hesperian often works with other organizations to create new publications and revise older ones. the short work "water for life: community water security" was published in conjunction with the united nations development program. in 2006, hesperian received a us$40,000 grant from the rockefeller brothers fund to develop a book on environmental health, and in 2004 the firelight foundation provided a small grant to fund the revision of the 1999 book "hiv, health, and your community".