On September 25, 2023, the Citi Foundation (the “Foundation”) announced the grant recipients of its inaugural Global Innovation Challenge, a new model to identify and provide philanthropic support to community organizations that are developing innovative solutions to social and economic challenges facing low-income communities.
Seriti Institute is one of 50 community organizations to receive a grant from the Global Innovation Challenge to improve food security and strengthen the physical and financial health of low-income families and communities around the world.
Some examples include:
- The Hunger Project is scaling its initiative to engage indigenous women in southern Mexico in leadership and entrepreneurship technical training to create community-led food businesses.
- Concern Worldwide is providing business training, expanding access to markets and investors, delivering nutrition education, and supporting urban gardening for small-scale food vendors, especially women and youth, in Nairobi, Kenya.
- The Global FoodBanking Network is expanding its technical support, mentoring and delivery of financial resources to newly established food banks worldwide that are supporting communities struggling with poverty and food insecurity.
- Yayasan Kopernik is working with small farmers in West Timor, Indonesia to revitalize indigenous farming practices and adopt food preservation technologies for a more resilient, self-sustaining food system.
For more information and a complete list of recipients, visit www.citifoundation.com/challenge.
