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…

This $6,000,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program will provide humanitarian assistance and development support to vulnerable populations in Mali affected by civil insecurity. The award to World Vision, Inc. (WV) will fund an "Integrated Humanitarian Approach in Mali (IHAM)" program to improve food security, access to water and sanitation, and income generation for approximately 190,000 beneficiaries. Through a sub-award to Groupe Action Recherche Pour LE Developpement Local (GARDL), the project will also deliver emergency food, water, and non-food item distributions, as well as agricultural and financial services assistance, to meet immediate needs and strengthen recovery in the Menaka and Bandiagara regions. The project aims to increase food consumption, prevent disease transmission, and promote sustainable self-reliance among vulnerable households affected by the crisis in Mali.

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) international disaster assistance (IDA) program 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 (PIOS) to effectively respond to natural disasters, complex crises by providing emergency and food assistance around the world. Recipient: world vision, INC. (WV) this award will provide financial support to world vision's (WV's) for a program entitled, "integrated humanitarian approach in mali (IHAM)" in mali. The theory of change is if targeted households affected by civil insecurity are supported to improve their food consumption, if they are provided access to safe and appropriate water and sanitation facilities and increased knowledge about key public health risks and if they are trained and equipped to meet their basic food production and income needs, then these households' food consumption scores will improve and they will avoid negative coping strategies, cut down the transmission of disease, and become increasingly and sustainably self-reliant. The total number of beneficiaries that will be supported under this award is 190,000 individuals.