December is HERE! Time to check out open opportunities for Zimbabwe.
Ambassador’s SSH Program – PEPFAR Small Grants Fund (Zimbabwe)
Deadline: 15-Jan-23
The U.S. Department of State, through the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe, announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a small, community-based development program.
Program Objectives
- The Ambassador’s Special Self-Help (SSH) Program through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) awards grants to registered non-governmental, non-profit, community-based organizations to implement short-term (12-month), small-scale (between $15,000 and $20,000) development projects that include significant community involvement.
- Priority consideration is given to income generating projects with a health component that improve basic economic or social conditions at the village level.
- Project activities and spending should be completed within 12 months with an anticipated start date between September 1 and September 30, 2023, depending on when funding is made available.
- The SSH Program receives hundreds of applications for funding each year. All submissions are reviewed in a competitive and transparent manner. However, given the limited funding available through the SSH Program, they can only fund a small number of projects each year.
Funding Information
- Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $15,000 to a maximum of $20,000
- Total available funding: $60,000 (dependent on final figures from PEPFAR)
- Length of performance period: 12 months
For more information visit here.
U.S. Embassy Harare: PD Annual Program Statement in Zimbabwe
Deadline: 31-Jan-23
The U.S. Embassy Harare Public Diplomacy Section of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program.
PD Harare invites proposals for projects that strengthen networks between the people of the United States and the people of Zimbabwe through exchanges highlighting the ideas and values. All programs MUST include an American component, such as an American expert engagement (physical or virtual) in Zimbabwe or Zimbabweans traveling to the United States to collaborate and exchange best practices in a specific field that will promote increased understanding of US perspectives. Projects that correspond to this year’s specific Notices Of Funding Opportunities (NOFO) and incorporate a strong American component into their design will be prioritized over other proposals.
Priority Program Areas
- PD Harare strongly encourages applicants to apply directly to 2023’s specific NOFOs to increase their chances of selection. Other projects must tie into the following themes:
- Promote democratic principles including freedom of speech; particularly if they share best practices for citizen advocacy or explore the challenges modern media houses face in a digital economy and the ethical standards needed to gain public confidence.
- Progress an inclusive economy; particularly connecting social entrepreneurs and the creative community with emerging digital markets.
- Deepen US-Zimbabwean university partnerships; particularly if they bolster stronger research capacity and explore the challenges university administrations face in today’s market.
- Deepen US-Zimbabwean professional networks through participation in conferences and rekindling alumni exchange partnerships to solve new problems.
- Foster social inclusion of underserved communities, such as disabled persons, minority ethnic groups, LGBTQI+, and those in remote rural areas.
Funding Information
- Length of performance period: 2-18 months
- Award amounts:
- Awards may range from a minimum of US$2,500 to a maximum of US$75,000.
- Awards for travel to participate in US conferences may not exceed $5,000.
- Awards for festivals looking to bring American talent must have free events.
- Total available funding: $250,000 USD
For more information visit here.
NOFO: Promoting Democratic Principles in Zimbabwe
Deadline: 31-Jan-23
The U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe under the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for creative, sustainable, engaging projects that build support for democratic principles and values.
Project proposals must be designed for a post-election time period and can address any facet of supporting democratic principles including advancing human rights, developing a free press, supporting free speech, increasing the engagement of citizens and civil society, raising awareness of disinformation, or other elements required for a strong, resilient democracy.
Theory of Change: By supporting freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of thought, the U.S. Embassy partnering with civil society, academic organizations, and the media will improve accountable, democratic governance in Zimbabwe through an engaged citizenry and respect for fundamental human rights.
Objectives
All proposals must meet the following objectives:
- Enhance the development of Zimbabwe’s democracy through civil society, the media, academic organizations, and communities to support democratic sustainability and civic participation.
- Strengthen collaboration and build networks between Zimbabwe and U.S. civil society, press, and advocacy organizations with an emphasis on long-term relationships and sustainability.
- Proposals could include the following or address other democratic principles:
- Develop an engaged citizenry that participates in civic life and defends human rights.
- Support for entrepreneurial journalism or other business sustainability for the media.
- Advocacy for legal and policy reforms that promote and protect human rights.
- Building coalitions of civil society actors to support democratic principles.
- Raise awareness on and counter disinformation and misinformation.
- Dialogue and engagement to renew discussions on and considerations for law reforms supporting democratic principles.
- Professionalization of media, civil society, and academia to engage the government on democracy resilience and promotion.
Funding Information
- Length of performance period: 6-18 months
- Number of awards anticipated: 2-3 awards
- Award amounts: US$25-50,000
- Total available funding: US$75,000
- Type of Funding: Public Diplomacy Funds – Smith Mundt
- Anticipated program start date: July 2023
For more information visit here.
Zimbabwe University Library Resources Program
Deadline: 31-Jan-23
The Public Diplomacy section at the U.S. Embassy Zimbabwe announces an open competition for public and private Zimbabwean higher education institutions to submit applications to carry out a program (or programs) to strengthen ties between the United States and Zimbabwe’s academic libraries in supporting faculty educational, learning and research activities.
Objectives
- The program shall improve access to educational resources and use of technology for learning and research to academic libraries working with Faculty in the following subject areas: One Health, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in
- Agriculture, Mental Health, and Peace and Conflict Resolution. By the end of the program, faculty and students will have access to relevant publications, online research databases and digital educational resources to improve their access to information, research methodologies and overall learning outcomes.
- The program may also include the purchase of information communication equipment to adequately access the Internet for a host institution; these requests should be reasonable and explicitly explained in the budget, not to exceed 20% of the overall budget.
All materials funded by this program must ensure open access to all students and faculty
Goals
- The goal of this program is to strengthen ties between the United States and Zimbabwe’s academic libraries to support higher education partnerships through the provision of educational resources and promote access to digital educational resources that support One Health, STEM fields in Agriculture, Mental Health, and Peace and Conflict resolution for Zimbabwean higher education.
- Proposals must promote increased access to U.S. educational resources (both digital and physical). Project themes must include some or all the following components. Only proposals that relate to the stated program objectives, in partnership with the specific relevant faculty departments will be considered:
- Access to Academic Journal and Electonic Thesis Databases: programs that promote access to academic journals and electronic thesis database subscriptions that cover One Health, STEM in Agriculture, Mental Health, and Peace and Conflict resolution.
- Higher Education Collections: Programs collaborating with faculty in One Health fields, STEM in Agriculture, Mental Health, and Peace and Conflict resolution to source the relevant materials and enhance student access to higher education print collections and resources.
- Access to Internet: Programs that seek to strengthen library Internet connection to enhance access to online research databases and digital content to support higher education research and development of faculty staff through collaborative research opportunities.
Funding Information
- Length of performance period: 12 months or less
- Number of awards anticipated: 5 awards
- Award amounts: US$10,000
- Total available funding: US$50,000
- Type of Funding: Public Diplomacy Funds – Smith Mundt
- Anticipated program start date: April 1, 2023
- Funding Instrument Type: Grant
For more information visit here.
Zimbabwe Awards, Culture, and Heritage Festivals
Deadline: 31-Jan-23
The Public Diplomacy (PD) section at the U.S. Embassy Zimbabwe under the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for applications to enhance the scope, reach and cultural diversity of Zimbabwean arts festivals and awards ceremonies.
The PD section invites proposals from registered festivals and awards organizations across Zimbabwe to design and implement exchanges that facilitate creative and cultural collaboration between Zimbabwean and American artists, arts institutions, and audiences. The program should empower Zimbabwean festivals and/or awards organizations to build connections with U.S. counterparts while strengthening festival administration and awards events. This program will expand opportunities to promote diversity of cultural expression; develop festivals’ and/or awards organizations’ institutional capacity and competitiveness.
Theory of Change
If the Zimbabwean creative community builds networks with U.S. creative enterprises, and equips practitioners with skills and knowledge, they would be better positioned to build a professional and financially sustainable creative industry. This program supports the U.S. Department of State’s Public Diplomacy efforts to build a more stable, inclusive economy for the Zimbabwe creative industry.
This program supports the U.S. Department of State’s Public Diplomacy efforts to build a more stable, inclusive economy for Zimbabwe’s creative industries.
Objectives
All proposals must meet the following objectives:
- Participation of American artists, art directors, managers, or arts groups to perform and provide technical support at local festivals or awards events and engage in community activities that promote enhanced cultural understanding between Zimbabwean and U.S. audiences.
- Enhance the development of Zimbabwe’s arts, culture, and heritage festivals or awards events in terms of cultural diversity, inclusion, and professionalism.
- Build collaboration and networks between Zimbabwe and U.S. artists and creative enterprises, with an emphasis on long-term relationships and sustainability.
- Partnerships should facilitate creation of festival or awards events content that attracts and retains significant and diverse audiences in an equitable manner between Zimbabwe and the United States.
- Proposals can also include the following deliverables:
- Equip festival managers and arts administrators with skills and knowledge to build sustainable festivals or awards, champion cultural exchanges, and contribute to enhanced professionalization of the festivals network in Zimbabwe.
- Safeguard and celebrate cultural heritage, identity, and diversity. The PD Section encourages festival activities and awards events that profile and promote defined elements of Zimbabwean and American communities’ cultural expression.
- Projects should contribute to the sustainability of local level creative economies and increased citizen participation in their communities.
Funding Information
- Length of performance period: 12-18 months from date of award.
- Number of awards anticipated: 5+ awards
- Award amounts: $5,000 – 10,000
- Total available funding: $50,000
- Type of Funding: 2023 Public Diplomacy Funds – Smith-Mundt
For more information visit here.
Grants for Economic Advancement for Zimbabwe Creative Industries 2023
Deadline: 31-Jan-23
The Public Diplomacy (PD) section of the U.S. Embassy Zimbabwe under the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for programs for creative entrepreneurs to realize their full economic potential and build connections with their U.S. counterparts.
The PD section invites proposals from non-profit organizations, civil society organizations, and U.S. government alumni to design and implement a creative entrepreneurship program that increases the use of digital technology, improves business acumen, and celebrates cultural heritage, identity and diversity. The program should expand opportunities to develop institutional capacity, promote financial sustainability of creative and cultural organizations; and build networks of independent creative and cultural organizations to make the sector more profitable for its diverse members.
Theory of Change: If the Zimbabwean creative community increases use of digital technologies and e-commerce, builds networks with U.S. creative enterprises, and equips practitioners with skills and knowledge, they would be better positioned to build a professional and financially sustainable creative industry. This program supports the U.S. Department of State’s Public Diplomacy efforts to build a more stable, inclusive economy for the Zimbabwe creative industry.
Objectives
All proposals must meet the following objectives:
- Facilitate the development of Zimbabwe’s creative economy in terms of sustainability, inclusion, and professionalism.
- Strengthen collaboration and build networks between Zimbabwe and U.S. creative enterprises with an emphasis on long-term relationships and sustainability. Partnerships should facilitate creation of content that attracts and retains significant and diverse audiences in an equitable manner between Zimbabwe and the United States.
Proposals can also include the following deliverables:
- Increased use of digital technologies and e-commerce platforms in the creative and cultural industries. The PD section encourages initiatives that harness a range of digital technologies in creation, production and distribution of the arts.
- Safeguard and celebrate cultural heritage, identity and diversity including addressing intellectual property rights. The PD Section encourages projects that profile and promote defined elements of Zimbabwean and American communities’ cultural heritage.
- Equip participants with skills and knowledge to build sustainable creative businesses including business planning, scaling up, exploring U.S. business models, and networking. Projects should contribute to increasing the sustainability of local level creative economies.
- Share information about how to organize and manage international artistic tours, including requirements for U.S. tours, with monetary, logistical, and partnership elements covered.
Funding Information
- Length of performance period: 12-18 months from date of award.
- Number of awards anticipated: 2 awards
- Award amounts: US$25,000
- Total available funding: $50,000
- Type of Funding: 2023 Public Diplomacy Funds – Smith-Mundt
- Anticipated program start date: July 2023
For more information visit here.
Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Fund in Zimbabwe
Deadline: 15-Jan-23
The U.S. Department of State, through the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe, announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a small, community-based development program.
Program Objectives
The Ambassador’s Special Self-Help (SSH) Program awards grants to registered non-governmental, non-profit, community-based organizations to implement short-term (12-month), small-scale (between $8,000 and $15,000) development projects that include significant community involvement.
Priority consideration is given to income generating projects that improve basic economic or social conditions at the village level.
Project activities and spending should be completed within 12 months with an anticipated start date between September 1 and September 30, 2023, depending on when funding is made available.
The SSH Program receives hundreds of applications for funding each year. All submissions are reviewed in a competitive and transparent manner. However, given the limited funding available through the SSH Program, they can only fund a small number of projects each year.
Funding Information
- Award amounts: awards may range from a minimum of $8,000 to a maximum of $15,000
- Total available funding: $65,000 (dependent on final figures from Washington)
- Length of performance period:12 months
For more information visit here.
Scale Accelerator for Women’s Empowerment in Southern Africa
Deadline: 12-Dec-22
Is your organisation working in Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, or Zimbabwe? Do you have a programme, intervention, or service focused on issues related to women’s empowerment? Would you like to develop the skills and knowledge to create the biggest impact for your beneficiaries? If yes, then apply for Scale Accelerator: Women’s Empowerment, a fully-funded consultancy programme for ambitious, locally-led NGOs in Southern Africa working on issues related to women’s empowerment who want to scale up their impact and take their vital work to more people, in more places.
If you know you want to scale, but can’t do it alone, and would like the skills, tools, and support to work out how to deliver your solution to more people and up-skill your wider team in the process, this programme could be for you.
You will have the opportunity to take stock and work through the different stages of your journey to scale, including:
- Building the foundational strategy for scale
- Developing actionable financial and scaling models
- Creating the internal systems and operations needed to make the journey achievable, sustainable, and a whole lot easier.
For more information visit here.
Love Alliance Call for Proposals for NGOs (Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe)
Deadline: 16-Dec-22
The Love Alliance is inviting organisations led by sex workers, people who use drugs (PWUD), and LGBTIQ+ people, including people living with HIV.
This call for proposals is specifically for organisations based in Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, that advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights for key populations.
The Love Alliance runs from 2021-2025 with a focus on advocacy on HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights for sex workers, people who use drugs (PWUD), and LGBTIQ+ people, including people living with HIV. Starting in 2023, ARASA will be responsible for the participatory grant-making in Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe and at sub-regional level.
The Love Alliance is a strategic partnership between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Aidsfonds, UHAI EASHRI, ISDAO, GALZ, Sisonke, SANPUD and GNP+ with ARASA as a grant-making partner for Southern Africa from 2023/2024.
The Love Alliance aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of sex workers, people who use drugs, LGBTIQ+ people including people living with HIV in Africa through advocacy at national, global, and regional levels. The Love Alliance works towards a significant reduction in HIV incidence by influencing policies, organising communities, and raising awareness of health rights in ten countries. Love Alliance brings together organisations led by the communities which are most affected by HIV and AIDS across Africa.
Funding Information
- The project duration must not exceed 21 months. Specifically, activities under the project must take place between 1st April 2023 till 31st December 2024. Each application can consist of a minimum of €10,000 to a maximum amount of €100,000 per year. The total available amount under this call is € 650,000 for Mozambique, € 260,000 for South Africa and € 520,000 for Zimbabwe.
For more information visit here.