# Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Program

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/ssh-mba-fy24-01-ambassadors-special-self-help-program/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/352085

> U.S. Mission to Eswatini offered grants of up to $9,000 (at least $3,000) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make about 6 awards. Applications closed on April 26, 2024.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | SSH-MBA-FY24-01 |
| Agency | U.S. Mission to Eswatini |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | April 26, 2024 |
| Award ceiling | $9,000 |
| Award floor | $3,000 |
| Expected awards | 6 |
| Total funding | not stated |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 19.220 |

## Who can apply

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

There is a strong preference to fund local community organizations that are serving grassroots need and a project that is community generated, implemented, and supported. The following organizations are eligible to apply: • Not-for-profit organizations, including civil society/non-governmental organizations. • Community based organizations, schools, clinics, community development groups, advocacy groups

## What the grant funds

A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The U.S. Embassy Mbabane, Eswatini of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications for funding through the Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Program. This is a Notice of Funding Opportunity outlining our funding priorities and the procedure for submitting requests for funding. Please follow all instructions below. Priority Region: All 4 regions of Eswatini Program Objectives: The Ambassador’s Special-Self Help (SSH) Programme is a grass-roots grant assistance programme that allows the U.S Ambassadors to support local requests for small community-based development projects. The purpose of the Special Self-Help Programme is to support communities through modest grants that will positively impact local communities. The SSH philosophy is to help communities to help themselves. Applicant Criteria All citizens of Eswatini representing a civilian, religious, social, community development, special interest, disability, or advocacy group or organization may request funding for a community activity. Groups must be registered with the proper authorities. The project must be submitted by an organized group who are motivated, have a real need, and have already successfully implemented projects in the community. The project should be feasible and based on the socio-economic context of the local community. To be eligible, for funding, the proposed project must meet the following criteria: · Improve basic economic or social conditions at the local community or village level and have long lived values. · Support high-impact, quick-implementation activities that benefit a large number of people, without requiring further SSH assistance. · Involve a significant local contribution in cash, labor, and/or materials, and be within the ability of the local community to operate and maintain on a sustainable basis. Contribution may include labor, material (bricks, sand, gravel, seeds etc.), land, buildings, or money to ensure success of the project · Not initiate, continue, or supplement technical assistance programs. · Contribute, whenever possible, to income-generating or self-sustaining activities. Projects must be self-sustaining upon completion. The U.S. Embassy’s support for the project must be a one-time-only/one grant contribution. Projects must be within the community’s ability to maintain and operate.

## Questions people ask

### Is SSH-MBA-FY24-01 still open?

No. It closed on April 26, 2024.

### Who can apply for Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Program?

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

### What is the deadline for Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Program?

Closed April 26, 2024. 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 $9,000 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.