Deadline: Various
- Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Program (SSHP): 13 April 2017
- PEPFAR Small Grants Program: 13 April 2017
- Julia Taft Fund for Refugees: 31 May 2017
The U.S. Embassy is seeking applications for its “Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Program (SSHP), PEPFAR Small Grants Program, and Julia Taft Fund for Refugees to support projects initiated by Ethiopian NGOs, community- and faith-based groups, and civic associations focused on small-scale community-based activities designed to bring about tangible and immediate improvements in people’s lives.
The program, which includes funding from the Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Program (SSHP), the PEPFAR Small Grants Program, and the Julia Taft Fund for Refugees, as well as others, has granted US$4 million to 300 projects that benefited more than 7 million people in all regions of Ethiopia. The application and evaluation processes vary, but all three programs provide year-long grants. Each program is designed to offer grants unique in nature that serve separate diplomatic and aid functions.
Programs
- Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Program (SSHP)
- The SSHP funds community-initiated projects support education, income-generating activities, gender and disability focused interventions, as well as other activities that improve the living conditions of underserved people.
- PEPFAR Small Grants Program
- The PEPFAR Small Grants Program funds activities that enable local NGOs, community based organizations such as Iddirs, and associations of people living with HIV to implement small-scale projects that promote HIV and AIDS prevention, care, and economic support for people living with HIV, and orphans and vulnerable children.
- Julia Taft Fund for Refugees
- The Julia Taft Fund for Refugees (also known as the Ambassador’s Refugee Fund) is an initiative by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration (PRM) to respond to critical unmet needs of refugees. Since 2000, the Fund has supported projects that fill gaps in refugee service. Proposals should be for programs that can be met locally and are not being addressed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), other international organizations, or non-governmental organizations already receiving U.S. government funding.
Eligibility Criteria
The Embassy Public Affairs Section can provide small grants to Ethiopian individuals and non-government organizations to support Embassy goals, but in particular programs that support higher education, civil society, human rights, youth engagement, girls’ and women’s empowerment, and cultural exchange and cooperation.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
Eligible Country: Ethiopia
For more information, please visit U.S. Embassy Grants Program.