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SMZ-500-FY23-01: U.S. Ambassador's Special Self-Help Fund

Closed Closed July 30, 2023 Opportunity SMZ-500-FY23-01 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$10,000
• Award floor$1,000
• Total funding$60,000
• Expected awards8
• 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 following organizations are eligible to apply: Not-for-profit organizations that are registered in Mozambique, including civil society/non-governmental organizations. Established, registered grassroots community-based organizations (CBOs) and Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) registered in Mozambique. FOR-PROFIT, COMMERCIAL ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past Ambassadors' Special Self Help Fund awards averaged $7,638; this notice allows up to $10,000 per award.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Embassy of the United States of America in Mozambique welcomes the submission of proposals for funding under the Ambassador’s Special Self-Help (SSH) Fund. The SSH Fund assists Mozambican community organizations and groups to develop lasting, self-sustaining projects that benefit entire communities. Purpose of Small Grants: In Mozambique, the Ambassador’s Special Self-Help (SSH) program started in 1988 and allows the Embassy to respond quickly to local requests for small community-based development projects. The SSH program received a total of $2 million in 2021 to fund projects throughout Africa supported by Africa Regional Economic Support Funds. Program Objectives: Foster community self-reliance; Have community participation and contribution – volunteer time and labor, donated land, equipment and materials - and the U.S. contribution must be on a one-time basis only; Improve basic economic or social conditions at the local community or village level; Be viable and sustainable in terms of finance, personnel support, necessary expertise and services; Respect environmental norms for small projects; the proposed activity will not adversely affect protected or other sensitive environmental areas nor jeopardize threatened and endangered species and their habitat; and Not exceed twelve months in duration. Some examples of past SSH grants include: Water Projects – boreholes, irrigation, or water collection systems, storage tanks; Health & Hygiene – latrines at schools and clinics, community gardens; Environmental Projects – recycling, solar panel systems, organic fertilization production; Education Projects – classrooms, community libraries; and Income Generating Projects – oil press for nuts, maize milling facility, clothing production, carpentry tools, and brick making machines. Performance Indicators The project should monitor and report on performance indicators that are specific, measurable, achievable, reasonable, and time bound. Establish, where possible, performance baseline data and expected performance targets for each expected result, and include details on what sources of data will be used to document performance, how the indicators will be measured, frequency of measurement, and units of measure. Where possible, indicators should also allow for gender disaggregation.

Category: Other.

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