Deadline: 16 November 2015
The Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Program (SSH) Program from US Embassy Zimbabwe is seeking applications from organizations to award grants for development projects that include significant community involvement.
Award Information
- The size of the award will be between $5,000 and $10,000.
- The duration of any grant award cannot be more than 12 months.
Objectives
- Improve basic economic or social conditions at the community or village level;
- Support high-impact, quick-implementation activities that benefit a large number of people within one year without requiring further SSH assistance;
- Involve a significant local contribution in cash, labor, or material, and be within the ability of the local community to operate and maintain;
- Be in direct response to the initiative and aspirations of the local community (the local sponsors of the project, who will also be its prime beneficiaries); and
- Not initiate, continue, or supplement technical assistance programs.
Mission
- To protect the interests and safety of American citizens in Zimbabwe,
- To present US government policies and concerns to the government and people of Zimbabwe,
- To assist with Zimbabwe’s development and humanitarian needs,
- To build lasting personal and institutional linkages between the people of the United States and Zimbabwe.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must be a registered non-governmental, non-profit, or community-based organization.
- Registered trusts, associations, schools, churches, etc. are eligible to apply.
- All applications must include a significant community contribution.
- The organization must be entirely Zimbabwean and its members must be Zimbabwean citizens.
- Applicants must display sound management in the form of financial and administrative procedures that protect against fraud, waste, and abuse.
- Individuals, businesses, and government entities do NOT qualify.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit their applications in English at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit US Embassy Zimbabwe.
