This program strategy has been discontinued. We no longer accept proposals for funding in this area.

For the past 20 years, McKnight's program work has included grantmaking in the East Africa Program (EA) to sustain and improve the livelihoods of the region's most vulnerable women.

During these two decades, the tireless efforts of grantee organizations working in East Africa have postively impacted the lives of countless individuals and families.

In November 2011, McKnight's board of directors approved a reallocation of this funding to McKnight's Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP), to be completed by 2014. With this reallocation, McKnight's East Africa emphasis on gender equity and community involvement will now shift to the CCRP.