Awarding agency: U.S. Agency for international development cfda listing / assistance listing: 98.001 - USAID foreign assistance for programs overseas cfda narrative excerpt: the purpose of USAID's…

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $1.25M Project Grant under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) to the Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA), a non-profit organization. The grant will fund a program to provide comprehensive preventive, curative, and rapid response health, nutrition, and protection services for displaced and host populations affected by the Lake Chad crisis in Chad. The program aims to decrease the impact of the humanitarian crisis on the health and nutritional status of 76,603 targeted individuals, as well as address protection gaps, to reduce mortality and improve living conditions while strengthening the population's resilience. As a sub-awardee, ALIMA has partnered with Solidarites International and the International Rescue Committee to improve access to quality primary and secondary healthcare, provide emergency nutritional care, and implement health activities internationally.

Awarding agency: U.S. Agency for international development cfda listing / assistance listing: 98.001 - USAID foreign assistance for programs overseas cfda narrative excerpt: the purpose of USAID's bureau for humanitarian assistance (BHA) is to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance-including food, water, shelter, emergency healthcare, and other critical aid- to the world's most vulnerable and hardest-to-reach population affected by natural, man-made and complex disaster. BHA is the lead federal coordinator for international disaster assistance, harnessing the expertise and unique capacities of other U.S. Government, non-U.S. Entities & public international organizations to effectively respond to natural disasters, complex crises by providing emergency and food assistance around the world. Recipient - the alliance for international medical action (alima) this award will provide financial support to the alliance for international medical action (alima) for a program entitled, "comprehensive preventive, curative and rapid response health, nutrition and protection package for displaced and host populations affected by the lake chad crisis in the lake province" in chad. The theory of change is if the various components of this project are implemented, then the impact of the humanitarian crisis on the health and nutritional status of the targeted populations will decrease, as well as the protection gaps, which will not only reduce mortality among this population and improve their living conditions, but also strengthen their resilience to face future crises. The total number of beneficiaries that will be support under this award is 76,603 individuals.