Deadline: 30-Jun-23
The U.S. Embassy Nouakchott/ Program and Grants Office (PGO)at the U.S. Department of State (DOS),announces this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Request of Full Proposals from organizations interested in applying for funding for program proposals that promote socioeconomic activities.
Objectives
Programming supported with SSH resources should address the following program objective:
- The purpose of the Special Self-Help program is to fund grants for small development activities that generate public awareness of U.S. foreign assistance efforts but that fall outside the structure of other established U.S. assistance projects. The program is intended to be flexible and allow the Ambassador to respond directly to requests from local communities for assistance with small community projects that have immediate impact, and further mission policies and objectives. Equally important, the Special Self-Help program is structured to encourage communities to be self-reliant and undertake similar activities on their own in the future
- All Special Self-Help projects are community-based, initiated locally, administered at the local level, and include significant community contributions in cash, labor or materials.
Funding Information
- Period of Performance: 12 months
- Funding Amount: $ 60,000 U.S. Dollars
- Award Ceiling: $10,000
- Award Floor: $3,000
- Number of Awards: 5-10
- Anticipated Award Date: September 2023
- Anticipated Project Completion Date: September/2024
- The implementation period for individual self-help projects is short – less than one year, and projects are small – ranging in cost from $3,000 to $10,000. Projects proposed should not exceed $10,000 (about 3.7 million MRU)
Main Activities
To achieve the goals and expected results, the program could include the following:
- Small construction projects (less than 10,000 sq. ft. – 929.03 sq. m) – school rooms, community centers, health facilities, foot bridges, housing for a government or community-paid nurse or teacher, workshops, community abattoir, grain storage, rural airstrip for a hospital, and school dormitory for distant students.
- Water-related projects – wells, latrines, pumps, bore holes, shower stalls and sinks and fishponds.
- School equipment and supplies – desks, chairs, laboratory equipment and library items.
- Communal construction equipment such as a brick-making machine.
- Miscellaneous durable goods – stove or refrigerator for a school or hospital, or a washing machine for a clinic.
- Income generating equipment – weaving looms, tools for furniture making, rice-milling machine. However, care should be used to avoid the funding for the purchase of equipment that cannot be maintained by the local community.
Expected Results
- Specific results could include the following:
- Provide services that promote socioeconomic activities,small development activities, and income generation, poverty reduction.
Eligibility Criteria
The following organizations are eligible to apply:
- Local communities, cooperatives, associations, local NGOs, municipalities.
- Technically eligible submissions are those which:
- Arrive electronically to www.Grants.gov by the designated deadline;
- Have heeded all instructions contained in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), including registrations and length and completeness of submission; and
- Do not violate any of the guidelines
- For-profit and commercial firms are not eligible to apply in response to this NOFO.
Other Eligibility Requirements
- Organizations must have a commitment to equal opportunity employment practices and to non-discrimination practices with regard to beneficiaries, without regard to race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or political affiliation
- Organizations may only submit one application per organization. If more than one application is submitted by an organization, only the first application received will be reviewed for eligibility and funding.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
