Deadline: 4-Mar-21
The Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration is pleased to announce this Notice of Funding Opportunity for NGO programs Benefiting Refugees in Ethiopia and Kenya 2021.
Program Areas
Proposals must align with one or more of the following program areas:
- Humanitarian Protection and Assistance
- Interim and Durable Solutions
Program Sectors
Proposals must focus on one or more of the following sectors:
In Ethiopia:
- For activities in Afar, proposals may focus on one or more of the following areas of intervention:
- Nutrition and/or food security (activities to support diet diversification or food-related livelihoods)
- For activities in Benishangul-Gumuz, proposals may focus on one or more of the following areas of intervention:
- Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
- Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)
- For activities in Somali, proposals may focus on one or more of the following areas of intervention:
- Education
- Health
- Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
- Nutrition and food security (activities to support diet diversification or food-related livelihoods)
- Child protection
- Gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response
- Protection (with a priority placed on assistance to elderly persons with specific needs; and/or to persons living with disabilities)
- For activities in Gambella, proposals may focus on one or more of the following areas of intervention:
- Education
- Health
- Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
- Nutrition and/or food security (with a priority placed on activities to support diet diversification or food-related livelihoods)
- Child protection
- Gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response
- Protection (with a priority placed on assistance to elderly persons with specific needs; and/or to persons living with disabilities)
- For activities in Tigray, proposals may focus on one or more of the following areas of intervention:
- Health
- Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
- Child protection
- Gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response
- Protection (with a priority placed on assistance to elderly persons with specific needs; and/or to persons living with disabilities)
In Kenya:
- For activities in refugee hosting areas in Nairobi, proposals may focus on one or more of the following areas of intervention:
- Protection (with a priority placed for LGBTI and other vulnerable groups not able to live in the Kakuma/Kalobeyei or Dadaab refugee camps because of protection concerns).
- For activities in refugee hosting areas in Dadaab, proposals may focus on one or more of the following areas of intervention:
- Child protection (with a priority placed on separated and unaccompanied minors)
- Primary health
- Primary education
- For activities in refugee hosting areas in Kakuma and Kalobeyei, proposals may focus on one or more of the following areas of intervention:
- Child protection (with a priority placed on separated and unaccompanied minors)
- Primary health
- Primary education
Funding Information
- Funding floor per award: $800,000
- Funding ceiling per award: $2,000,000
- Anticipated Number of Awards: PRM anticipates, but makes no guarantee, of selecting up to 18 (10 for Ethiopia and 8 for Kenya) proposals to be awarded through this announcement.
- Anticipated Amount to be Awarded Total: PRM anticipates, but makes no guarantee, to award up to approximately $30,000,000 million total (first year only for Ethiopia and Kenya through this NOFO.
- Period of Performance: Program periods of performance of one-year (12 month) from the proposed start date will be considered.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education International Organizations. International multilateral organizations, such as United Nations agencies, should not submit proposals through Grants.gov in response to this Notice of Funding Opportunity announcement.
- Multilateral organizations that are seeking funding for programs relevant to this announcement should contact the PRM Program Officer on or before the closing date of the funding announcement.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=331049