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GLOBAL FOUNDATION FOR HUMANITY



Also Known As: Veerni Project
35 Cunningham Dr
Monroe, NY 10950

GENERAL INFORMATION

Contact: Mrs. Kathleen Fico, Adminstrator
Telephone: (845) 781-4395
Fax: (845) 783-7541
E-mail: kfico@globalfdn.com
Web Site:www.veerni.org

Who We Are

The Veerni Project was created to improve the health and education of individuals, primarily girls and women, in order to improve their lives in Western Rajasthan, India.

  • This organization is a 501(c)(3) Public Charity .
  • This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
  • Financial information in this report is derived from the organization's
  • Additional narrative information in this report was last supplied by the organization on October 23, 2009.
  • It makes its audited financial statements available to the public upon request.
  • Contributions are deductible, as provided by law.

How to Help

This organization is seeking funds from contributions and grants. These funds will be used for special projects.

Location(s) Served

  • International: India

NTEE Code

  • T50—Philanthropy / Charity / Voluntarism Promotion (General)
EIN: 14-1771766
Year Founded: 1993
Ruling Year: 1994
Fiscal Year: Information not available
Assets: $432,045 (from IRS BMF on Dec 2008)
Income: $78,343 (from IRS BMF on Dec 2008)
No. of Board Members: 10
No. of Full-Time Employees: 1-5
No. of Part-Time Employees: 0
No. of Volunteers: 1-5

Chief Executive

Ms. Jacqueline de Chollet

Chief Executive Profile

Jacqueline de Chollet founded the Veerni Project and the Global Foundation for Humanity to help empower women and girls in rural Rajasthan so they can lead healthy lives free from poverty, coercion and disease.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Name

Title

Godelive Coigny Director
Jacqueline de Chollet Trustee
Caroline Graham Director, UK
Joan Gurry Director
Shirley Johnson-Lans Director
William MacArthur Director
Michael Marr Director, UK
Susan Nitze Director
Susan Patricof Director
Rose Reis Director
Sita Schutt Director, UK
Sophie Veronis Co-Trustee
Anne Vincent Director, UK
Dr. Paul Zuckerman Director, UK

MISSION AND PROGRAMS

Mission

Providing health care and education to the poorest villages in Western Rajasthan. The people we meet would otherwise not receive health care and most of the young girls would have never been able to attend school.

Programs

Veerni is our main project. We service 14 villages.

Additional Comments from the Organization

Our girls' hostel program has proven successful. We began with an enrollment of 39 girls and now have 85 girls receiving a formal boarding school education.

GOALS AND RESULTS

Accomplishments for Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2007

  1. Implemented a secondary school for our Veerni students and had our first college scholarship awarded to a village girl.
  2. Were able to provide free cataract surgeries in our villages through the help of the Desai Hospital.
  3. Have began a pilot nutrition program to combat the problem of malnutrition in the villages.

Objectives for Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 2008

  1. Educate more village girls.
  2. Continue and improve on our malnutrition program.

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