sentences:  Within the first year of operation it reached an estimated 47,000 children in 19 countries and awarded a total of $487,300 in grants.In 2008, Global Fund for Children was selected as a winner of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Competition.GFC's project, "Using Digital Technology to Extend Grassroots Knowledge," works to enable the organization to share and promote the knowledge and best practices of its grantee partners.