Cooperative Agreement SIS70022CA0045

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, provides $2,336,172 to fund the "MEPPA: EIN DOR MUSEUM FOR ARCHEOLOGY: ECO-PLAY ACTIVITY" project. The project will engage approximately 250 Arab and Jewish youth from the Galilee region of Israel in a multi-year leadership development program focused on environmental sustainability. The funded activities include creating...

The Galilee Society - The Arab National Society For Research And Health Services was awarded a $604,542 Project Grant from the Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs on August 15, 2022 to complete the project by July 25, 2025. Under the grant, the Society will transform olive mill wastewater from a pollutant to a water resource through development of a sun protection paste and compost. The grant supports the goals of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs' Bureau Strategic and Resource...

This $499,735 federal Project Grant, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program (CFDA 66.306), will fund the creation of the "Borrego Springs Explorers Club" by the Anza-Borrego Foundation in Borrego Springs, California. The project will hire and support three program coordinators to lead educational outdoor activities and events for local middle school students and...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded $137,541 under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program (CFDA 19.021) to Hapoel Haifa Akhva. The award period runs from September 30, 2021 through March 31, 2023. Under this Project Grant, Hapoel Haifa Akhva will engage hundreds of Jewish and Arab children and youth from underserved neighborhoods of Lower Haifa in competitive sports and enrichment afterschool programming. The goal is to...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) provides $309,298 to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission in Oregon to offer workforce development opportunities for tribal youth. The project builds upon a previous pilot program, expanding employment opportunities for tribal youth in Oregon through government-to-government partnerships and community-based initiatives. The...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $323,926 Project Grant to Alnayzak- Jerusalem Innovation Park R.a. under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program. The grant will support efforts to promote science and build youth capacity in the West Bank through September 2023. Specifically, the awardee will help Palestinian youth recognize the importance of science, build scientific knowledge, and motivate students to create scientific...

This federal Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Education Grants Program (CFDA 66.951), provides $133,500 to Trail Blazer Camps, a non-profit organization in Brooklyn, NY. The award supports a comprehensive environmental education program targeting 60 middle and high school students from the Brooklyn Green Magnet School of Eco-Activism. Key program activities include a one-week summer camp, a 6-week educational session, outdoor field...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $192,955 Project Grant to the Arava Institute For Environmental Studies through the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs federal grant program (CFDA 19.600). The two-year grant will fund research examining the impact of climate change on Acacia tree populations and ecosystem services in a hyper-arid region of Israel. The Arava Institute For Environmental Studies will conduct field studies and analysis from November 2023 through...

The Bureau of Land Management, under its Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act program (CFDA 15.234), awarded Antfarm DBA Redwind a $195,584 cooperative agreement to engage youth in conservation and land management efforts on public lands in Oregon from February 2022 through February 2025. Specifically, young people will remove noxious plant species from targeted sites, clean up abandoned campsites and dispose of garbage, perform infrastructure and trail maintenance work, and...

The Ben Gurion University of the Negev will receive $529,979 under a four-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs to investigate the use of prey-predator interactions in soil to mitigate contaminants introduced by treated wastewater irrigation. The research aims to support the foreign assistance goals and objectives of the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs as outlined in its FY strategic plan under the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs program (CFDA 19.600)....