The United States AGency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Global Health (BGH), Office of Health, Infectious Disease and Nutrition (HIDN) is seeking proposals from NGOs for the FY 2012 Child Survival and Health Grants Program (CSHGP).
USAID intends to award up to eight (8) Cooperative Agreements in total under this RFA totaling up to $13,500,000. Cooperative Agreements issued under this RFA may have an implementation period (FY2012-FY2017) of up to five (5) years.
Categories
Scalable Solutions to Challenges: Advancing Learning and Evidence (SCALE) Category: The guidance and evaluation criteria for this category have been revised from prior years with USAID/USG interest in advancing global and national knowledge for improving and scaling up implementation practices for relevant to national and global policies and strategies. This category continues to strengthen the role of international NGOs and their partnerships with research institutions (academia) and national and local government leadership to advance the science of implementation and scale up of nationally relevant solutions (new, promising).
New Partner Category: Up to 2 awards in the New Partner category (up to $1.5 million each, up to five years; total estimated cost of two awards: $3,000,000). The guidance and evaluation criteria for this category have been revised from prior years to support USAID’s procurement reform objectives for increasing direct partnerships with new partners (national, U.S.) and documenting promising practices and processes to advance local capacity building and sustainability.
The deadline to submit applications for this opportunity is 16 April 2012. For more information, visit grants.gov and search by funding opportunity number for: RFA-OAA-12-000008.
ASSISTANCE:
APPLICATION FORM
Name of our Church /Youth or children’s group: Agata Pentecostal Church/AROMA Youth and Children Group
1. This is what we want to do;
To construct a school block, the completion of our church building and a poultry keeping pen in order to support children in their schooling environment and also empower the youth with entrepreneurial skills through sale of eggs. This will also boost the nutrition status of the children in school. The Church wants to recruit a project manager who will monitor the implementation of the activities of the project in line with the plan. The Church intends to buy a vehicle to facilitate transportation of drugs and sale of eggs. The Pastor will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of the project and also give policy direction to the project manager and the youth leader.
2. This is why we want to do it;
Currently Agata Primary School has temporary structures. The Church would like to construct a permanent school structure to enable children have a good academic environment with a spacious football pitch and other co-curricular activities. Secondly, the poultry project will enhance the entrepreneurial skills of the youth at a young age through the working-by-doing approach where they are trained in financial planning, budgeting and monitoring. The proceeds from the poultry will be sloughed back to grow the poultry business while at the same time improving on the nutritional status of the children, a per-condition for cognitive development.
3. This is how to assure u that our plans will work
The project will employ a Project Manager who will endure that the implementation plan of the identified activities is well executed in the agreed on time frames. This will entail development of indicators that will measure progress of the project and will form a basis for the monthly monitoring reports that will track progress and identify critical issues that could enhance performance of the project. Weekly operational meeting will be held with casual laborers and also daily stock taking will be done twice in the morning and evening when the chicken start laying eggs (implementation plan attached).
Indicators: completed and well furnished school structure in the first 3 months; well finished church building, number of chicks purchased; mortality rate (number deaths per day); quantity of feeds purchased per week; number of egg trays produced/stored per week; number of trays sold per day; number of visits by Veterinary officer and quantity and cost of drugs and veterinary services; monthly monitoring report by 5th of the following month.
Project Management
The Church will employ a professional Project Manager either from within the Church or outside. He will be assisted by 2 porters that will be able to manage the 3,000 chicks. The Church will be responsible for the drinking water and payment of salary/wages for the workers of the project. The Project Manager will be responsible for keeping proper books of accounts for the project.
4. This is the money we need in total? Sh. 110, 775,000/= (one hundred ten million seven hundred seventy five thousand) for the Poultry project and Sh. 75,150,000/= (seventy five million one hundred fifty thousand) for school building structure, 10,630,000/= ten million,six hundred thirty thousand, for latrines, 75,852,590,000/= seventy five million, eight hundred fifty two thousand, five hundred ninety thousand for other facilities as u will see them. and this is how we will spend it (Attached)
4.1. All the break down costs; see attachments
4.2. The other costs of paying the salaries/wages of the Project Manager and the porters and water for the chicks will be paid by the Church. i.e. The Project Manager will be paid a monthly salary of Sh. 50,000/-= while the casual laborers will be paid Sh. 10,000/= per day. Water is estimated to cost Sh. 1,500,000/= per month.
4.3. For any short fall, Church Treasury will raise.
5. In Uganda, the young population i.e. between 15-30 years constitutes 64% of the entire population most of whom are either in school or unemployed. Although the official unemployment rate is estimated at only 3.5% (Uganda National Household Survey, 2009/10 report), the unofficial unemployment rate is in the range of about 20% or higher. It is against this background that the leadership of the Church, after erecting a temporary structure to provide basic education to the children some of whom are orphans, also thought it wise to establish a Youth Club that would address the challenges of unemployment and illiteracy at the local level.
The group consists of …200. Children less than 15 years and … who are between 15-30 years. There are 80… boys and 120… girls in the youth club. The major objective of the youth club is to empower them to be self-reliant in future by imparting skills in business management through the learning-by-doing approach. The Church leadership is convinced that with an effective project manager and close supervision by us the Church leadership, the youth will be able to get skills in running small businesses as well as revenue from the sale of the eggs. This project could be replicated in surrounding areas after demonstrating that youth, once trained are able to become innovative and productive. This can be achieved if we successfully receive a grant from the good fundholders like u. THANKS
Chain of Hands is working since 2009. We are very much glad to do social work for human betterment & happiness. We are constantly trying to fulfill these two things in the lives for others. We are working on some project with a small team to achieve our mission to present them maximum betterment & happiness as much as we can serve. we have done number of projects which is (music, social living awareness program, community development, drugs control & fundraising programs for disable people). After 7 years of working now we only work for Cancer patient children’s which is all about giving them contentment during the painful treatment of this rigid cause. To fulfill our objective we are always looking for financial support but we strongly discourage begging for funds. We like to generate our fund through collaboration with Schools, Music bands & Charity shows. In this way we can give lots of opportunity to people, explore talents & come up front through ‘Chain of Hands’ & Cancer patient children’s take more pleasure to this kind of activities
Jameel M.Marcus
I am the executive director of REDEEM THE ORPHAN CAMPAIGN operating here in western uganda. The organisation works with orphans and those children from very sorry families. I am asking for guidance on how I can raise funds to sustain the activities of this organisation. Feel free and consult me via this email address.
I m a director of Paidha Orphans and Vulnerable Children Organization (POVCO)in North Western Uganda. We work with orphans, children and vulnerable communities.I’m interested in this USAID child survival and health grant.Kindly feel free to contact me for more details and advise me on how to apply.
Thanks.Regards Patrick Ongom Komakech
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Child aid Uganda is a non governmental organisation addressing the needs of orphans and other vulnerable children in Lyantonde district.Emphasis has been put on education and providing income generating activities to the guardians of these children so as the children can get an integrated support both in the field of education and improved conditions at home because their guardians will be in position to provide for their basic needs .However, due to the limited resources available, few OVCs have been reached therefore there is still great need to expand our scope of coverage in our area of operation. We are currently supporting 400 children on the education program at different levels of education including primary, secondary and tertiary levels.We shall be more than glad if we are supported to reach out to more orphans and other vulnerable children so as to improve on their survival.
Women Without Borders Kenya is a registered None Governmental Organisation Supporting women and children improve their livelihood In Kenya.We are situated western part of Kenya Bungoma county and tranzoia county.
We have international experience and Women Without Borders was founded in USA.We assure you that we are competent enough to operate with you.
FRIENDS OF LUWEERO TRIANGLE
P.O.BOX 404 LUWEERO
Brief about Friends of Luweero Triangle
“Fighting Poverty Together”
What is Friends of Luweero Triangle ??
FOLT is a national development organisation that works with poor and marginalised people to eradicate poverty and to overcome the injustice and inequity that cause it.
Friends of Luweero Triangle is a Community based development organisation that works with poor and marginalised people to eradicate poverty and to overcome the injustice and inequity that cause it.
Change the forces that perpetuate gender inequality Promoting the improvement quality life in Education, Health, Water & sanitation, Economic security , and Sexual health
o Creating global relationship with understanding unity
o Promoting children’and women’s rights
o To establish hospital needs
o Establish School needs
FOLT works to:
• Enable poor people and communities to overcome their poverty and secure their basic rights
• Build lasting and inclusive local institutions and broad-based alliances dedicated to poverty eradication
• Address and overcome the root causes of poverty and marginalisation by influencing the powerful
• Change the forces that perpetuate gender inequality
Where does FOLT work?
FOLT works in the Districts that forms Luweero Triangle Region
This Districts includes:
Luweero Nakaseke Nakasongola Kayunga Mukono Buikwe Mpigi Wakiso Kiboga
Kyankwanzi Mubende Mityana Masindi, Hoima Kilyandogo and Kalangala Districts
Some Highlight of FOLT
The Vision of FOLT
The overall vision of FOLT is a world without poverty in which every person can exercise his or her right to a life of dignity.
The Organisational Development Vision of FOLT Uganda
An organisation which is free from bureaucratic systems, where creative and empowered teams function in a synergistic way, which is flexible and responsive to the changing realities of the poor and the poverty context, which has space to learn and reflect, and where resources are utilised in the best interest of poor communities. We believe that only such organisations can contribute towards the movement against poverty and towards building a world without poverty, a world that is built on principles of equity and justice for all.
Mission Statement of FOLT:
“To work with poor women, men, boys and girls, the local civil society and other development players to eradicate absolute poverty in Uganda.”
FOLT Values:
Learning and reflection
Creativity and innovation
Honesty and integrity
Mutual respect
Teamwork
FOLT Uganda’s understanding of poverty:
• We understand poverty as a denial of people’s basic rights – the right to education, the right to basic health care, the right to food, the right to security of life and property … (a right to a life of dignity).
• We also believe that inequality, illiteracy, poor health, insecurity, bad governance and hunger as causes, associates and consequences of poverty.
Four Complementary & Mutually Reinforcing Program Strategies:
1. Strengthen the capacity of CBOs, networks and alliances to influence policy and decision making in favour of the poor and to strengthen local services.
2. Support partners pioneering innovative ways of addressing poverty issues and lobby governments to scale up proven best practice.
3. Build capacity of leadership at district and sub-county levels to engage with their local constituencies and deliver effective poverty reduction strategies.
4. Support partner interventions and policy advocacy of five key areas:
Basic Education
Food Security and Agriculture
Women’s Rights
HIV/AIDS & Sexual Reproductive health and Rights
Humanitarian and Peace Building Initiatives
Campaigns in which FOLT is involved:
1. Education for all
2. Health for all
3. Water for all
4. Food rights campaign
5. Land Rights
6. Domestic Relations’ Bill
7. Equal Opportunity’s bill
8. HIV/ AIDS Campaign
9. Homo Sexual Bill
10. Safe mother delivery
The national Food Rights Campaign
The main aim of the International Food Rights’ Campaign is to safeguard poor people’s right to food in national trade policy by ensuring that international agricultural trade benefits the poor, and by opposing patenting on the resources required for food production.
FOLT recognises that international trade is not the only influence on food security. Decisions made at different levels – from national to household – will also determine whether people have access to sufficient food. The food rights’ campaign therefore forms only one part of FOLT work on food security.
Compiled by Charles Bissaso (October 30th 2012)
LOCATATION
Friends of Luweero Triangle is well established and has offices in the central business area
Of Nakaseke town council.
Postal Address
P.O.BOX 404
LUWEERO UGANDA
Physical address
Nakaseke Hospital
TARGET AUDIENCE
We are targeting Six Districts in Luweero Triangle Region
This will includes: Luweero, Nakasongloa, Nakaseke, Kayunga, Kiboga and Kyankwanzi
OBJECTIVES
1. To educate the community about sanitation, hygiene and disease control with their relationship such as poverty eradication from households.
2. To mobilize and encourage parents to enroll their children for universal primary Education and Secondary school Education and strongly support this government programmes.
3. To encourage and advise the youth through Radio programmes to get involved in the income generating activities and give them guidance on the profitable ventures as per their localities.
4. To organize and provide a platform for the local people to discuss local and national issues in an organized manner.
5. To groom upcoming leaders/ politicians, Local artist e.t.c
6. To improve on the economic vibrancy of the area
7. To sensitize the masses on the physical and natural features that make the environment healthy, thus encouraging them to get involved in the protection of the environmentally sensitive areas.
8. To promote Community dialogue.
9. To use the local influential opinion leaders to advocate for or advise the masses on air on contentious issues and on development guidelines of the area. Enable poor people and communities to overcome their poverty and secure their basic rights
10. Build lasting and inclusive local institutions and broad-based alliances dedicated to poverty eradication
11. Address and overcome the root causes of poverty and marginalization by influencing the powerful
CIVIL RIGHTS
• The right to life
• The prohibition of torture
• The right to liberty and security of person
• The right to freedom of movement
• The right to a fair hearing
• The right to privacy
• The right to freedom of religion, expression, and peaceful assembly
• The right to family life
• The rights of children to special protection
• The right to participate in the conduct of public affairs
• The over-arching right to equal treatment, and
• the special rights of members of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities
1) The primary activities, services, or product the organization will provide includes:
o Purchased several lands for farming
o Clothing and other items distributed to the less fortunate.
o Orphanage support in buying scholastic materials
o Community outreach for children’s developments
o School developments
o Hospital and Health center support
o Women rights
o Minority rights
o Civil and political rights
o Social and environmental rights
2) In the next ten years the main goal for the organization is to ….
Fundraisings for the purchase of three CD4 Machines for Health Centres
Clothing the less fortunate
Building Community Schools
Monitoring , Community Sensitization and Outreach programmed.
Building residential houses to the less fortunate
To purchase Computers to be used in community training centers and Schools
To support quality reproductive and sexual health Education and services
Provide prevention care and support services to those living with AIDS and HIV
Advocate for the rights of Children, youth, and those living with HIV and AIDS
Community sensitization in Education , Health, Water & Sanitation and drop out of school students
Training the youth in skills and knowledge they need to secure their live hood
To achieve financial stability in giving out small loans to the poor after training them such that they can support their families
To fight violence in Schools and at home.
Provide safe water to the communities by distributing Bore-holes, Solar pumps, Water wells, Spring wells, Water tanks and water dams for animals
Promoting safe births, Child nutritional strengthening, Child hood care and developments and Maternal and reproductive health.
It is on this note we appeal to all wellwishers to contribute , Donate for the following campaigns :
____________________________________________________________________
To be filled by Wellwishers Friends and sympathisers of FOLT
I Therefore enclose Cash / a cheque / Money order / Money transfer
of———————- Amount to Friends of Luweero Triangle (FOLT)
Donation of —————————————————————
To fight the campaign of_______________________________
For the Period of——————————————-Condition
Education for all
Health for all
Water for all
Food rights campaign
Land Rights
Domestic Relations’ Bill
Equal Opportunity’s bill
HIV/ AIDS Campaign
Homo Sexual Bill
Safe mother delivery
Budget
N0 CAMPAIGN / PROGRAMME AMOUNT TOTAL
1 EDUCATION 1,450,000/= USD
2 HEALTH 3,470,000/=
3 WATER 1,780,000/=
4 AGRICULTURE 1,234,341/=
5 HIV / AIDS CAMPAIGN 679,245/=
6 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY BILL 45,235/=
7 HOMO SEXUAL BILL 578,105/=
8 SAFE MOTHER DELIVERY 340,871/=
9 DOMESTIC RELATIONS BILL 23,891/=
10 FOOD RIGHT BILL 230,784/=
11 LAND RIGHTS 123,098/=
12 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIO 438,008/=
13 CHILD CARE PROGRAMME 348,908/=
14 POLITICAL & CIVIC RIGHTS 43,087/=
Greetings from WLF-U
We got the email you sent to us. on behalf of the NGO, i really appreciate everything you are planning and doing for developing Countrre especially to Ugandans. we are working on our proposal on preventing maternal and Child Mortality.
Any time it is ready, it will be delivered to your office. thanks once again from Akabu Masede.
Im a director of elshaddai learning initiative an ngo registered in Kenya seeking to support the education of orphans and vulnerable children in squatter villages of thika east and thika west districts.Im interested in this USAID child survival and health grant.Kindly feel free to contact me for more details and advise me on how to apply.
Thanks.Regards shadrack
I am interested in applying for this grant, most grateful for your direction in access the application process and documents.
Kind regards,
Jameel Mohan Marcus