Friends of Liberia: Accepting Applications for Small Grants Program

Deadline: 1 July 2018

Friends of Liberia (FOL) is currently accepting applications for small grants of up to $3000 supporting programs in Education, Psycho-Social Support System Rehabilitation and Entrepreneurship.

Programs

Organizations operating in Liberia and involved in any of the programs listed below may apply:

• 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.)

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.