Deadline: 31 January 2020
The U.S. Embassy N’Djamena in collaboration with the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) is seeking proposals for its 2020 Julia Taft Refugee Fund from potential partners working in the area of refugees’ protection in Chad. This support is meant to meet low-cost gaps in refugee protection and assistance.
Funding Information
- Minimum Award Amount: $5,000
- Maximum Award Amount: $25,000
Type of Activities
- Improve the mental health of the refugee community.
- Build a playground for refugee children.
- Start an income generating cooperative for returnees.
- Support livelihoods training and sports programs.
- Support a transit center for unaccompanied minor refugees and asylum seekers.
- Provide a shelter for 150 women and girls who are survivors of gender-based violence (GBV).
- Support a vocational training program for refugees.
- Support returnees with manufacturing of liquid soap.
- Train refugees in gardening and running small businesses.
- Support an income generating project and provide health care to disabled residents.
- Support an urban refugee training and girls’ empowerment project.
- Train mothers of youth, who participate in non-formal out-of-school program, on furniture re-upholstery and also provide the women with basic hygiene awareness.
Eligibility Criteria
- PRM’s Taft Refugee Funds is intended to meet gaps in refugee assistance by issuing grants to local NGOs for quick impact projects of up to $25,000 that are not addressed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), International Organization for Migration (IOM), other international organizations (IOs), or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) receiving U.S. government funding.
- The Taft Refugee Fund is intended for projects that include a target beneficiary base of at least 50 percent refugees or returnees.
- Priority populations include of at least 50 percent refugees or returnees refugees;
- However, exceptions can be made in some regions with “populations of concern” to PRM, such as internally displaced persons (IDPs), vulnerable migrants, and stateless persons.
- Consideration for support is also given to projects that benefit both populations of concern and their host communities.
- The fund is not meant as an emergency fund.
- Applicants must be a registered organization (e.g.: NGO, community-based organization; faith-based organization).
- Local NGOs will be given priority.
For more information, visit https://td.usembassy.gov/call-for-proposals-julia-taft-refugee-fund-for-fy-2020/