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PAS-CMR-FY21-11: Leadership Academy for Disability Empowerment

Closed Closed July 21, 2021 Opportunity PAS-CMR-FY21-11 ☆ Save

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Austrian-American Partnership Fund (AAPF) (OFOP0002825). Status: Closes January 1, 2099 (26353 days left). It is in our archive of U.S. Mission to Cameroon notices from 2021.

• Award ceiling$25,000
• Award floor$20,000
• Total funding$25,000
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeGrant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to nonprofits and individuals.

• Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
• Individuals

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Public Diplomacy Programs awards averaged $26,570; this notice allows up to $25,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The U.S. Embassy in Cameroon announces an open competition to provide a comprehensive leadership training for people with disabilities. The program will consist of coaching, workshops, webinars, and an in-person boot-camp with debates, presentations, and connections to resources and opportunities. This project will allow youth living with disabilities to exercise leadership, build self-esteem, and get connected with resources and opportunities. Proposals must demonstrate knowledge on the situation of youth with disabilities in Cameroon and propose a strategy to bring together youth with disabilities to grow their leadership, build connections, and enact meaningful change in their personal lives and communities. At the end of the project, participants should be able to set and pursue personal and professional leadership goals, and mentor other youth in their communities. Please carefully follow all instructions below. Program Objectives: · Recruit and build capacities and leadership skills of at least 50 youth with disabilities ages 18 – 25 · Provide opportunities that allow participants to exercise leadership and build self-esteem · Organize a leadership boot camp for youth with disabilities · Expose participants to role models and connect them to resources and opportunities · Introduce YALI Network to youth with disabilities countrywide · Conduct needs assessment, pre- and post-evaluation to measure the impact of the program on participants and provide an appropriate training curriculum The applicant will design and carry out all aspects of the project. The proposal should include details about activities, content, timeline, recruitment of participants, etc. Activities should be conducted both virtually and in person, in a format that is compliant with COVID-19 prevention measures, and should include activities such as practical exercises, case-studies, presentation, discussion groups, peer learning activities and/or fact-finding exercises. All proposals must include needs analysis activities to assess participants’ needs, follow-up activities to reinforce training topics and empower the participants to put them into practice, and monitoring and evaluation activities to assess the impact of the project. All proposals must include American resource materials such as YALI Network, or American-origin models/ideas, and/or involve American experts or alumni of U.S. government exchange programs.

Category: Education, Employment, Labor and Training.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, OFOP0002825, which is open now.

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