Africa Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), which was established in 1991, works to provide a holistic approach towards capacity building in Africa. It also coordinates partnership with different developmental agencies including international donors supporting projects in Africa. In fact, ACBF itself was born out of the need for a coordinating mechanism between the diverse number of [...]
The African Program for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) of the World Bank works towards controlling onchocerciasis (river blindness). The Program supports distribution of ivermectin in the sub-Saharan countries of Africa. APOC strives to control the disease in the poor and remote areas of the African countries. It also provides support for carrying research work. NGO can [...]
The Communities and Small Scale Mining (CASM) is a small grants scheme of the World Bank that provides a support of US $5,000 to projects which are focused upon reducing poverty and increasing sustainable development in communities through artisanal and small-scale mining. NGOs and community-based organizations can seek this fund by submitting project proposals. The [...]
CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest) is located at the World Bank, but it operates as an independent institution to increase microfinance services to the world’s poor. CGAP understands that credit is a critical tool to eliminate poverty and hence collaborates with different partners to provide these services to the poor communities in developing [...]
World Bank in partnership with other organizations introduced the Development Marketplace for building competition and innovation in the NGO sector. NGOs are encouraged to be part of this global, regional and national-level competitions announced annually to select the best ideas for development. Besides NGOs, other groups such as social entrepreneurs, academia and business associations can [...]
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