The Global Women’s Water Initiative (GWWI), a joint venture of international organizations (A Single Drop, Crabgrass, and Women’s Earth Alliance) in partnership with WaterAid Ghana has launched the 2010 West Africa Program which “equips two-person teams of local African women leaders with technology training, introductory business skills, networking support, and seed funding to launch water… [Read More]
US Grants to Seven Organizations in Africa to Prevent Malaria
USAID is providing $10.5 million as a grant to seven organizations across six countries in Africa for prevention and control of Malaria among communities most affected by it, especially children below five years and pregnant women. The grant has been provided through the the US President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), which is an interagency initiative led… [Read More]
Awards for Sanitation and Hygiene Achievements in Africa
AMCOW or the African Ministers’ Council on Water is organizing the AMCOW AfricaSan Awards 2009 for “recognizing sanitation and hygiene achievements in Africa.” It recognizes the outstanding achievements made by organizations and individuals in Africa in the area of hygiene and sanitation that “result in large-scale, sustainable behavior changes and tangible impacts.” The awards are… [Read More]
733 Proposals for the African Diaspora Marketplace
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 the upliftment… [Read More]
US Funding for Elections, Political Participation and Consensus Building for countries in Africa, the Near East, and South Asia
US Funding for Elections, Political Participation and Consensus Building for countries in Africa, the Near East, and South Asia The US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor has issued the Request for Proposals under the “Elections, Political Participation and Consensus Building for countries in Africa, the Near East, and South Asia.” Only… [Read More]
Envirofit International requesting Proposals from African NGOs
NGOs in Africa working on promoting sustainable enterprises can apply for the “Request for Proposals” launched by the Envirofit International “for projects centered on setting up innovative distribution and sales channels for disseminating Envirofit clean technology cookstoves into the African market.” There is availability of US $500,000 of funding for nearly seven NGOs selected under… [Read More]
Applications invited for the $100,000 One Africa Award 2009
The One Africa Award is an opportunity for African NGOs working to make change in the lives of the communities through their interventions. The award is actually opened to individuals and advocacy groups along with NGOs in African countries working towards advancing one or more of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The award will honor… [Read More]
Mama Cash
Mama Cash is the oldest international women’s fund established in the Netherlands in 1983 to support pioneering and innovative women’s initiatives around the world. The Fund has been providing funding to advance women and girls’ human rights in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Commonwealth of Independent States…. [Read More]
