The Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards
A Partnership of WHY and the Harry Chapin Foundation

The 2006 winners are:

• Hope House, New Orleans, LA:
  Hope House was one of the first organizations up and running after Hurricane Katrina. Not only does it work to secure housing and services for the displaced, it serves as a community hub where people congregate for everything from legal aid to internet access. Hope House will use its HCSRA award to create a tenant organization in a mixed income housing development in New Orleans. Click HERE to read a profile by Abraham Paulos.
  
  
• Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Immokalee, FL:
  CIW is comprised of more than 3,000 agricultural workers who join together to confront injustices in the local farmworker community. It believes that it is not accomplished solely through services it offers but through methods of empowerment. Through this belief it achieved its greatest victory to date, winning a wage increase for tomato pickers in Florida through the historic Taco Bell boycott. CIW will use the award to upkeep a much needed community center with a goal of moving all programs to one place and providing a meeting center for farmworkers which doesn't now exist in the community. Click HERE to read a profile by Abraham Paulos.
  
  
• New York City Coalition Against Hunger, NY, NY:
  NYCCAH helps New York's Emergency Food Providers to meet the immediate food needs of more than one million food insecure New Yorkers as well as develop long-term solutions to the root causes of hunger and poverty. NYCCAH will use this award to aid in the implementation of its Farm Fresh Food Security, Nutrition Improvement, and Community Empowerment Project in West Harlem and two other low income communities in New York City. Click HERE to read profile by Abraham Paulos.
  
  
• Southside Community Land Trust, Providence, RI:
  Southside Community Land Trust's mission is to provide access to land, education and other resources necessary for people in the Greater Providence area. Food is grown in environmentally sustainable ways as a means to creating a food system where locally produced, affordable, and nutritious food is available to all. Its award will be used to strengthen farmer's managerial skills and ensure the sustainability of their Farm Business Incubator Program through a Collaborative Farm Management Initiative. Click HERE to read a profile by Abraham Paulos.
  
  
• Inspiration Corporation, Chicago, IL:
  Inspiration Corporation helps people affected by homelessness and poverty to improve their lives and increase self sufficiency through the provision of social services, employment training and housing. Inspiration Café, Café Too, The Living Room Café and The Employment Project provide homeless individuals with the tools they need to become self-sufficient. It will use its award to support Café Too, their culinary arts training program and micro-enterprise restaurant. Click HERE to read a profile by Abraham Paulos.
  
  
• Community Farm Alliance, Frankfort, KY:
  Community Farm Alliance (CFA) is a multi-issue membership organization dedicated to community-led economic development that benefits both rural and urban communities, ensures the future of family farming, and engages citizens in public policy issues in KY. CFA will use its award to open a farmer-owned, local food distribution business while organizing the residents from the neighborhoods most vulnerable to food disparity. Click HERE to read a profile by Abraham Paulos.
  
  
• The Lower East Side Girls Club, New York, NY:
  The Lower East Side Girls Club's mission is to prepare today's youth for tomorrow's world. It is dedicated to ensuring that youth in its programs learn to think critically and act positively, to learn to care for themselves and others, and to grow to be productive and happy adults. The Girls Club will use the money to help fund Intersn@ck Café, an after-school healthy snack bar where it will host classes and offer other entrepreneurial ventures. Click HERE to read about Abraham Paulo's visit to the Lower East Side Girls Club.
  
  
• Women Helping Girls, Rochester, NY:
  The goal of Women Helping Girls is to help support the underserved girls of Rochester City Schools in leading successful and productive lives by recognizing and respecting the assets they have to offer. Women Helping Girls will use the award to support their Literacy for Living series, a unique curriculum focusing on decision making, money management, career opportunities, and healthy relationships.
  
  
• Morning Star Fishermen, Dade City, FL:
  Morning Star Fishermen's mission is to address hunger, in particular protein and vitamin deficiencies by teaching alternative sustainable methods of agriculture which use minimal resources while providing a steady and sustainable supply of these nutrients. This is done through aquaculture, fish farming, and hydroponics. Morning Star Fishermen will use this award to provide training on aquaculture to the migrant farm worker community in central Florida. Click HERE to read about Abraham Paulo's visit to the Lower East Side Girls Club.
  
  

If your organization wishes to be added to the Reinvesting In America database to assure receipt of the annual application, please contact us at HCSRA@worldhungeryear.org.

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