2024-01-16T08:45:04-05:00 2023-06-30 381812127 SIMPLIFIED ACCOUNTING & TAX SERVICE INC 1120 KEYSTONE AVE LANSING MI 489115491 990 2022-07-01 473912134 EAST AFRICAN CHILDREN'S FUND EAST 3134458111 100 MAPLE PARK BLVD STE 130 ST CLAIR SHORES MI 48081 LISA C PERACCHIO PRESIDENT 3134458111 2024-01-07 true LISA C PERACCHIO 999009999 false JULIE L YOUNG CPA P00446728 5178822441 2024-01-12 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z LISA C PERACCHIO 100 MAPLE PARK BOULEVARD ST CLAIR SHORES MI 48081 322296 false X WWW.EACFUND.ORG X 2015 MI EAST AFRICAN CHILDREN'S FUND STRENGTHENS RURAL SCHOOL COMMUNITIES BY MOBILIZING WOMEN AND OTHER LOCAL LEADERS TO ENGAGE IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE THAT NOURISHES CHILDREN'S BODIES AND MINDS. 6 6 0 9 0 484842 315035 0 190 7261 0 485032 322296 424651 312424 0 0 0 8058 19138 8711 443789 321135 41243 1161 290702 291993 133 290702 291860 EAST AFRICAN CHILDREN'S FUND STRENGTHENS RURAL SCHOOL COMMUNITIES BY MOBILIZING WOMEN AND OTHER LOCAL LEADERS TO ENGAGE IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE THAT NOURISHES CHILDREN'S BODIES AND MINDS. false false 312424 EAST AFRICAN CHILDREN'S FUND STRENGTHENS RURAL SCHOOL COMMUNITIES IN KENYA WITH HOME-GROWN SCHOOL MEALS AND OTHER STRATEGIC INTERVENTIONS: SCHOOL DEWORMING; WATER, SANITATION AND HYGEINE (WASH) SOLUTIONS; AND A WOMEN'S COMMUNITY GARDENS PROGRAM. TOTAL: 312,424. 312424 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 true 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 6 6 true false false false false false false true true false false false true true true true true true true false MI X X X LISA C PERACCHIO 3134458111 100 MAPLE PARK BOULEVARD ST CLAIR SHORES MI 48081 X JAMES MATHENGE DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 DORIS MBABU TREASURER 3.00 X X 0 0 0 TARA MCKINNEY SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 KATHLEEN NINIVAGGI DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 LISA C PERACCHIO PRESIDENT 15.00 X X 0 0 0 CAROL LAUB PHD DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 false false false 315035 315035 7261 7261 322296 7261 312424 312424 8711 653 8058 321135 312424 653 8058 50215 79725 240385 212268 102 290702 291993 133 0 133 X 290702 291860 290702 291860 290702 291993 X 1161 -3 X false false false X 204701 235072 266406 484842 315035 1506056 204701 235072 266406 484842 315035 1506056 562443 943613 1517 1607 20 190 7261 10595 1516651 0.62220 0.58160 X SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION PART II, SHORT YEAR EXPLANATION: FY ENDED JUNE 30, 2016 WAS THE INITIAL YEAR. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED CHASE VISA 133 133 true SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (KENYA) GRANT MAKING 312424 312424 312424 SCHOOL FEEDING/FARM. 312424 WIRE TRANSFER false false false false false false SCHEDULE F, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 2 EAST AFRICAN CHILDREN'S FUND WORKS CLOSELY WITH ITS PARTNERS, A.) ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND B.) COMMUNITY WOMEN'S GROUPS IN RURAL KENYA VIA EMAIL, TELECONFERENCING, WRITTEN REPORTS AND SITE VISITS. EAST AFRICAN CHILDREN'S FUND CONDUCTS AT LEAST ONE SITE VISIT ANNUALLY TO PARTNERS. ALL REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS OR NEW REQUESTS FOR FUNDING ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. PART I, LINE 3: ACCRUAL ACCOUNTING SCHEDULE F, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 3 SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (KENYA) 312,424 0 SCHEDULE F, PAGE 5, PART V SCHEDULE F, PART 1: SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (KENYA) SCHOOL FARMING AND COMMUNITY GARDENING PROGRAM EXPENDITURES 424,651 SCHEDULE F, PART II STRENGTHENING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES, SCHOOL FEEDING AND FARMING, COMMUNITY GARDENS: 424,651 FORM 990 AT EAST AFRICAN CHILDREN'S FUND, WE BELIEVE THAT RURAL SCHOOLS SERVE AS EFFICIENT COMMUNITY HUBS FOR OBTAINING AN EDUCATION AND ADDITIONAL TARGETED COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS RELATED TO NUTRITION AND HEALTH; FOOD SECURITY; ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND TRAININGS. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FROM FY23 INCLUDE: SCHOOL NUTRITION AND HEALTH: SCHOOL MEALS: PURCHASED STAPLE FOODS FOR 667,950 SCHOOL MEALS SERVED TO 610 CHILDREN AND YOUTH, MORE THAN 80% ORPHANED. SINCE INCEPTION, EAST AFRICAN CHILDREN'S FUND HAS PROVIDED MORE THAN 3.8 MILLION NUTRITIOUS SCHOOL MEALS. SCHOOL HEALTH: 1,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN A DEWORMING PROGRAM. SCHOOL FARMING PROGRAMS: HORTICULTURE: PRODUCED 17 VARIETIES OF VEGETABLES AND 6 VARIETIES OF FRUITS SUCH AS AFRICAN NIGHTSHADE, KALE, SWEET POTATOES, MORINGA, AVOCADOES, MANGOS AND ORANGES TO BOOST THE NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF ALMOST 3,000 DAILY SCHOOL MEALS SERVED AT NCHIRU CHILDREN'S VILLAGE (NCV): ST. FRANCIS AND ST. CLARE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. EMPLOYED MORE THAN 60 GRADUATE STUDENTS AND WOMEN FOR PLANTING, HARVESTING AND FARM MANAGEMENT. EXPANDED THE FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM BY ESTABLISHING NUTRIENT-DENSE SCHOOL GARDENS AT 4 LOCAL SCHOOLS IN MERU COUNTY WITH 777 STUDENTS. TRAINED 315 STUDENTS AT NCV IN HORTICULTURE GOOD PRACTICES FOR FUTURE SELF-RELIANCE AND 80 STUDENTS AT ST. FRANCIS SECONDARY SCHOOL IN END-TO-END FISH POND MANAGEMENT, A MARKETABLE SKILL. PARTNERED WITH HARVEST PLUS TO INTRODUCE BIOFORTIFIED RED BEANS TO MERU COUNTY. THESE BEANS PROVIDE UP TO 80% OF DAILY IRON NEEDS FOR WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE AND CHILDREN WHEN CONSUMED REGULARLY. BIOFORTIFIED ANGANZA BEANS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO 1,500 WOMEN, 4 PUBLIC SCHOOL SITES AND PLANTED ACROSS 4 ACRES AT NDEKERO FARM (NCV) TO ADDRESS MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES, OR HIDDEN HUNGER. AQUACULTURE: 12 SCHOOL FISHPONDS WERE STOCKED AND MAINTAINED TO PROVIDE 978 CHILDREN A FISH MEAL WEEKLY, AS A SOURCE OF ALTERNATIVE PROTEIN AND MICRONUTRIENTS. SMALL LIVESTOCK: MAINTAINED PIGGERY TO FEED 978 SCHOOL CHILDREN; RABBIT HUSBANDRY TO SUSTAIN REGENERATIVE AGRICULTRUE PRACTICES; AND MAINTAINED CHICKEN PROGRAM PROVIDING EGGS TO 978 SCHOOL CHILDREN. WOMEN'S COMMUNITY GARDEN PROGRAMS: PROVIDED KEY AGRICULTURE INPUTS TO 1,500 LOCAL WOMEN TO GROW COMMUNITY AND HOME GARDENS FOR IMPROVED DIETARY DIVERSITY AND ACCESS TO MICRONUTRIENTS. OUR PROGRAMS CURRENTLY SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15 100% DIRECT GIVING: DONATIONS ARE APPLIED DIRECTLY TO PROGRAMS. 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