Deadline: 31 January 2017
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), implemented by FHI 360 and its partners are inviting applicants for its Initiative for Hygiene, Sanitation and Nutrition (IHSAN) Innovation Fund to implement the Improvement of Nutrition and WASH Status in Afghanistan (Phase I) with an aim to support increasing the reach and quality of high impact, cost-effective, and evidence-based nutrition and WASH interventions in Afghanistan.
Objectives
- Capacity to institutionalize nutrition programs enhanced.
- Adoption of optimal nutrition and hygiene behaviors at community and household levels increased; and
- Availability of nutrition, hygiene and sanitation services and products increased.
Level of Grants
IHSAN will provide following levels of funding:
- Proof of Concept Funding: The Funding may range from $30,000 to $60,000 for a period of 6 months to one year.
- Transition to Scale-up Funding: The funding level available ranges from $60,000 to $150,000 for period of one to two years.
- Accelerated Scale up: The period for support may range from two to three years.
Principles
- Strengthening nutrition governance and national ownership of activities and results.
- Building sustainable capacity for nutrition and WASH health service delivery and SBC.
- Intensifying approaches to SBCC through the use of maximum coverage and multiple channels of communication, including mass and mobile media, community mobilization and interpersonal counseling.
- Strengthening women’s empowerment and promoting gender equality.
- Improving M&E and promoting a robust learning agenda to inform decision-making.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicants are national or international for-profit or non-for-profit organizations, non-governmental organizations, non-governmental academic institutions, or community base organizations (CBOs), that must be legally registered and recognized under the laws of Afghanistan or are legally permitted to operate in Afghanistan.
- IHSAN project is implemented primarily in 10 provinces namely Badakhshan, Samangan, Bamyan, Badghis, Ghor, Farhah, Paktia, Nanagarhar, Kunar, Nuristan but Concepts will be accepted from all over Afghanistan provinces.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must fill the Concept Paper via given website.
Eligible Country: Afghanistan
For more information, please visit IHSAN Innovation Fund.