Deadline: 16-Aug-20
The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) invites Kuwait-based Civil Society Organizations (CSO) and non-profit non-governmental entities (NGO) to submit proposals for co-funding of projects, solutions, or efforts which are in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait.
KFAS believes that CSOs have an in-depth understanding of the social, environmental, economic, and institutional challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and can offer innovative and effective interventions to tackle and address them.
Funding Information
- Total maximum funding per project: 5,000 KD
- Number of funding opportunities: 20 (twenty)
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible entities may compete for financial support to co-fund a volunteer, not for profit projects, solutions, or efforts that address one or more of the following areas:
- Start / Supplement multilingual social distancing tools in public spaces, schools, and work-places.
- Start / Supplement volunteer program for community-based care for high risk individuals.
- Start / supplement Mental Health initiatives:
- Arabic campaign for mental health awareness during covid
- Provide certified training in Arabic for therapists and social workers on dealing with pandemic issues
- Provide volunteer support for caregivers of elderly individuals with dementia and Alzheimer’s.
- Create a volunteer psycho-social support system specifically for Frontline workers
- Start / Supplement educational awareness targeting parents to continue educating their children on Enara
- Start / Supplement online educational initiative for children with learning difficulties
- Start / Supplement educational initiatives for children with disabilities
- Start / supplement awareness program directed to business owners on caring for low income workers.
- Start / supplement a support system for small and medium business to sustain low income workers.
Proposals will be viewed more favorably the more they include the following criteria:
- The project will be implemented by a number of CSO’s rather than a single entity.
- The project will involve training and involvement of a larger number of volunteers.
- The applicant(s) has past experience in the area of the project
- The targeted outcomes of the project are identified clearly and quantified whenever possible.
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