Deadline: 1 July 2017
Friends of Liberia (FOL) is currently inviting applications for Small Grants up to $3000 supporting programs in Education, Psycho-Social Support System Rehabilitation and Entrepreneurship.
Programs
An organization may also apply for a project that is related to a program listed below:
Education
- General education by schools
- Developing literacy skills in children
- Training of teachers
- Education of girls
- Health education
- Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) programs for schools including structural facilities for sanitation purposes
- Training of teachers in implementing health education curriculum
- Educating communities about basic health and hygiene practices. Communities with school health education programs will be favored.
- Projects focusing on educational and support for medical staff (doctors, midwives, nurses, etc.).
- Programs educating maternity patients about hygiene and health
Psycho-Social Support System Rehabilitation
- Orphans (children and youth)
- Programs that provide nurturing environments with education, shelter, food, etc. for orphans with plans for sustainability and self- independence for children and youth.
- Programs should go beyond immediate or short-term counseling. Support should be long-term and enable orphans to become independent and productive members of society.
- Ebola-Related
- Programs supporting individuals that are stigmatized as a result of contracting the Ebola virus. Goals of programs should be to help people rebuild their lives, but nature of support or intervention will be evaluated on case- by-case basis for the applications.
- Communities may include geographic locations and sites that were devastatingly impacted by the outbreak, as well as sectors, such as medical staff and healthcare practitioners.
Entrepreneurship (Micro-financing)
- Individuals
- Programs supporting micro-financing projects for individuals affected by Ebola (survivors, orphans, families of victims, market/sellers impacted by limited access to goods, etc.). Programs may have a two-pronged approach with both economic/micro-financing and psycho-social support benefits.
- Organizations
- Established, sustainable micro-financing groups that need additional seed money to extend opportunities to more people.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only nonprofit organizations working independently of the government of Liberia are eligible to apply.
- The organization must be officially registered by the Liberian government as a not-for-profit organization, or be partnered with such.
- Preference will be given to organizations based in Liberia.
- An organization may submit no more than one grant application per year.
- FOL will not award a grant that is the exclusive source of support for the program or project proposed.
- FOL generally will not accept a grant application based upon a program or project for which a previous grant was awarded. (FOL, at its initiative, may encourage a grantee to apply for a continuation grant.)
Criteria for Award
Some of the following factors will be taken into consideration in the application review process:
- The organization
- Has diverse Liberian membership
- Respects talents and skills of Liberians
- Leverages funds with other funding sources/partners
- The project
- Responds to the needs of Liberians
- Builds community awareness in all parts of Liberia
- Builds capacity for self-reliance
- Is sustainable
- Directly addresses one or more of the programs listed under the three broad categories.
- Does not substitute for inherently governmental functions
- Fills a niche in post-Ebola recovery needs
- Has clear evaluation procedures
How to Apply
Applications must be sent electronically at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Liberia
For more information, please visit Friends of Liberia’s Small Grants Program.