This USAID Cooperative Agreement award, titled "USAID EDUCATION: EQUITY AND INCLUSION" and funded under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, aims to improve equitable education outcomes for marginalized youth in grades 6-10 in two provinces in Nepal (Karnali and Madhesh). The $8,263,619 award, granted on September 22, 2023, will support local governments to bring out-of-school children into school, increase retention of learners through grade 10,...
This $29.7 million Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program (CFDA 10.608) aims to introduce and expand food resources in Sri Lanka. The non-profit organization Improving Economies For Stronger Communities (IESC) will serve as the prime awardee, leveraging its expertise in economic growth, workforce development, and agricultural improvement initiatives in developing countries. The award will...
This $2,170,300 federal Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs (CFDA 19.989 - State/African Regional - Other Economic Support Funds (ESF) Projects/Programs) aims to foster girls' participation, learning and retention in secondary-level STEM education in Kenya and Namibia. The grant was awarded on September 19, 2024 with a final completion date of September 30, 2027. The project will be carried out by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...
This $146,880 Project Grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) supports empowerment and leadership initiatives for young indigenous women in rural Guatemala. The grantee, Organizacion No Gubernamental Na'Leb'Ak ONG, will deliver popular education and leadership workshops, establish community safe spaces, and create community gardens in Chisec and Raxruh, Alta Verapaz. These activities aim to address gender inequality,...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded Georgetown University a $3,020,000 Project Grant under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) federal grant program. The three-year award, running from August 2022 to August 2025, will support the Supporting Teacher Achievement in Rwandan Schools project. Georgetown will implement the project in Rwanda in partnership with sub-awardees the University of East Anglia and Innovations for Poverty Action. The...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $2,600,000 from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program supports the SOUNGOUROU FARIMA activity, which aims to transition the "Dreams" activity from an international organization to a local one. The primary awardee, ONG La Grace Divine Eternelle (O.gra.die), a non-profit organization in Côte d'Ivoire, will implement this 5-year, $23,173,730 project focused on...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $5,407,425 Cooperative Agreement under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to Cooperative For Assistance And Relief Everywhere, Inc. (CARE) to implement the Accelerated Education Activity (AEA) in Somalia. Through this 5-year program starting June 2024, CARE will deliver education services to vulnerable populations in Somalia. The award includes sub-grants to Windle International and Gargaar...
This $5,602,478 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program will fund the LAC REGIONAL FUND TO EXPAND INCLUSIVE ACCESS TO QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION project in Honduras. The prime awardee, Research Triangle Institute (RTI International), a prominent non-profit research organization, will leverage its expertise in international development to implement this 5-year initiative focused on...
Giral - Desenvolvimento Humano E Local (Giral) was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) to provide entrepreneurship and leadership training to youth in rural communities in Pernambuco State, Brazil. Dating from March 18, 2022 through March 18, 2025, the funding will support Giral's development of an entrepreneurship and leadership training program and provision of seed capital for rural youth to...
This $1,999,999 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program aims to improve access to quality early childhood development (ECD) and education services in Kyrgyzstan while creating opportunities for women entrepreneurs to run ECD centers. The primary awardee, Aga Khan Foundation USA, will implement activities to build the capacity of women entrepreneurs in areas such as financial...