Cooperative Agreement AID696A1700008

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $169,014 Project Grant to Legal Aid Forum through the Africa Regional Democracy Fund program (CFDA 19.225) to strengthen the capacity of the Rwandan media to deliver high-quality investigative journalism from September 30, 2022 to September 29, 2023. The Africa Regional Democracy Fund supports advancing civil and political rights, freedom of expression, association, and access to information. Under this award, Legal Aid Forum will...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to empower Rwandan citizens to advocate for their individual land rights related to expropriation and advocate for broader policy and procedural changes. The grant was awarded on September 30, 2021 with a completion date of January 31, 2023 under the Africa Regional Democracy Fund (CFDA 19.225) program. This program supports democratic processes and promotes strong democratic norms including the advancement of...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (CFDA 19.703 - Criminal Justice Systems) provides $1,000,000 to the International Rescue Committee, Inc. (IRC) to implement a rule of law program that will increase access to justice for vulnerable populations in the Central African Republic. The award, which runs from October 1, 2024 to March 1, 2025, is intended to strengthen the criminal justice system in the...

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $3.5 million cooperative agreement to Alight (operating as the American Refugee Committee) to support a comprehensive health, nutrition and protection program for Congolese and Burundian refugees hosted in Rwanda from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2022. The award will contribute to basic needs assistance for refugees spread across Africa under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517). As a...

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $3.4 million Cooperative Agreement to World Vision Inc. under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517) to alleviate poverty of vulnerable refugees and host community members in Rwanda through sustainable livelihoods and self-reliance following a graduation approach. The funding will support World Vision in delivering services from August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2023. As part of this effort,...

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $2 million cooperative agreement to Save the Children Federation, Inc. under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517) to improve social welfare and protection conditions for refugees and host communities in Mahama Camp and urban settlements in Rwanda from August 15, 2021 through August 14, 2022. Services will include an integrated three-year intervention delivering health, nutrition, child...

This $1,441,385 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program establishes a resilient and unified national and multi-country ecosystem of human rights defenders in Africa to catalyze legal and social reforms for marginalized persons. The project, titled "Justice for All Activity", will be implemented by the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa in South Africa...

This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (CFDA 19.703 - Criminal Justice Systems), supports a project to expand access to justice for rural populations in the Central African Republic. The project will provide critical legal services to survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and other serious crime victims. The American Bar Association, through its subsidiary the ABA Fund for...

The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE) received a $1,000,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Criminal Justice Systems federal grant program (CFDA 19.703). The award extends an existing cooperative agreement to ABA FJE for building court and legal capacities to prevent and combat atrocities in the Central African Republic. Specifically, ABA FJE will work to institutionalize rule...

The American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education (ABA FJE) received a $1,728,394 project grant award from the Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor to support the operation and management of the early warning and response system in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo from September 2, 2022 through October 31, 2024. The project aims to reduce risks to civilians by funding ABA FJE's management of an early warning and response system in Eastern DRC. This aligns...