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Support: Horizon International is grateful for the generous financial and in-kind support that makes its work possible.

 

Horizon is a 501 C (3) non-profit organization based at

Yale University.

Contributions are tax-deductible.

The following is a partial listing of the contributors. If you are not as yet mentioned, please know what you have done is appreciated and will soon be recognized.The type in blue provides a link to the entity.

 

Financial Support:

 

Asia Foundation 

For Research and Filming in People’s Republic of China, a co-production with Hei Long Jiang TV

 

Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation

For research and preparation of case studies ands articles on population with a focus on teenage pregnancy in the U.S.

 

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

For establishment and first year’s operation of Solutions Databank, a precursor to the Horizon Solutions Site  

 

Robert and Harriet Heilbrunn

And

Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)

For the development and initial operation of the Horizon Solutions Site at www.solutionssite.org

 

John and Clara Higgins Fund

General Funds

 

Peter and Helen Haje Foundation

For the advancement of Horizon’s oceans and coral reef program, Magic Porthole at www.magicporthole.org

For major support of the production of multimedia DVDs to accompany the book, “Water and Sanitation Related Diseases and the Environment,” a Wiley-Blackwell publication in collaboration with Horizon International

 

Lippincott Foundation, Inc.

For filming in Bonaire for Horizon’s oceans and coral reef program

 

Albert A. List Foundation

For production of the English version of Program I of Horizon International’s television series,One Second Before Sunrise, broadcast nationwide on PBS in the US and in many other countries.

 

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

For production of the English version of Program I of Horizon International’s television series,One Second Before Sunrise, broadcast nationwide on PBS in the US and in many other countries.

 

Dr. Josephine Murray

For filming in Bonaire for Horizon’s oceans and coral reef program and post-production of a 10 minute video appearing on Horizon’s Magic Porthole program Web site atwww.magicporthole.org and on YouTube at:http://www.youtube.com/user/jselendy

 

National Science Foundation

For the research and development of Horizon’s oceans and coral reef program, Magic Porthole educational playing cards and Web site at www.magicporthole.org.

 

Ottinger Foundation

General Funds

 

 J. Lawrence Pool, Jr., MD

For population programs

 

J. Lawrence and Nancy Pool

For assistance with the production of multimedia DVDs to accompany the book, Water and Sanitation Related Diseases and the Environment: Challenges, Interventions and Preventive Measures, published by Wiley-Blackwell in collaboration with Horizon International

 

Public Welfare Foundation

For establishment and first year’s operation of Solutions Databank,a precursor to the Horizon Solutions Site  

 

Rockefeller Foundation

For research and preparation of multimedia coverage of successful initiatives in Africa

 

Laurance S. Rockefeller

For production of the English version of Program I of Horizon International’s television series, One Second Before Sunrise. 

 

United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA

Funding for the research and filming of a one-hour program in Burkina-Faso, in country assistance, and dissemination including at the International Women’s Conference in Beijing, 1995 entitled Burkina-Faso: People With a Future.

Funding for the completion of a one-hour program entitled Spirited Changes in Mexico  for presentation at the International Conference on Population and Development, and dubbed into Spanish and broadcast in Mexico and other Latin American countries 

 

 Weeden Foundation

General funds

 

Other foundations and individuals.

 


In-kind support:

 

Harvard University

Office from 1987 to 2006 and Faculty and student involvement from 1987 to present

 

Yale University

Office and Faculty and student involvement from 1991 to present

 

United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP

Collaboration with the development and launching of the Horizon Solutions Site and with case studies etc. Provision of an office for a Horizon Intern.

 

United Nations Development Programme - UNDP

Collaboration with the development of the Horizon Solutions Site and with case studies etc. Host for the launching of the Solutions Site at UN Headquarters Visitors’ Hall introduced by then UNDP Administrator James Gustave Speth, J.D.

 

United Nations Childrens Fund - UNICEF

Collaboration with the development and launching of the Horizon Solutions Site and with case studies etc.

 

United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA

Collaboration with the development and launching of the Horizon Solutions Site and with case studies etc.  On site assistance for research and filming in Burkina Faso.

 

And cooperating entities including:

 

The American Museum of Natural History

Environmental Defense Fund 

Oceans Alive project

NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Museum of Science-Boston

The National Wildlife Federation (NWF)

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

The Smithsonian Institution Ocean Hall and Ocean Portal

The Field Museum

Monterey Bay Aquarium

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,

National Ocean Service,

CGIAR 

For office support for HorizonInternational Interns and research and assistance with case studies for the Horizon Solutions Site

 

Volunteers and Interns

 

Horizon’s Television Co-Producers:

Enhancing quality and depth and sharing financial burdens, co-producers play a fundamental role with Horizon’s productions. Horizon is privileged to thus far include among its co-producers:

 

WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) TV, Germany

Umweltverbesser, A One-Hour Program with Seven Stories
WDR provided co-host and co-producer, camera and sound, all logistics for filming in several international locations. Broadcast in German in Germany and surrounding countries.

This program formed the basis for One Second Before Sunrise Program I in English

SV TV2,  Swedish Television

One Second Before Sunrise Program II: Part 1: Cooperating for Clean Air: A co-production with SVTV2, Swedish Television, Produced with the assistance of Polish Television. SV TV2 provided co-host and co-producer, camera and sound, all logistics for filming in Sweden. Polish Television provided footage.

 

HeiLongJiang Television, of the People's Republic of China

One Second Before Sunrise Program II:  Spiders Help Farmers Grow Safer Crops Hei Long Jiang Television provided assistance with research, all on location logistics, lodging, transportation in China, dubbing into Chinese, and other help.

 

XEIPN Canal 11 Television of Mexico

One Second Before Sunrise: Program III: Spirited Changes in Mexico XEIPN Canal 11 provided a camera team for the filming in and around Mexico City and post-production assistance

 

 

 

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