Deadline: 13-Oct-23
The U.S. Embassy in Conakry, Guinea announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to support registered self-help groups, community-based organizations, non-governmental organizations, and certain educational institutions to develop projects that improve living conditions in their communities.
Program Objectives
- The program is designed to improve basic economic and social conditions in local communities and support high impact, quick implementation activities that benefit a large number of people. Participating communities provide a significant contribution in cash, labor, and materials. The demand for Small Grant funds is very high and well above the funding capacity, so priority is given to projects which best meet the program’s objectives and criteria. Possible examples of U.S. Embassy Community Small Grants Program projects include:
- Small construction projects – school rooms, community centers, health facilities, foot bridges, housing for community-paid nurses or teachers, workshops, community slaughterhouses, grain storage, rural airstrips for hospitals, and school dormitories 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 – brick-making machines.
- Miscellaneous durable goods – stoves or refrigerators for a community-owned school or hospital, or washing machines for a community-owned clinic.
- Income generating equipment – weaving looms, tools for furniture making, and rice milling machines and agricultural processing machines.
- Grant funds may not be used for the following expenses: personnel salaries; travel; fringe benefits; and alcoholic beverages. The budget may not exceed one page in length. You should also provide pro-forma invoices for proposed expenses, such as equipment, materials, and construction supplies.
Aims
The program aims to impact a large number of beneficiaries per funded project:
- A $10,000.00 project should benefit at least 500/700 people.
- A $5,000.00 project should benefit at least 250/350 people.
Funding Information
- Length of performance period: 6 to 12 months
- Number of awards anticipated: 5 awards (dependent on amounts)
- Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $5,000 to a maximum of $10,000
- Total available funding: $50,000
- Anticipated program start date: October 31, 2024
Participants and Audiences
- The U.S. Embassy in Conakry, Guinea is soliciting proposals for small grants from registered self-help groups, community-based organizations, non-governmental organizations, and certain educational institutions.
Eligibility Criteria
- The following organizations are eligible to apply: Registered self-help groups, community based organizations, non-governmental organizations, and certain educational institutions.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.