Refuge Inc. was awarded a $1.3 million cooperative agreement by the Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517) to provide services from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2022. The award will fund Refuge Inc.'s project "PROTECT, EDUCATE AND EMPOWER UNACCOMPANIED AND SEPARATED VULNERABLE REFUGEE GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN IN NAIROBI." This project will contribute to meeting the basic needs...
The Refugee Social Services organization received a $349,999 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517). This funding supports the delivery of humanitarian protection and assistance to refugees with heightened vulnerabilities in South Africa. Through this award, Refugee Social Services provides multidisciplinary programs to integrate vulnerable refugees and...
The Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration awarded a $3,500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Seed Foundation, a foreign non-profit organization, under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for the Middle East and North Africa (CFDA 19.519). Through this award, the Seed Foundation will provide psychological support, social work services, recreation, training, and education opportunities to those affected by conflict in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, with a focus on...
This $2,022,692 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (CFDA 19.345) program, will equip civil society organizations (CSOs), community-based organizations (CBOs), and survivor networks across the globe with skills and financial resources to address the multifaceted needs of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) survivors and advance justice and...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration has awarded a $350,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517) to Refugee Social Services, a non-profit organization based in Durban, South Africa. The award is intended to promote the protection of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants with heightened vulnerabilities in South Africa. Through this Cooperative Agreement, Refugee Social Services will deliver a range of...
The Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration awarded a $1.93M Cooperative Agreement to Church World Service, Inc. under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517). The funding will support addressing the immediate and long-term needs of vulnerable displaced people in Egypt through protection, gender-based violence (GBV), mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), health, education, and community outreach and capacity building services. The...
The Center for Victims of Torture will provide psychological rehabilitation services and capacity building assistance to South Sudanese torture and trauma survivors living in the Nguenyiel camp and one additional site in Ethiopia under a $2 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration. Funded through the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517), the award will support direct psychological services to refugees...
This $946,152 Project Grant award from the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) will fund the "Steps to Success" project implemented by Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE) and the Heal Refugee Health and Asylum Collaborative (HEAL). The project will provide trauma-informed, person-centered services to 100 Spanish-speaking, foreign-born, labor and sex trafficking survivors aged 15-25 in Maryland. Key services...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (CFDA 19.522 - Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Strategic Global Priorities) provides $156,250.00 to Stichting War Child Alliance to empower local actors in Uganda by enhancing their organizational effectiveness and technical capacity to deliver quality, evidence-based, inclusive and gender-sensitive mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services. The award period...
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $374,120 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to the Corporacion De La Pasion (SSPAS) in El Salvador. The grant supports SSPAS's efforts to create inclusive job opportunities for marginalized communities, particularly young people, in the San Salvador metropolitan area. The funding enables SSPAS to collaborate with private sector companies to provide training on workplace practices, build emotional resilience,...