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FIGHT FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL Primary goal (Comic Relief): Children and young people at risk. Related issues (Comic Relief): NULL. Summary: In Mare favela, one of the most dangerous slums in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, drug-related gun violence is the primary cause of death of young people. Key drivers for youth participation in crime and violence include poverty, low levels of education, social marginalisation, violence from state forces and armed groups, dysfunctional families, and a lack of leisure facilities. This project will extend a tried and tested approach that offers personal development, sports, education and employment opportunities and social support services to vulnerable young people in the favela, enabling young people to realise their full potential and increasing social cohesion and peace in the target communities. Full grant commitment: GBP 468 thousand.

MéDECINS SANS FRONTIèRES Primary goal (Comic Relief): Health. Related issues (Comic Relief): Health. Summary: The 2014 Ebola Virus Disease (Ebola) outbreak was first confirmed in Guinea in March 2014, and quickly spread to Sierra Leone and Liberia. It continues to evolve in alarming ways, with the severely affected countries struggling to control the escalating outbreak against a backdrop of severely compromised health systems, significant deficits in capacity, and rampant fear. Latest figures show over 3,000 recorded cases and 1,400 deaths related to ebola, making this the largest ebola outbreak ever recorded. It is suspected that the true number may be much higher, and that it may reach 20,000 cases in the coming months. MSF is currently the only aid organisation providing a medical response to the ebola outbreak in West Africa. This project will support MSF to reduce and contain the outbreak in Sierra Leone and Liberia. This includes setting up and maintaining treatment and transit centres for ebola patients, providing medical and psychological support to patients and families, sensitising communities about ebola, and reducing the spread of the disease. Full grant commitment: GBP 500 thousand.

THE GAVI ALLIANCE Primary goal (Comic Relief): Health. Related issues (Comic Relief): Immunisation. Summary: The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) increases access to childhood immunisation. Comic Relief is supporting the delivery of a combination of vaccines in several low-income African and Asian countries. These include vaccines that immunise against pneumococcal disease, one of the leading causes of childhood pneumonia, and rotavirus, the lead cause of severe diarrhoea among infants and young children. Together, pneumonia and diarrhoea cause 30% of global deaths of children under five. As well, children will be vaccinated against other potentially lethal infections: diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, hepatitis B, and Hib bacterial infection which causes meningitis and pneumonia. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded 50 percent of this grant - this share is excluded to avoid double counting in the DAC statistics. Full grant commitment: GBP 6000 thousand.

THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA Primary goal (Comic Relief): Health. Related issues (Comic Relief): Malaria. Summary: More than half a million people die each year from malaria, and most of them are children in Africa under the age of five. Increased prevention and treatment has been shown to dramatically reduce the malaria burden, and the Global Fund supports countries to scale up their delivery. Comic Reliefs funds will be used for Long-life insecticide-treated bed nets, and for combination therapy based on Artemisinin, recommended by the World Health Organisation. These mosquito nets and drugs are recognised as principal investments in managing malaria in high-transmission countries, but they need wider access through affordable price and effective delivery systems. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded 50 percent of this grant - this share is excluded to avoid double counting in the DAC statistics. Full grant commitment: GBP 4000 thousand.

WAR CHILD UK Primary goal (Comic Relief): Children and young people at risk. Related issues (Comic Relief): Children and young people at risk, Education. Summary: The severe state of insecurity in the Central African Republic, going on for nearly a year now, is putting pressure on family and community structures, and making children extremely vulnerable to exploitation, abuse and poverty. Girls, orphans and unaccompanied children are at particular risk. The project aims to better protect children in this difficult context by increasing the knowledge and skills of families, schools, communities and children so that they can take steps to prevent harm from occurring or to support children who have suffered abuse. The result will be children who are safer and better protected particularly during this time of upheaval and crisis. Full grant commitment: GBP 514.526 thousand.

ENTRAIDE (MUTUAL AID) Primary goal (Comic Relief): Education. Related issues (Comic Relief): NULL. Summary: To increase access to education, improve retention and attainment and the quality of education for children in Ganaketi - a rural area in the Bandundu Province. Based on recent research conducted by both Entraide and Adema and funded by Comic Relief, this work will try to increase the enrolment of girls, children with disabilities and those orphaned. Community engagement will be essential to much of this work. Entraide and Adema will be significantly strengthened as organisations. Entraide will develop its work internationally and receive targeted organisational support for both UK and international staff. Adema will receive a range of capacity building from Entraide and other agencies. Full grant commitment: GBP 389.142 thousand.

AFRICAN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT Primary goal (Comic Relief): Education. Related issues (Comic Relief): NULL. Summary: To fund a consultation process in one district of the Bas-Congo to inform planning for an education programme addressing disadvantaged children living in rural areas. The programme will aim to address local barriers to education considering issues of economy, gender, disability, quality of teaching, school management and community involvement. Based on current experience, AFD and APICOM will investigate the opportunity to support small scale school/community owned IGPs to meet school financial needs - e.g. supporting School Development Plans or fees. A link with Local Education Authorities will plan towards sustainability. The government of the UK (DfID) funded 60 percent of this grant - this share is excluded to avoid double counting in the DAC statistics. Full grant commitment: GBP 9.576 thousand.

TWIN Primary goal (Comic Relief): Trade, enterprise and employment. Related issues (Comic Relief): NULL. Summary: This project will build an alliance of strong, resilient, collaborating cooperatives that produce high quality coffees for strategic placing in global markets. The government of the UK (DfID) funded 50 percent of this grant - this share is excluded to avoid double counting in the DAC statistics. Full grant commitment: GBP 2300 thousand.

AFRICAN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT Primary goal (Comic Relief): Education. Related issues (Comic Relief): NULL. Summary: Girls and boys in the Republic of Congo drop out of school at an early age. Their families are very poor and need them to work in the home, fields or forests. Most of their teachers are unpaid and unmotivated. Many are not qualified. This project runs workshops for parents about the importance of education and teaches them to read. It sets up school management boards, trains teachers and education officials, and involves children in decisions about their schools. As a result, more children will enrol in school, stay longer and do better in their exams. Parents and community members will support them. Schools will run more efficiently with improved learning and resources. The government of the UK (DfID) funded 60 percent of this grant - this share is excluded to avoid double counting in the DAC statistics. Full grant commitment: GBP 457.117 thousand.

COMMUNITY INFOSOURCE Primary goal (Comic Relief): Trade, enterprise and employment. Related issues (Comic Relief): Children and young people at risk, Education, Trade, enterprise and employment. Summary: One in three young people in the Congo are unemployed. Two decades of civil war, when young people were particularly vulnerable to recruitment into militias, prevented a large number from attending or completing school leaving them without the basic skills to engage in the job market. This project aims to generate a business plan for a working poultry farm offering hundreds of young people a practical training programme giving them the business and literacy skills, work experience and business contacts needed for employment or self-employment. The project will also establish an advisory group to support the local partner to develop this as a sustainable social enterprise. The government of the UK (DfID) funded 60 percent of this grant - this share is excluded to avoid double counting in the DAC statistics. Full grant commitment: GBP 9.975 thousand.

ALLIANCE FOR A GREEN REVOLUTION IN AFRICA to support bilingual graduate training in Agricultural Economics in Francophone Africa

FAMILY CARE INTERNATIONAL to accelerate progress toward the reduction of maternal, newborn and child mortality in high-burden countries by building the capacity of civil society organizations in those countries

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY to promote accountability

THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE to provide general operating support to TSRI to support a variety of scientific research and purchase of a Titan Krios electron microscope will be used to solve cryo-EM structures of HIV-1 immunogens to guide rational vaccine design efforts

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS to support modeling efforts to understand within- and between-child variability in growth outcomes and to quantify and rank potential risk factors

HEALTHROCK LLC to promote the use and performance of female condoms by testing their self-inflating design made of near-silent polyurethane that better mimics the shape of the female cavity and also provides additional stimulation for both partners during use.

OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY to develop additional safe, effective, acceptable and accessible methods of permanent or very long-acting contraception that will fill an unmet need for women who have reached their desired family size and do not wish to become pregnant again

DEUTSCHE INVESTITIONS- UND ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH to improve the livelihoods of smallholder cotton farmers and their family members in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia

IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON to support the delivery of cost-effective school feeding programs in Africa that promotes local agriculture and benefit small-holder farmers

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO to procure Auranofin to test as a macrofilaricide for human onchocerciasis

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY to insure that populations at risk of cholera will benefit from receiving oral cholera vaccine (OCV) in an appropriate and effective manner.

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY to sustain resources for quality family planning programs, contribute to universal access to reproductive health services, Millennium Development Goal 5b, and the vision of the London Summit on Family Planning

AMERICAN RED CROSS Disaster Responder. Pillar: Disaster Relief - Cohort:

WOMENS WORLD BANKING General Operating Support. Pillar: Insights - Cohort: Thought Leadership

AMERICAN INDIA FOUNDATION General Operating Support. Pillar: Knowledge - Cohort: Financial Capabilities Adult

ALTERNATIVAS Programme: Water. Description: As a final grant to support the Water Forever Program.

THE CITIZENS FOUNDATION Programme: Social Services. Description: For general operating support.

Programme: Disaster. Description: To support Lutheran World Relief's WASH recovery program for Typhoon Haiyan-affected populations in the Philippines.

BSR Programme: Working Conditions. Description: Enabling efficient collection, management, evaluation and communication of information on women workers' health that will support the scale-up of HERproject. Full grant commitment: EUR 96.23761 thousand.

UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE to the support the Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health to develop a report that summarizes the latest evidence for supporting comprehensive adolescent health programs to achieve health and development outcomes

CONRAD/EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL to support research on new contraceptive technologies

WITS HEALTH CONSORTIUM to support a field study in Africa on maternal influenza immunization

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD to develop international Fetal and Newborn Growth Standards and to relate these to neonatal health risks

THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE to improve both infant and maternal health through integrating deworming into routine postpartum care.

JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY to further develop and refine the structure, assumptions and outputs of the Lives Saved Tool (LiST), and to support the use of LiST for planning and programming at global, national, and sub-national levels

INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE to establish the Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally that will engage in dialogue and discussion to connect the best science on how to support childrens growth and development

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY to promote the use of male condoms by coating them with a material that mimics the hydrophilic and hydrophobic surface of skin cells to improve sensitivity, coupled with nitric oxide to enhance arousal.

ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND to prevent congenital syphilis

HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH to increases the safety of childbirth by motivating pregnant women to choose an appropriate health care facility for giving birth prior to the onset of labor, along with offering free transportation to that facility.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY to enhance sexual experience by developing an easy-to-use and more comfortable female condom with a more natural elliptical opening and localized texturing for internal stimulation.

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY to create a center in Africa that provides training, education, and technical support for African regulators to make informed decisions on how to use biotechnology while protecting farmers, consumers, and the environment

CORNELL UNIVERSITY to demonstrate innovative approaches to strengthen capacity to deliver in the context of Tanzania, a leading nation within the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement, with the ultimate goal of helping nations achieve nutrition goals globally

SUNNAH GLOBAL MEDIA LTD. to establish a cohort of credible, reliable and well informed Islamic leaders to act as champions and advocates for primary health care in Nigeria, including polio, routine immunization, maternal, newborn and child health, water, sanitation and hygiene an

GIVE2ASIA Support and sponsorship of the Asia MicroFinance Forum to be held in Beijing from August 4-8. Pillar: Insights - Cohort: Sponsorship

AMERICARES FOUNDATION AmeriCares Global Capacity Building/AmeriCares India . Pillar: Community Improvement - Cohort: Community Development

Access India Inclusive Finance Conference. Pillar: Insights - Cohort: Sponsorship

SVASTI Digital and Products - Capacity Building Support. Pillar: Services - Cohort: Scale & Sustainability

KING BAUDOUIN FOUNDATION OF THE US Microinsurance Network Luncheon - Mexico. Pillar: Insights - Cohort: Sponsorship

BRAC USA Programme: Working Conditions. Description: Build consensus to share data on subcontracting units. Full grant commitment: EUR 93.538 thousand.

RESPONSIBLE SOURCING NETWORK Programme: Forced and Child Labour. Description: Spinner Verification Initiative Full grant commitment: EUR 73.411 thousand.

IMPACTT LIMITED Programme: Working Conditions. Description: Train women in health, literacy and leadership Full grant commitment: EUR 330 thousand.

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY to develop a simple and non-invasive method for monitoring fetal neurodevelopment by identifying microRNA molecules in the blood of pregnant women that correlate with neurodevelopmental parameters in fetal brain tissue

SEATTLE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION to diminish neonatal deaths that occur each year due to premature birth and respiratory insufficiency, by optimization and implementation of a low cost, easy to use and maintain, respiratory support device

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO to contribute to a measurable and sustainable reduction in the burden of preterm birth (PTB)

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI to further study the connection between cholesterol levels and fetal growth to determine whether increasing plasma cholesterol in pregnant mothers from developing countries can improve fetal growth rates and reduce the associated risk of mortality and dev

OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION To hold an international summit in May 2015 for nutrition scientists and developing country program implementers, to encourage dialogue and collaboration for the purpose of improving preconception and maternal nutritional status among adolescent girls and

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS to support the globally accessible and transparent MIS platform, and build the capacity of Bangladesh, India, Nigeria and other countries to produce, disseminate and analyze quality agriculture market statistics using digital technologies

ACTIONAID USA to support the capacity development of country ActionAid affiliates and CSO partners in priority countries to advocate for better public financing allocations to smallholder farmer priorities

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME to provide capacity support to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for the implementation of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda in Nigeria

CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE MEJORAMIENTO DE MAIZ Y TRIGO to support international agricultural research institutions and national agricultural research and extensions programs, non-governmental organizations, and businesses working with smallholder maize-based farmers in Ethiopia, Nigerian and Tanzania with spi

KEBBI STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ALIERO to increase food security and economic development of farmers in northern Nigeria by reducing the threat of cassava virus diseases by developing local capacity by setting up a molecular laboratory for cassava disease diagnosis in the region, training rese

LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE to generate and communicate new scientific evidence to deliver better maternal health programs in low and middle-income countries

CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER to combine many different types of data related to preterm birth in order to better understand the causes of this disorder

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY to improve diagnosis of fetal brain injury by developing a highly sensitive assay that involves using smartphones to detect biomarkers from a drop of blood on an assay card for use by untrained individuals

UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND to help predict defective neurodevelopment in infants by identifying specific metabolites such as fatty acids and amino acids in the hair of pregnant women that can be used as early biomarkers

STANFORD UNIVERSITY to partner with existing preterm birth (PTB) and/or microbiome investigators to leverage ongoing studies to more in depth analysis of the role the microbiome might play in preterm birth (PTB)

TEXAS A&M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER to enhance sexual pleasure and better protect against STD transmission by developing an inexpensive male condom from a strong and highly elastic three-dimensional hydropolymer (hydrogel) that is embedded with the antioxidant quercetin.

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER to examine early pre and post-natal development and associated changes in energy metabolism, body composition, nutrition, microbioata and genetics, to help clarify the early developmental influences that best predict cognitive outcomes, and lay the founda

UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG to produce male condoms that enhance sensitivity during intercourse by testing tough hydrogel as an alternative material to latex that can also incorporate lubrication and be coupled to stimulants and anti-viral drugs

EFIS-EJI RUGGERO CEPPELLINI ADVANCED SCHOOL OF IMMUNOLOGY to cover pregnancy disorders touching on susceptibility to disorders, infections and immunity in pregnancy, transplantation tolerance, and the fetal immune system adaptability

IMPACTT LIMITED Programme: Working Conditions. Description: Improving management capabillities in the apparel industry. Full grant commitment: EUR 36.46973 thousand.

AWAAZ.DE Programme: Working Conditions. Description: A pilot in Dhaka, Bangladesh to study the effectiveness of mobile messaging to engage women workers with workplace discussions. Full grant commitment: EUR 17.76417 thousand.

THE HAGUE INSTITUTE FOR THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF LAW Programme: Working Conditions. Description: Designed and launched the Living Wage Innovation Challenge to identify and support new ways to address unjust wages in the apparel sector. Full grant commitment: EUR 28.354 thousand.

THE HAGUE INSTITUTE FOR THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF LAW Programme: Working Conditions. Description: Living Wage Innovation Challenge - Phase III Full grant commitment: EUR 49.923 thousand.

FORUM FOR THE FUTURE Programme: Sustainable Cotton. Description: Cotton2040 Full grant commitment: EUR 50 thousand.

STICHTING HOUSE OF DENIM Programme: Circular Fashion. Description: Supported building of a centre committed to craftsmanship, innovation and sustainability in the denim industry. Full grant commitment: EUR 200 thousand.

BANKABLE FRONTIERS ASSOCIATES Building Portfolios of the Poor. Pillar: Services - Cohort: Scale & Sustainability

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION Programme: Disaster Mitigation and Relief . Description: Rana Plaza support Full grant commitment: EUR 500 thousand.

SMALL ENTERPRISE ASSISTANCE FUND Programme: Disaster Mitigation and Relief . Description: Worker Safety Investment Opportunity Analysis Full grant commitment: EUR 67.04629 thousand.

UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF Programme: YCABA. Description: To expand the evidence base and increase government support for early childhood development programming resulting in better outcomes for young children affected by HIV/AIDS in Tanzania, Kenya, and Zambia.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS to create and develop functional data analysis techniques for novel analytics methodology and big data visualizations which allow domain experts to engage the data and propose new hypotheses, to help test hypotheses, reveal quantitative relationships amon

JSI RESEARCH & TRAINING INSTITUTE, INC. for general operating support

FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER to provide general operating support for vaccine immunology statistical center and related projects

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. to reduce morbidity due to schistosomiasis in low- and middle-income countries by developing and evaluating research-based approaches and tools for use by programs to control schistosomiasis and, where feasible, to eliminate it

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS to establish a conceptual framework for an evidenced-based, adaptive dengue surveillance, and disease management system that is effective across a range of transmission intensities

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA to identify why oral poliovirus and rotavirus vaccines are less effective in the developing world, in order to develop new approaches to protect children from enteric diseases

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK to develop a hand-held, robust device that can rapidly, reliably and affordably determine whether an infant or young child has protective levels of antibodies against vaccine-preventable infections

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA to develop a non-invasive device to verify tetanus vaccination in children

J. CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE to use new molecular technologies to elucidate the nasopharyngeal microbiome in GEMS & PERCH sites where factors such as ethnicity, environment, and disease state can influence the composition of the microbiome as a basis for evaluating PCV impact

FLINDERS UNIVERSITY to identify the best way to improve zinc status in children in developing countries who are at risk of acute diarrhea, and to reduce the impact of acute diarrhoeal disease on rates of malnutrition, stunted development and death

THE HAGUE INSTITUTE FOR THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF LAW Programme: Working Conditions. Description: Innovation Around Living Wages in the Textile Industry Full grant commitment: EUR 445 thousand.

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY Programme: Catholic Sisters. Description: To support sisters in East Africa through programs at the Center for Leadership and Management at Tangaza University College in Nairobi, Kenya.

JESUIT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY OF SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY Programme: Catholic Sisters. Description: To support the Women of Wisdom and Action Initiative (WWA) which provides graduate education in theology and on-the-ground networking for sisters across Asia.

WOMENS WORLD BANKING Customer-Centric Solutions Across Egypt, India, and Mexico. Pillar: Services - Cohort: Scale & Sustainability

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES Programme: Disaster Mitigation and Relief . Description: Response to floods in the Balkans Full grant commitment: EUR 130 thousand.

INTERNATIONAL HIV/AIDS ALLIANCE Programme: YCABA. Description: To integrate early childhood development interventions as part of the existing programs of 180 community-based organizations in Kenya.

AGA KHAN RURAL SUPPORT PROGRAMME (INDIA) Programme: Water. Description: Towards implementing the Coastal Area Development Program, a collaboration with the Coastal Salinity Prevention Cell, the Sir Ratan Tata Trust, the Government of Gujarat, and local communities.

BURO Mobile Banking and Agent Network. Pillar: Services - Cohort: Innovation & Digital

MICROSAVE INDIA Thought Leadership. Pillar: Insights - Cohort: Thought Leadership

PRODESAROLLO Peer Learning. Pillar: Insights - Cohort: Thought Leadership