Deadline: 18 April 2014
United States Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration is inviting project proposals from eligible entities for NGO Programs Benefiting Malian Refugees in Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Niger and Nigerian Refugees in Niger.
Programs that target the needs of potentially vulnerable and underserved groups among the beneficiary population (women; children; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex (LGBTI) individuals; older persons; the sick; persons with disabilities; and other minorities) and can demonstrate what steps have been taken to meet the specific and unique protection and assistance needs of these vulnerable groups effectively are highly encouraged.
Eligibility Criteria –
- In case of Malian Refugees in Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Niger –
- Target beneficiaries must be at least 50% Malian refugees residing in refugee camps or non-camp areas in Burkina faso, Mauritania and Niger.
- Proposals must focus on at least one of the following sectors – Livelihoods, in particular programs that rebuild household assets and/or foster refugees’ self-sufficiency; Education; and/or Nutrition, in particular programs that target children and/or lactating women.
- Nigerian refugees in Niger –
- Target beneficiaries must be at least 50% Nigerian refugees residing among host communities in the Diffa region of Niger who have fled conflict in northeastern Nigeria since May 2013.
- Proposals must focus on at least one of the following sectors – Health (including mental health and reproductive health); Shelter; Food Security and Nutrition; Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene; and/or Livelihoods.
- Priority is given to proposals integrating one of the following protection priorities – Gender-based Violence; Prevention of Recruitment by Armed Groups; and Child Protection.
- Project proposals must not be less than $400,000 and not more than $1,500,000 or they will be disqualified.
- Proposals must have a concrete implementation plan with well-conceived objectives and indicators that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and reliable, time-bound, and trackable (SMART), have established baselines, and include at least one outcome or impact indicator per objective; objectives should be clearly linked to the sectors.
- Proposals must adhere to relevant international standards for humanitarian assistance.
For more information, please visit Opportunity Announcement.
