Deadline: 10-Mar-24
The U.S. Embassy in Cameroon is pleased to announce a funding opportunity through the 2024 Julia Taft Refugee Fund.
The Julia Taft Refugee Fund is an initiative by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) to support one-time, low-cost interventions of not more than $25,000 that address important gaps in protection and assistance for refugees and persons at risk of statelessness or stateless persons. Created in 2000, the Julia Taft Refugee Fund provides the means to respond to critical humanitarian gaps not addressed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), international humanitarian organizations and NGOs through local and national humanitarian organizations.
Funding Information
- Project budgets cannot exceed $25,000.
What can the Julia Taft Refugee Fund support?
- The Julia Taft Fund is intended primarily to support projects that include a program participant base of refugees or returnees and host communities, with at least 50% refugees/returnees as direct beneficiaries. They will also consider funding projects that support equal access to protection, assistance, and other solutions for refugees who may experience particular vulnerabilities, such as LGBTQI+ individuals, persons with disabilities or older persons, or women and girls. Projects that target Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs), stateless persons, or vulnerable migrants will not be considered under this program. They cannot provide direct support to the local government, recommend a project funded the previous year, or provide continued funding for a project as the Julia Taft Refugee Fund is meant to cover a one-time need and not a long-term program.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Julia Taft Fund for Refugees is limited to Cameroonian registered CBOs, associations, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with at least 2 years of experience working in Cameroon. Recipients of the previous year’s Julia Taft fund are normally not eligible for the current year’s funds.
Criteria
- Applicants must have a UEI number and be registered in SAM.gov.
- Proposals can address one or more of the following sectors: WASH, education, health, vocational training, income generating activities, or any relevant social issue.
- Applicants must have and attach a Code of Conduct, which must be consistent with the UN’s Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) recommendations on the prevention of sexual abuse and exploitation:
- “Sexual exploitation and abuse by humanitarian workers constitute acts of gross misconduct and are therefore grounds for termination of employment.
- Sexual activity with children (persons under the age of 18) is prohibited regardless of the age of majority or age of consent locally. Mistaken belief regarding the age of a child is not a defense.
- Exchange of money, employment, goods, or services for sex, including sexual favors or other forms of humiliating, degrading or exploitative behavior is prohibited. This includes exchange of assistance that is due to beneficiaries.
- Any sexual relationship between those providing humanitarian assistance and protection and a person benefitting from such humanitarian assistance and protection that involves improper use of rank or position is prohibited. Such relationships undermine the credibility and integrity of humanitarian aid work.
- Where a humanitarian worker develops concerns or suspicions regarding sexual abuse or exploitation by a fellow worker, whether in the same agency or not, he or she must report such concerns via established agency reporting mechanisms.
- Humanitarian workers are obliged to create and maintain an environment which prevents sexual exploitation and abuse and promotes the implementation of their code of conduct. Managers at all levels have particular responsibilities to support and develop systems which maintain this environment.”
For more information, visit U.S. Embassy in Cameroon.