The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $2,406,420.00 Cooperative Agreement under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to the Tanzania Bora Initiative. The award aims to implement greater political and civic empowerment of women, girls, and marginalized groups in Tanzania. The 3-year project period runs from November 4, 2024 to November 3, 2027. The Tanzania Bora Initiative, a non-profit organization, will use the Cooperative...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), aims to develop a comprehensive set of observational and survey tools to assess the primary school environment in Tanzania and examine its impact on youth mental health trajectories. The $603,510 award, made on July 10, 2024, will fund a 5-year research project conducted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in collaboration with the...
This $707,796 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports a study to evaluate the sustainability and scale-up of the Malkia Klabu (MK) intervention. MK is a loyalty program that creates youth-friendly drug shops where adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) can access HIV prevention services and contraception. The key objectives are to: 1) Test the adoption and continuation of MK in control and...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a $1,180,000 Cooperative Agreement under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) to support the Government of Malawi's Ministry of Education's implementation of national reading initiatives. The 2-year agreement, titled the "TISAMALE MABUKU Activity," aims to improve the use of teaching and learning materials to support the government's national...
The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $1.1 million cooperative agreement to the International Rescue Committee, Inc. to provide integrated protection support for women and youth in the Nyarugusu and Nduta refugee camps of Tanzania from August 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. Under the award, the International Rescue Committee will deliver basic needs assistance and protection services to refugees and conflict victims across Tanzania. This supports the overarching...
This $1,750,000.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517) will fund efforts to ensure the learning, protection, and wellbeing of vulnerable girls, boys, women, and men, including those with disabilities, through increased access to secure and protective environments in and around Kigoma refugee camps and host communities in Tanzania. The primary awardee is...
The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the Centre D’insertion DES Filles En Deperdition Scolaire under the Africa Regional Democracy Fund program (CFDA 19.225). The grant will support the organization's EMPOWERING CHADIAN WOMEN AND GIRLS project from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The project aims to advance civil and political rights as well as freedom of expression, association, and access to information for women and girls in Chad,...
This five year cooperative agreement with a ceiling of $48,927,000 and an initial obligation of $9,839,000 was awarded by the United States Agency for International Development Tanzania (USAID - OM) to Creative Associates International Inc. under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program. The agreement provided $29,786,699 to Creative Associates International Inc. to conduct work in Tanzania from January 1, 2011 to January 15, 2016. The place of performance was Tanzania, and the...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $608,507 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota to develop, deliver, and evaluate a training program for healthcare providers in Tanzania on the treatment of health complications due to female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). The key products and services to be delivered under this...
The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $1.75 million cooperative agreement to Save the Children Federation, Inc. under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517) to support Phase IV of protecting and educating refugee children in Kigoma, Tanzania from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2022. As a key partner of international organizations, Save the Children will contribute to meeting the basic needs of refugees spread across Africa, with...