# Ambassadors' Special Self Help Fund

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/niger-ssh-fy2021-ambassadors-special-self-help-fund/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/339608

> U.S. Mission to Niger offered grants of up to $10,000 (at least $3,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 10 awards. Applications closed on May 31, 2022.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | NIGER-SSH-FY2021 |
| Agency | U.S. Mission to Niger |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | May 31, 2022 |
| Award ceiling | $10,000 |
| Award floor | $3,000 |
| Expected awards | 10 |
| Total funding | not stated |
| Cost sharing | required |
| Assistance Listings | 19.220 |

## Who can apply

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

Community and national/ local Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

## What the grant funds

Ambassadors' Special Self Help Fund U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE U.S EMBASSY, NIAMEY Notice of Funding Opportunity Funding Opportunity Title: Ambassadors' Special Self Help Fund Funding Opportunity Number: NIGER-SSH-FY2021 Deadline for Applications: May 31, 2022 Assistance Listing Number: 19.220 A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Embassy Niamey / Bureau of African affairs of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications for the Ambassador’s Special Self-Help (SSH) to carry out a program to support the Socio-Economic development of communities in Niger. The Ambassadors’ Special Self-Help (SSH) program is a grass-roots assistance program that allows U.S. embassies to respond quickly to local requests for small community-based development projects. Special Self-Help projects are community-based, initiated locally, administered at the local level, and include significant community contributions in cash, labor or materials. The Special Self-Help program is structured to encourage communities to be self-reliant and undertake similar activities on their own in the future. Please follow all instructions below. Priority Region: Applicants can submit project proposals to be implemented in any area of the eight regions of Niger Program Objectives: Despite significant strides made by Niger over the past decade, the country’s extreme poverty rate remained high at 42.9% in 2020, affecting more than 10 million people. Niger’s economy depends primarily on subsistence agriculture, and hence faces with multiple development issues. The most crucial is a rapid population growth (a fertility rate of over seven live births per woman) contrasted with low economic growth. Consequently, population growth outpaces the government’s ability to offer sustained basic services. In such situations, community members often organize themselves for community development and improvement. The Self-Help fund provides small, short-term grants to community groups that are working to improve the basic economic and social conditions of their communities. In other words, the fund provides groups with resources to implement projects that improve living and social conditions in their communities. The Niger 2022 Ambassadors’ Special Self-Help (SSH) program aims at improving basic economic or social conditions at the local community or village level.

## Questions people ask

### Is NIGER-SSH-FY2021 still open?

No. It closed on May 31, 2022.

### Who can apply for Ambassadors' Special Self Help Fund?

U.S. Mission to Niger accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Ambassadors' Special Self Help Fund?

Closed May 31, 2022. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

### How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $10,000 each.

### Who has won Ambassadors' Special Self Help Fund grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, Adra I Angola, Tandana Foundation Inc. The program made 993 awards worth $7.6 million in that time.