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005-2022: Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program - PEPFAR Small Grants Fund

Closed Closed January 16, 2023 Opportunity 005-2022 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Advancing Global Health (DFOP0017890). Status: Closes February 14, 2027 (99 days left). It is in our archive of U.S. Mission to Zimbabwe notices from 2022.

• Award ceiling$20,000
• Award floor$15,000
• Total funding$60,000
• Expected awards4
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

• The applicant must be a Zimbabwe registered non-governmental, non-profit, or community-based organization. Individuals, businesses, and government entities do NOT qualify. • All applications must include and identify a significant community contribution (cash, labor, and/or materials). • The beneficiary members must be Zimbabwean citizens. • Applicants must display sound management in the form of financial and administrative procedures that protect against fraud, waste, and abuse.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Programs awards averaged $146,897; this notice allows up to $20,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (74% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The U.S. Department of State, through the U.S. Embassy in Harare, announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a small, community-based development program. Please follow all instructions below. Priority Region: Zimbabwe (all 10 provinces) 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, we can only fund a small number of projects each year. BACKGROUND Started in 1964 in Togo, the SSH Program spread across Africa as a grassroots program that allows U.S. embassies to respond quickly to local requests for small, community-based development projects that have an immediate impact. In 1980, the Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Program started in Zimbabwe. SPECIFIC PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS The SSH Program in Zimbabwe has several funding sources, each with a specific mandate. When applying for funding, clearly identify which fund you are applying to. 1. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Small Grants Fund The PEPFAR Small Grants Fund focuses on income generating activities that improve care, support, and economic conditions for people living with HIV (PLHIV) and those directly affected by HIV/AIDS such as grandparents caring for grandchildren orphaned due to HIV/AIDS. • Examples of previous projects: Agricultural training, nutritional gardens, grinding mills, artisan activities, sewing project for PLHIV, distribution system for nutritional supplements, HIV/AIDS prevention information.

Category: Health.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, DFOP0017890, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.