Philanthropists working for positive social change in today's globalized world understand the importance of supporting not only effective groups in the U.S. but also organizations doing essential strategic work abroad. In today’s regulatory environment, international grantmaking is challenging, yet Tides remains committed to this work. In 2008, our international grants reached over $22 million.

Organizations and individuals throughout Africa are tackling that continent's many challenges—especially those involving HIV/AIDS and women's equality—in creative, forward-thinking, and collaborative ways. In 2008, Tides made 248 grants totaling nearly $6 million to organizations in 32 countries in Africa. A few Tides projects working in Africa include:

• HIV Collaborative Fund, whose priorities include a commitment to advance HIV treatment while also advancing gender equality and the rights of women and other vulnerable populations;
• AIDS Free World, which works to improve and accelerate the global response to AIDS through direct advocacy and by supporting the advocacy efforts of organizations in AIDS-affected countries; and
• Raising Voices, a pioneering small, results-oriented organization based in Kampala, Uganda, that works to prevent violence against women and children in communities in East and Southern Africa and beyond.