Deadline- Nov 26, 2012
Countries/Region- Kenya, Ethiopia, Yemen
Proposals invited to submit for funding opportunity announced for NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Yemen. Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) encourages activities that include host communities, because of PRM’s mandate to provide protection, assistance, and durable solutions for refugees and victims of conflict, PRM will consider funding only those projects that include a target beneficiary base of at least 50% refugees. Criteria for all countries is as follows-
Kenya– Only proposals that target protection and assistance to refugees will be considered. Proposals should focus on one or more of the following four sectors: 1. Protection (options include: prevention of and response to gender-based violence (GBV) or assistance to unaccompanied minors); 2. Nutrition (options include: support and accessibility to adequate nutrition for pregnant/lactating women, and/or persons living with disabilities, and/or elderly persons); 3. Health (options include: support for persons living with disabilities, and/or psychosocial support, including support to child soldiers); or 4. Livelihoods (options include: primary and/or vocational education/training only that ideally benefit both refugees and host nationals, and that for Somali refugees have a clear link to eventual voluntary return;).
Ethiopia- only proposals for protection and assistance to Dollo Ado, Sherkole, Tongo, or Bambasi camps accommodating Somali or Sudanese refugees will be considered. Proposals should focus on one or more of the following the four sectors: 1. Health (options include: reproductive health, maternal and child health, mental health and psychosocial support, or assistance for disabled persons only in Dollo Ado, Sherkole, or Bambasi camps); 2. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) in Sherkole and Bambasi camps only; 3. Protection (options include: prevention of and response to GBV and assistance to unaccompanied minors); or 4. Livelihoods (options include: primary and/or vocational education/training only that ideally benefits both refugees and host nationals, and that for Somali refugees have a clear link to eventual voluntary return; PRM will consider only vocational training activities for refugees in Tongo Camp).
Yemen– only programs that support urban refugees in Sana’a will be considered. Proposals should focus on at least one of the following sectors: 1. Livelihoods (options include: education and/or vocational training promoting self-reliance); or 2. Protection (options include legal protection/services, community services, or programs to prevent and respond to GBV).
Funding Limits-
PRM will consider projects submitted with budgets in the range of $175,000 to $1,800,000. Any submissions over $1,800,000 will automatically be disqualified.
Eligibility-
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- International Organizations. International Organizations (IOs) should not submit proposals through Grants.gov in response to this Funding Opportunity Announcement. Rather IOs such as UN agencies and other Public International Organizations (PIOs) that are seeking funding for programs relevant to this announcement should contact the relevant PRM Program Officer on or before the closing date of the funding announcement.
For more information, visit grants.gov and search by funding opportunity number. PRM-PRMOAPAF-13-002
