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Press Room

Welcome to the Press Room of The Global Fund for Children. Here you’ll find our press releases, features, newsletters, directory of experts, and other materials that you may find useful. If you are a journalist and you need additional help, please feel free to contact Jerry Irvine at (202) 222-0811.

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Press Releases
Media Kits
GFC Experts
GFC in the News
Audio Interviews
Speeches
Book Reviews and Awards
GFC On Air
Newsletters
Annual Reports

Press Releases

June 13, 2008
"Two of The Global Fund for Children’s Film Investments to Screen at SILVERDOCS Film Festival " [pdf]

June 5, 2008
"The Global Fund for Children’s Maya Ajmera Receives Women of Distinction Award " [pdf]

May 30, 2008
"The Global Fund for Children Receives Over $500,000 in Funding from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation" [pdf]

May 30, 2008
"The Global Fund for Children Announces Sarah Perot, of Dallas, Texas, to Join Board of Directors" [pdf]

May 14, 2008
"Statement on the Myanmar and China Tragedies" [pdf]

April 15, 2008
"US Premiere of War Child at Tribeca Film Festival
Film Produced in Association with The Global Fund for Children" [pdf]

April 7, 2008
"The Global Fund for Children’s Maya Ajmera Joins Seventh Annual Global Philanthropy Forum
Human Rights is Focus of Gathering of Donors and Social Investors" [pdf]

April 3, 2008
"The Global Fund for Children Selected for TONIC’s ‘Every T Counts’ Project
Luella Bartley to Create Limited-Edition T-shirt Designs" [pdf]

March 3, 2008
"Exceptional Partners Receive Sustainability Awards" [pdf]

February 21, 2008
"The Global Fund for Children Wins Inaugural MacArthur Competition for Digital Learning" [pdf]

January 18, 2008
"New Book Celebrates the Amazing Diversity of Children in America Today
Children of the U.S.A., A Global Fund for Children Book, Debuts February 1, 2008" [pdf]

December 27, 2007
"Oprah's Grant Boosts Distribution of Children’s Books" [pdf]

November 26, 2007
"GFC Awards Emergency Grants to Partners in Bangladesh" [pdf]

November 8, 2007
"GFC Awards Emergency Grants to Partners in Haiti and Dominican Republic" [pdf]

October 31, 2007
"GFC Grants Over $1.6 Million to 113 Groups in Fall 2007" [pdf]

September 28, 2007
"GFC Launches U-8 Initiative for Early Childhood Development and Education" [pdf]

August 28, 2007
"African Children to Benefit from ELMA Foundation Grant" [pdf]

August 23, 2007
"GFC Awards Emergency Grants to Partners in Bangladesh and Nepal" [pdf]

August 21, 2007
"Peru Partners Get Emergency Grants" [pdf]

June 11, 2007
"GFC Grants More than $1.1 million to Groups in 47 Countries" [pdf]

May 2, 2007
"Photography Exhibit Highlights Children in Peru and Washington, DC" [pdf]

April 2, 2007
"GFC Wins Awards for Communications Excellence" [pdf]

February 21, 2007
"Juliette Gimon Chairs GFC Board of Directors" [pdf]

February 15, 2007
"Outstanding Groups Get Sustainability Awards" [pdf]

January 23, 2007
"GFC Donates 1,115 Children's Books to the United Houma Nation" [pdf]

November 16, 2006
"95 Grassroots Groups in 47 Countries Receive More Than $1.1 Million" [pdf]

November 15, 2006
"Goldman Sachs Foundation Gives
The Global Fund for Children $1.2 Million for Projects in India" [pdf]

November 13, 2006
"Three Business Leaders Join The Global Fund for Children's Board" [pdf]

November 2, 2006
"GFC Defines New Portfolios" [pdf]

August 17, 2006
"Two Groups Receive GFC Emergency Grants
for Youngest Victims of the Conflict in Lebanon" [pdf]

July 11, 2006
"Charity Navigator Awards Highest Rating to GFC" [pdf]

June 5, 2006
"Two Groups Receive Emergency GFC Grants to
Help Victims of Indonesian Earthquake" [pdf]

May 25, 2006
"Children to Receive Books from Oprah's Angel Network" [pdf]

May 7, 2006
“The Global Fund for Children Wins Award for Outstanding Communications” [pdf]

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Media Kits

May 25, 2005
Children to Receive Books from Oprah’s Angel Network

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GFC Experts Directory

Maya Ajmera, Founder and President
Victoria Dunning, Vice President for Programs
Cynthia Pon, Director of Global Fund for Children Books
Lu Shen, Program Officer for East Asia
Solome Lemma, Program Officer for Africa
Susunna Shapiro, Program Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean
Vineeta Gupta, Program Officer for South Asia

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GFC In the News

Book Links
January 2006
"Talking with Maya Ajmera" [pdf]
By Anne Davies
Permission to reprint "Talking with Maya Ajmera" by Anne Davies (vol. 15, no.3, January 2006) granted by Book Links: Connecting Books, Libraries, and Classrooms, published by the American Library Association.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
February 3, 2005
“Sending Aid Around the World: Long-Term Pledges to Rebuild Lives”
By Maya Ajmera and Kavita Nandini Ramdas

Harvard International Review
“A Local Focus in Responding to the South Asia Tsunami”
by Maya Ajmera and Greg Fields

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Audio Interviews

Maya Ajmera Interview on North Carolina NPR Affiliate (WUNC)
Listen the NPR interview
Listen to the interview on NPR's site

National Public Radio (NPR) interview about Children from Australia to Zimbabwe
Listen the NPR interview using the RealAudio Player
Listen to the NPR interview using the Windows Media Player

Reading by Dr. John Hope Franklin from Xanadu: The Imaginary Place
Listen the Xanadu Reading using the RealAudio Player
Listen to the Xanadu Reading using the Windows Media Player

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Speeches [pdf]

The Beauty of Dreams
2004 NCSSM Commencement Speech
by Maya Ajmera, President and Founder of the Global Fund for Children

Education, Health, and Human Development
Global Philanthropy Forum, Stanford University
June 5, 2003
by Maya Ajmera, President and Founder of the Global Fund for Children

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