IIEP will host a Conference on the “Economics of Ultra-poverty: Causes and Remedies” from March 22 – 23, 2012. In this regard, IIEP is inviting papers from interested individuals for presentation at the conference. . . . → Read More: The Institute for International Economic Policy seeks Papers for Conference on “Economics of Ultra-poverty: Causes and Remedies”
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The Santa Clara University’s Center for Science, Technology and Society has opened the application process from 6 December onwards for the Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI™) program which gives an opportunity to socially-minded entrepreneurs to build sustainable, scalable organizations that solve problems for people living in poverty around the world. . . . → Read More: GSBI™ Program for social entrepreneurs to enable their organizations become financially sustainable  10 comments - (Comments are closed)  Fellowships, Grants and Resources for Civil Society Development  application, application process, business, online, organizations, poverty, program, selected, social, social entrepreneurs IDEO.org is accepting applications for the IDEO.org Fellowship Program 2013 that provides an opportunity for leaders in the social sector to work on designing solutions to address poverty-related problems. . . . → Read More: IDEO.org Fellowship Program 2013: Design Solutions to address Poverty 11 comments - (Comments are closed) Fellowships address, candidates, IDEO, income, leaders, low income, poverty, social, work, world The Global Poverty Action Fund (GPAF) was established to provide financial aid to programs that focus on alleviating poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals. . . . → Read More: Applications invited for the Innovation Window of the Global Poverty Action Fund Comments are closed United Kingdom apply, funding, funds, Innovation Window, organizations, poverty, programs, round, window, years International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is inviting proposals. . . . → Read More: ICRISAT seeks Proposals for Research Field Fellowships Project on Village Dynamics Studies in India and Bangladesh One comment - (Comments are closed) Bangladesh, Grants and Resources for Agriculture Development, India Bangladesh, countries, ICRISAT, India, non, PhD, poverty, project, proposals, research Partnership Trust Fund to support innovative projects for poverty reduction in Latin America. . . . → Read More: AusAID and IDB’s MIF Join Hands to Establish Partnership Trust Fund for Poverty Reduction in Latin America One comment - (Comments are closed) Donor Updates fund, innovative projects, Latin America, MIF, poverty, poverty reduction, program, projects, support, trust Child rights stakeholders in Nepal have created a manual to assist childcare organizations in child protection . . . → Read More: Child Rights Stakeholders in Nepal Make a Manual to Assist in Child Protection Comments are closed Grants and Resources for Child Rights and Development, Guides, Nepal Child, child rights, children, family, goals, institutions, Nepal, organizations, poverty, rights Powering Economic Opportunity: Create a World That Works competition co-hosted by eBay Foundation and Ashoka Changemakers, were announced on Sep.14. . . . → Read More: eBay Foundation awards $250,000 to Winners of Social Entrepreneurship Competition Comments are closed Donor Updates 000, Changemakers, com, competition, innovations, Nuru Energy, opportunities, poverty, solutions, winners This year CHOICE Humanitarian will be the latest recipient of the annual Clarity Trust donation, funded by IntelliClear. . . . → Read More: IntelliClear Selects CHOICE Humanitarian as Its Latest Clarity Trust Recipient Comments are closed Donor Updates CEO, choice, Clarity Trust, countries, humanity, organization, organizations, poverty, program, work The Global Business Center of Foster School is currently seeking entries for the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) 2012. . . . → Read More: Foster School’s Global Business Centre invites entries for Social Entrepreneurship Competition 2012 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Awards and Prizes business, developing, economies, GSEC, innovative, poverty, social, students, teams, world The Mail & Guardian and the Eugene Saldahna Memorial Fund invite applications for the second annual fellowship in social justice reporting. Eugene Saldahna Memorial Fund is an initiative of CAF Southern Africa, and the proposed fellowship is intended to provide a journalist an opportunity to spend a year focusing on stories related to . . . → Read More: Mail & Guardian and the Eugene Saldahna Memorial Fund Invite Applications for the Second Annual Fellowship in Social Justice Reporting One comment - (Comments are closed) Fellowships, Grants and Resources for Human Rights applications, candidate, commitment, fellowship, justice, poverty, print, social, understanding, work European Commission has issued a call seeking concept notes at first stage followed by full grant proposals from innovative pilot projects in India to promote integrated action at municipality level to reduce poverty and support inclusive and sustainable economic development in that country. Program Objectives The specific objectives are to promote integrated action . . . → Read More: EC call for proposals to promote integrated action at municipality level to reduce poverty and support inclusive and sustainable economic development in India The Equator Initiative is a partnership that brings together the United Nations, governments, civil society, businesses and grassroots organizations to build the capacity and raise the profile of local efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. The Equator Initiative has announced the call for nominations for . . . → Read More: UNDP’s Equator Prize 2012: Nominations invited from local initiatives working towards poverty reduction through conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity 25 comments - (Comments are closed) Awards and Prizes biodiversity, conservation, Eligible Initiatives, Equator Prize, Equator Prize Winners, poverty, poverty reduction, Selection Criteria, towards, use The Global Business Center at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business is seeking applications for the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC) from students around the world and across disciplines who seek to harness the power of commercial strategies to reduce poverty and affect positive social change in developing economies. . . . → Read More: GBC at the University of Washington invites unique business plans aimed at reducing poverty from students worldwide for the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition European Commission has issued a restricted call for proposals under the Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development program in Uganda providing opportunity to eligible organizations for implementing the poverty reduction programs in the context of sustainable development, including the pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and other internationally agreed targets through . . . → Read More: EC seeks proposals to implement the poverty reduction programs in Uganda through employment generation and vocational training 14 comments - (Comments are closed) Uganda EC, employment, generation, poverty, poverty reduction, programs, proposals, training, uganda, vocational training Title: Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) in Zambia – 2011-2012 Maximum CIDA Contribution: $ 137,500 Executing Agency: High Commission of Canada to Zambia Description The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) is designed to support small projects proposed and implemented by local organizations in Zambia. In providing funding for small projects that . . . → Read More: Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) in Zambia – 2011-2012 Comments are closed Canada Fund for Local Initiatives Aid Effectiveness, assistance, CIDA, Description, health, organizations, poverty, systems, youth, Zambia European Commission has issued an open call seeking proposals from eligible organizations aimed at supporting poor farmers in Egypt to improve the land productivity in order to increase the output. The selected organizations will also work for poverty reduction, socio-economic development of poor people, and creation of new employment opportunities for the rural . . . → Read More: EC invites grant proposals for supporting poverty reduction and socio-economic development of the rural poor in Egypt Comments are closed Egypt EC, Egypt, grant, grant proposals, poor, poverty, poverty reduction, proposals, rural, socio-economic The Delegation of the European Commission in Sierra Leone has issued a restricted call seeking proposals from eligible non-state actor organisations and local authorities under the “Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development’” thematic programme aimed at contributing to the improvement of the Health status of the population in that country. Objectives of . . . → Read More: EU invites grant proposals for implementation of poverty reduction and sustainable development strategies in Sierra Leone One comment - (Comments are closed) Sierra Leone development, poverty, poverty reduction, Sierra Leone, strategies, sustainable development, sustainable development strategies The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking applications for an Assistance Agreement for funding to support a program entitled “Rwanda Dairy Competitiveness Program II (RDCP II)”. USAID/Rwanda intends to provide support for a program under the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future (FtF) Initiative. The goal of the FtF, . . . → Read More: USAID seeks applications for cooperation agreement for the Rwanda Dairy Competitiveness Program II One comment - (Comments are closed) Rwanda agreement, applications, growth, objective, poverty, products, USAID Sourced from: http://www.internationalpeaceandconflict.org/ The National Peace Corps Association (NPCA), a nonprofit organization created to support Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and the Peace Corps community, was established in 1979. Social Equity Venture Fund (SEVEN) is a virtual non-profit organization founded to enhance the rate of innovation to provide enterprise-based solutions to poverty. NPCA and . . . → Read More: NPCA and SEVEN invite writers to submit entries for Solutions to Poverty Essay Contest 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Awards and Prizes poverty, Selection Criteria, seven, solutions, writers The European Journalism Centre (EJC) together with Oxfam International have announced the international photography competition, CL!CK ABOUT IT, for the third time, inviting CL!CKers to submit their entries. The competition focuses on the topic of Aid. The Prizes - 1 x overall winner will be selected to participate in a . . . → Read More: EJC and Oxfam seek entries for CL!CK ABOUT IT photography competition One comment - (Comments are closed) Awards and Prizes competition, international, Oxfam, photos, poverty The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is seeking contributions from the civil society in the form of inputs to prepare an annual World We Want Report which will be launched on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. This way GCAP is trying to provide a lobbying tool for civil . . . → Read More: GCAP seeks input contributions from civil society for the annual World We Want Report One comment - (Comments are closed) Call for Papers, Grants and Resources for Civil Society Development action, against, civil society, GCAP, poverty, poverty and inequality, society Sourced from: http://www.worldfoodprize.org World Food Prize for 2011 has been announced and this year’s winners are two former presidents, who led the drastic reduction of hunger and poverty in their countries. In a ceremony held recently at the U.S. State Department John Agyekum Kufuor, former president of Ghana, and Luiz Inácio . . . → Read More: Two former presidents announced winners of World Food Prize 2011 for their efforts to alleviate hunger and poverty in their countries Comments are closed Donor Updates countries, hunger, leaders, poverty, winners, world, world food prize Community Toolbox, a global resource of free information on essential skills for building healthy communities is offering applications for its Out of the Box Prize 2010. The Prize has been established to honor innovative approaches to promoting community health and development worldwide. NGOs and other groups working in the areas of community health, . . . → Read More: Out of the Box Prize 2010 for Community Health and Development Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs community, community health education, education, environment, Grand, information, poverty, prize, Social justice, Tool Individuals and organizations including non-governmental and governmental agencies, civil society groups, the private sector and others with a Habitat Agency can be nominated for the UN-HABITAT’s Scroll of Honour. Launched in 1989, the Scroll of Honour is the most prestigious human settlement award in the world. “its aim is to acknowledge . . . → Read More: Deadline approaching for submission of nominations for the UN-HABITAT’s Scroll of Honour The Department for International Development (DFID) has recognized the key role of research in its Research Strategy 2008-2013 “to help anticipate and respond to future trends that will impact on the lives of the poor people.” Research can help prepare for “future challenges and opportunities , identify and better understand fast-emerging issues, such . . . → Read More: DFID Call for Research Proposals for Future of Aid and Beyond Research Competition The S.E.VEN Fund (SEVEN) is pleased to announce its 2010-11 Essay Competition in partnership with the Washington DC-based Center For Interfaith Action on Global Poverty (CIFA). We are seeking essays on enterprise solutions to poverty from around the globe that are faith-based, faith-inspired, or interfaith efforts. The competition will award two (2) prizes . . . → Read More: S.E.VEN Fund’s 2010-11 Essay Competition on enterprise solutions to poverty The Drivers of Change award recognizes individuals or organizations from across the southern Africa Region that are making a real impact, especially in developing effective public policies and strategies, to overcome poverty. It is awarded in four categories: civil society, government, individual and business. The award has been established to hold up living . . . → Read More: Nominations for the Southern Africa Drivers of Change Award 2010 are now open Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs Africa, award, civil society, nominations, poverty, southern africa The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with Olympus Corporation and the Agence France-Presse (AFP) Foundation, launched the second annual Picture This photo contest today in Johannesburg, South Africa. The contest, titled Picture This: We Can End Poverty, seeks to show the inspirational work that is being done in many countries to . . . → Read More: UNDP: “We Can End Poverty” Photo Contest The SEVEN Fund’s Request for Proposals under the Third Annual Solutions to Poverty” will award “two (2) research grants of no more than $100,000 each.” “The aim of SEVEN Fund sponsored research is to challenge the prevailing state of mind in this field. We want to answer the question of whether . . . → Read More: Third Annual Open Enterprise Solutions to Poverty Request for Proposals The International Fund for Agriculture and Development (IFAD) under its Financial Facility for Remittances (FFR) has announced the call for proposals for the year 2010 on Promoting innovative remittance systems and investment channels. This call specifically seeks to promote access to remittances in rural areas, linking remittances and rural financial services and productions . . . → Read More: IFAD Call for Proposals 2010: Remittances for Development Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs call for proposals, cellphone, FFR, funding, IFAD, insurance, mobile, money transfers, ngos, postal, poverty, projects, remittances, rural, strategies In 2009, the International Fund for Agriculture and Development announced its first call for proposals around the world for implementing innovative remittance systems in rural areas for increasing financial access for the poor people. The call was issued after successfully piloting a project under the Programme for Rural Development through Remittances in partnership . . . → Read More: IFAD Call for Proposals 2010 to reduce poverty through remittances -1 Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs call for proposals, cellphone, FFR, funding, IFAD, insurance, mobile, money transfers, ngos, postal, poverty, projects, remittances, rural, strategies IFAD’s Finance Facility for Remittances (FFR), as a multi-donor facility, under the 2010 call for proposals, will provide funding support to projects and activities that will “reduce the transfer costs of remittances, develop institutional partnership, bank the unbanked rural population, promote innovative remittance and financial services and promote productive rural investment of migrants’ . . . → Read More: IFAD Call for Proposals 2010 to reduce poverty through remittances -2 Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs call for proposals, cellphone, FFR, funding, IFAD, insurance, mobile, money transfers, ngos, postal, poverty, projects, remittances, rural, strategies IFAD’s FFR 2010 Call for Proposals is open to all types of innovative ideas. It has also identified themes and topics under which projects can be proposed: Mobile Financial Services: Under this topic, projects can be proposed for enhancing remittances and linking rural people with financial services through the use of mobile applications. . . . → Read More: IFAD Call for Proposals 2010 to reduce poverty through remittances -3 Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs call for proposals, cellphone, FFR, funding, IFAD, insurance, mobile, money transfers, ngos, postal, poverty, projects, remittances, rural, strategies The eligibility criteria under this 2010 IFAD call for proposals seek to invite NGOs, public or governmental organizations, for-profit entities and cooperatives or credit unions. For-profit agencies are encouraged to build partnership with NGOs to develop joint proposals. This can also be an opportunity for small NGOs lacking skills to develop proposals to . . . → Read More: IFAD Call for Proposals 2010 to reduce poverty through remittances -4 Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs call for proposals, FFR, funding, IFAD, money transfers, ngos, poverty, projects, remittances, rural, strategies Before getting down to write proposals for the funding opportunity under the IFAD’s Finance Facility for Remittances (FFR) 2010 Call for Proposals, it will be interesting to read and analyze the current projects funded under this programme. In fact, IFAD has a number of rural-based remittance development projects which have been addressing poverty . . . → Read More: IFAD’s Rural Remittances and Development Projects under Finance Facility for Remittances (FFR) -1 Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs call for proposals, funding, IFAD, money transfers, ngos, poverty, projects, remittances, rural, strategies The Groupe de recherché et d’echanges technologiques (GRET) in Senegal is implementing a two-year project for Senegalese migrants living in Italy who find difficulties in not only sending money back home due to limited remittance facilities in their home country but also because their major investment back home is housing but often lack . . . → Read More: IFAD’s Rural Remittances and Development Projects under Finance Facility for Remittances (FFR) -2 Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs call for proposals, funding, IFAD, money transfers, ngos, poverty, projects, remittances, rural, strategies In Asia, the funded projects have been extended to India, Nepal and Tajikistan. In India, the Indian Grameen Services has partnered with private banks to implement projects in the poorest regions of the country where through male migration is very high, yet access to credit back home is low, knowledge about microfinance . . . → Read More: IFAD’s Rural Remittances and Development Projects under Finance Facility for Remittances (FFR) -3 Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs call for proposals, funding, IFAD, money transfers, ngos, poverty, projects, remittances, rural, strategies UN-HABITAT adopted a resolution in 2007 to establish the UN-HABITAT Youth Fund to mobilize young people for advocating for youth-related policy formulation; support governmental and non-governmental agencies to respond to youth concerns; support youth information networks; implement new ideas on employment, governance, adequate shelter and secure tenure; share best practices; promote vocation training . . . → Read More: UN-HABITAT’s Youth Fund for NGOs and CBOs Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs CBOs, developing countries, ngos, poverty, UN-HABITAT Youth Fund, young people Under this 2009-2010 call for proposals, the European Commission is considering to provide grant support for actions relevant for providing social protection to informal economy workers and vulnerable groups. Earlier, the EC made financial allocations for evaluating social policies on social protection. During the current call, it is seeking to promote social protection . . . → Read More: Grant Support for Social Inclusion and Social Protection of Informal Economy Workers and Vulnerable Groups…2 Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs disability, informal economy, MDG, people with HIV and AIDS, poverty, social protection, women The European Commission’s (EC) thematic programme called as ‘Investing in People’ has been developed with a broader aim of reducing poverty and working towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). There are several components and themes under this programme to address various development issues in poor and developing countries. One of . . . → Read More: Grant Support for Social Inclusion and Social Protection of Informal Economy Workers and Vulnerable Groups…1 Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs disability, informal economy, MDG, people with HIV and AIDS, poverty, social protection, women Proposals can be submitted under this call for proposals to the EC for projects addressing the social protection needs of the informal workers and most vulnerable groups such as elderly people, people with disabilities, children, ethnic minorities, and migrants. Proposal guidelines list out some actions or activities (not exhaustive) that can be proposed . . . → Read More: Grant Support for Social Inclusion and Social Protection of Informal Economy Workers and Vulnerable Groups…3 Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs disability, informal economy, MDG, people with HIV and AIDS, poverty, social protection, women The minimum and maximum amounts proposed under this call for proposals are €500,000 and €2,000,000. The EC will support up to 80% of the total costs of the project for local organizations but for international agencies, the grant will not exceed more than 50% of the total costs. The EC encourages applicants to . . . → Read More: Grant Support for Social Inclusion and Social Protection of Informal Economy Workers and Vulnerable Groups…4 Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs disability, informal economy, MDG, people with HIV and AIDS, poverty, social protection, women Projects and organizations working locally in developing countries to eliminate poverty through conservation are still making significant contribution for the overall achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); they can now apply for the Equator Prize 2010. The award has been established “to recognize and celebrate outstanding community efforts to reduce poverty through . . . → Read More: Equator Prize for reducing Poverty through Conservation Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs biodiversity, CBOs, conservation, developing countries, MDGs, ngos, poverty For those small NGOs who think that it is impossible to access funding from international bilateral agencies, here is something that can change their mind. The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) has launched the Development Innovation Fund (DIF) specially “aimed at community based organisations involved in providing specific small scale, one-off support . . . → Read More: DFID’s Development Innovation Fund: An Opportunity for Small NGOs Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs applicants, development innovation fund, dfid, poverty, proposal, small ngos, UKAID Source: DGP – RFA – Request for Applications No. M/OAA/GRO/EGAS-DGP-10-001 The DGP will support the following [under the Microenterprise sector of the USAID’s Development Grants Program]: Inclusive Financial Markets Policy Environment for Micro and Small Enterprises Microenterprise Productivity USAID defines microenterprises as small-scale, often informally organized business activities undertaken . . . → Read More: Microenterprise Sector under USAID’s Development Grants Program Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs microenterprise, microfinance, policy, poverty, productivity The term, “developing countries” is often used in international development and many of us think that we are clear in what it means. But the fact is that despite the World Bank’s profound classification, there is considerable contradiction in accepting and analyzing what actually developing countries are. This is because people in many . . . → Read More: Developing Countries A condition of life where people are unable to afford basic human needs such as food, clothing and shelter is referred to poverty. But poverty can also be relative when compared to other existing standards of living or incomes. When economies produce little, then poverty conditions are high. It has also been observed . . . → Read More: Poverty The principles of microinsurance are: (1) Risk-sharing and Pooling of Resources: The main principle of any micro-insurance scheme is that a group’s (community) resources are pooled to share risks (such as health, death, pension, accidents etc) in order to organise protection directly for themselves. (2) Specified Risks Only: A . . . → Read More: The Principles of Microinsurance The Microinsurance Innovation Facility, housed at the International Labour Organization’s Social Finance Programme has announced the availability of grants to “support organisations to develop innovations in the microinsurance sector. The grants can support insurance against any type of risk, but priority is given to products where demand exceeds supply, such as agriculture, health, . . . → Read More: Innovation Grants from ILO Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs health, ILO, Microinsurance, poverty, products, proposals, risks This new funding opportunity is available for UK-based organizations and those civil society organizations previously funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), regardless of their location. So, if your NGO has implemented projects previously with the support of DFID or is currently its partner, then you can apply to this new funding . . . → Read More: DFID providing Additional Funding Support to NGOs for Eradication of Poverty Under the ‘Investing in People: Education; Knowledge and Skills,’ the European Commission (EC) has issued a call for proposals for “Developing Technical and Vocational Education and Training Methodologies and Services for the Informal Economy.” EC’s Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) earlier supported just those involved in the formal economy system. However, . . . → Read More: European Funding for building Skills and increasing Employment in Low-Income Countries Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs education, informal economy, Knowledge, poor, poverty, skills, unemployment In yet another call for proposals under the “Good Health for All” theme, the European Commission (EC) is requesting Concept Notes for “supporting prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in developing countries.” NGOs, which are mostly involved in addressing communicable diseases, should not ignore this opportunity because EC has acknowledged that the poor . . . → Read More: EC Call for Proposals to Fund Projects on Health in Developing Countries Name of the Organization – Swami Vivekanand Shiksha Samiti, (SVSS) Registration Number – 20622 Registration under – M.P. Societies Registration Act 1973 Date of registration- 13/09/1988 FCRA Registration No.- 063160085 PAN No. – AABTS7449E Income Tax Exemption – Under section 12AA & 80G of the IT Act, 1961. Address – M – 20/3-A, . . . → Read More: SWAMI VIVEKANAND SHIKSHA SAMITI, (SVSS) More Details: SAMAJIK SANSKRITIK AND PARAYAVARAN SANRAKSHAN SANSTHAN Soc. Act: /1261/junagadh. Trust Act: /1206/junagadh. _____________________________________________________________________ Reg. office : “Jaydip”1,Adarsh society, Blook No.12, Near: Microwaive,Veraval Road, KODINAR.Ta. Kodinar, Dist. Junagadh, GUJARAT, INDIA. Barnch office :“Karndev”Ashok Nagar1,Book No 02.Veraval Road,Near: Gaytri temple, UNA Ta.Una Deast:Junagadh.Gujarat.India SAMAJIK SANSKRUTIK AND PARYAVARAN SARANKSHAN SANSTHAN. Trust act. . . . → Read More: SAMAJIK SANSKRITIK AND PARAYAVARAN SANRAKSHAN SANSTHAN RLT began in 1997 with the collaboration of a group of local energetic, young educated social workers, with the aim to promote the socio-economic, education and cultural status for the poor and vulnerable people in the Khagrachari Hill Districts. In 1997, as the peace accord has been treated with PCJSS and . . . → Read More: Rurowa Laue Tathang (RLT) The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) has issued guidelines for providing financial support to international organizations and networks from January 2010. In this regard, it is currently accepting applications from organizations and networks under its support scheme. It plans to support only limited number of organizations due to budgetary constraints and priority . . . → Read More: NORAD’s Next Round of Partnership Support to International Organizations and Networks Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs developing countries, international organizations, networks, NORAD, partnerships, poverty Under the 2010 Competition for Research Grants, the Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network is requesting developing country researchers to submit proposals to undertake studies on poverty issues. There are grants available of up to CAN $50,000 to each project proposed. This funding includes support not only for carrying research but also . . . → Read More: PEP Accepting Proposals from Developing Country Researchers to Study Poverty Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs call for proposals, developing countries, poverty, research, researchers Our Sansar is a non governmental organization working for the eradication of poverty and sustaining development in partnership with groups and individuals across the globe. Our objectives To make a serious and sustainable impact amongst impoverished communities by addressing both the effects and causes of poverty. To . . . → Read More: www.oursansar.org SCEWA Organizational Profile 1.Name of the NGO: “Socio-Cultural & Educational Welfare Association Acronym: SCEWA 2.Address: SCEWA & Unique Academy, Chowk Hashtnagri, Near Royal Building, G.T. Rd., Peshawar, NWFP. 3. Telephone No: 091-2562979 Mob: 0304-9291043 E-mail: scewa619@yahoo.com Year of Establishment: 1990 Address: Pakistan National Bank Limited, Gunj Branch, Peshawar city. . . . → Read More: NGO “SCEWA” The non-Governmental Organization, of the women, for the women and by the women named (Association for Better Community Development) has been striving hard to empower women and end violence against women & child labour in Sindh Pakistan . This group of dedicated women has a good experience of Community Development Activities and a . . . → Read More: Association for Better Community Development (ABCD) Comments are closed Uncategorized community development, education, health, human rights, Pakistan, poverty, violence against women The Joint Migration and Development Initiative (JMDI) of the European Commission and the United Nations had announced a call for proposals early this year (2009) to provide funding to projects that work on policy advocacy of the migrant populations and also to share information and best practices in the field. Migrant remittances, migrant . . . → Read More: EC-UN JMDI Call for Proposals: the Selected Projects receiving Grant Support The biennial Dubai International Award for Best Practices (DIABP), organized by the Dubai Government and UN-HABITAT, has a total grant amount of US $480,000 for NGOs, CBOs, research organizations, bilateral, multilaterals, foundations and even individuals working on best practices that “demonstrate a positive and tangible impact on improving the living environment of people . . . → Read More: Award for Best Practices in Sustainable Development of Human Settlements Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs award, best practices, Dubai, environment, poverty, sustainability Recently, there have been many call for grant proposals and funding opportunities for NGOs working or planning to work with indigenous communities, including women around the world. This reflects the high priority attached towards the development of policies and programmes aimed at promotion of the human rights of the indigenous people worldwide. On . . . → Read More: Tips to Write a Funding Proposal to seek Grants for Projects on Alleviating the Poverty of Indigenous Communities Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs call for proposals, guidelines, human rights, indigenous communities, ngos, poverty, project proposal, proposal writing, united nations The Right Livelihood Award honours and supports those people around the world who valiantly uphold the principles of right livelihood. “The idea of ‘right livelihood’…embodies the principle that each person should follow an honest occupation, which fully respects other people and the natural world. It means being responsible for the consequences of our . . . → Read More: Right Livelihood Award from the Right Livelihood Award Foundation The Gates Award for Global Health is an international award established by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and given out annually to organizations which have made “a major and lasting contribution to the field of global health.” Specifically, “organizations which have developed processes for improving health, especially in resource poor settings, with . . . → Read More: $1 Million Grant Award for Global Health from the Bill Gates Foundation Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs award, Bill Gates Foundation, global health, nomination, nonprofit, poverty Responding to a request from Habitat for Humanity, FundsforNGOs.org is bringing out this message on the occasion of the UN-declared World Habitat Day to be celebrated on 5 October 2009.
This year on Oct. 5 in Washington, D.C. and around the world, please join Habitat for Humanity in . . . → Read More: World Habitat Day: 5 October 2009 The year 2009 has witnessed some drastic changes at the Department for International Development (DFID) including re-branding itself to UKAID. The presentation of the 2009 white paper, “Building Our Common Future” outlines the measures that are being slowly adopted by the agency to bring about better transparency, effectiveness and accountability in its funding. . . . → Read More: Get DFID-funded Projects online The African Diaspora Marketplace (ADM) is a unique initiative of involving the African Diaspora community in the United States for the improvement of the economic conditions of the poor people in Africa. Recently, a lot of focus in the international development arena has been on remittances and the role of migrant workers for . . . → Read More: 733 Proposals for the African Diaspora Marketplace The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand in partnership with the International Development Research Center (IDRC) has launched the grant for carrying out research in bio-innovations that can lead to alleviation of poverty in Asia. NGOs and individuals both can apply for the grant. This grant research programme aims to increase the relevance . . . → Read More: Grant for Enabling Bio-Innovations for Poverty Alleviation The Think Tank Initiative supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has launched the Call for Expressions of Interest from NGOs in South Asia and Latin America to provide funding support for undertaking research for informing and influencing social and . . . → Read More: Think Tank Initiative Funding Research on Poverty Reduction After Rockefeller Foundation’s InnoCentive Partnership challenge for finding solutions to poverty, we have now got another unique “Second Annual Open Enterprise Solutions to Poverty” competition from the S.E.VEN Fund which aims to look deeper into ideas and ways for alleviation of poverty. S.E.VEN Fund is nonprofit organization in the US and this program . . . → Read More: Request for Proposals for the $100,000 “Enterprise-based Solutions to Poverty” Competition Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs CSR, foundation, fund, poverty, private sector, research, solution Organizations and individuals from the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) member countries can apply for the SAARC Award 2009 which honours individuals and organizations working for the promotion of peace, understanding, friendship and development in the region. The award honours efforts that have been made in the fields of peace, development, . . . → Read More: SAARC Award for Peace, Friendship and Development Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs award, cash prize, development, environment, ngos, peace, poverty, SAARC, social service, South Asia, Sri Lanka The Tanzania Media Fund is available in two categories: one is for individuals and journalist and the second one is for media houses and NGOs. The focus of this Fund is to enhance and improve the public interest and investigative journalism in Tanzania. NGOs registered in mainland Tanzania or Zanzibar are eligible to . . . → Read More: Funds to NGOs for Media Development Comments are closed Latest Funds for NGOs, Scholarship Funds for NGOs media, poverty, public interest The Rockefeller Foundation in partnership with InnoCentive, Inc. has launched a unique program where NGOs get an opportunity to collaborate with the best scientists, engineers, researchers and professionals from different parts of the world to contribute towards reducing poverty. The Rockefeller-InnoCentive Partnership is an innovative effort towards finding effective solutions against poverty by . . . → Read More: NGOs to get Grants from the Rockefeller to seek Solutions to Poverty from the World’s Best Minds |
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