from Turing Foundation partners will they be considered for direct funding.

http://www.turingfoundation.org/aanvragen_edu_uk.html

The projects must be carried and/or executed by a local organisation with a strong leadership and a track record of similar projects;

– The project must fit the local needs and possibilities, the request must be based on a local initiative, and the target group itself must state the exact need;

– The executive organisation and the target group each must contribute to the project (by bearing part of the expenses or labour, for example);