The Aligarh Muslim University in India is inviting nominations for the Sir Syed Ahmed Khan International Award 2010 in the area of education. Individuals, organizations, registered societies and institutions can apply for the award. The subject area of the award is education which includes promotion of education and establishment of academic institutions with a send… [Read More]
KCDF Call for Grants Applications: Youth to Youth Entrepreneurship Fund
This is the call for grants applications from interested applicants to apply for the Youth to Youth Entrepreneurship Fund. The Kenya Community Development Foundation has issued this “competitive grant scheme for youth-led organizations proposing innovative project ideas on how to contribute to increasing entrepreneurship and employment amongst their peers. This competition is open to all… [Read More]
A Simple Format for NGOs to write Job Descriptions for their Staff
Writing job descriptions for staff is a necessary part of a well-managed human resource management system. However, often NGOs ignore to define the role of their staffs even after they join the organization for work. Maintaining job descriptions not only reflects the effectiveness of the organization’s human resource policy, they also lay out clarification for… [Read More]
Project Goal
Previous A project goal is a very general, high-level and long-term objective of the project. It is different from project objectives because the latter are very specific and have to be addressed alone by the project. But a goal cannot be achieved by the project on its own since there will be other forces like… [Read More]
Introduction to Proposal Writing: How to Write Proposals
A proposal is an essential marketing document that helps cultivate an initial professional relationship between an organization and a donor over a project to be implemented. The proposal outlines the plan of the implementing organization about the project, giving extensive information about the intention, for implementing it, the ways to manage it and the results… [Read More]
How to Write a Concept Note
What is a Concept Note?A Concept Note is perhaps the shortest expression your project idea given on paper to a donor. It is usually requested by the donor in situations where no proposals have been solicited from NGOs. Most of the donor agencies prefer to understand the project through a Concept Note rather than a… [Read More]
David & Lucile Packard Foundation, The
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation is an American grantmaking organization established in the year 1964 with the objective of providing philanthropy services to the world’s poor and the needy based upon the values of integrity, respect for all people, belief in individual leadership, commitment to effectiveness and capacity to think big. The Foundation provides… [Read More]
