Cooperative Agreement AIDOAAF1700040

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 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 federal Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA 98.001), provides $2,000,000 to Colors of Connection Inc. to support adolescent girls and young women in creating more resilient communities in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The goal is to address high levels of poverty in urban areas of Goma through empowering the next generation of young women to build safe, socially...

This $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (CFDA 19.517 - Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa) aims to improve self-reliance and durable solutions for refugees and their host communities in Rwanda. The prime awardee, World Vision Inc., will work with sub-grantees Caritas Rwanda and other partners to deliver a range of critical humanitarian assistance and development services. Key program elements...

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 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...

This Project Grant award of $691,176 from the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393) supports research to implement strategies for decentralizing breast ultrasound services and facilitating timely breast cancer diagnoses in Rwanda. The objective is to compare two implementation strategies - teleultrasound supervision and asynchronous virtual feedback - to enable non-radiologist clinicians at Rwandan district hospitals to provide high-quality...

This $7,410,542 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Global AIDS program (CFDA 93.067) will fund evidence-based HIV prevention and care services for key and priority populations in Rwanda over a 5-year period from September 2024 to September 2029. The prime awardee, the Center for Family Health Research (CFHR), a non-profit organization registered in Rwanda, will lead this project to strengthen national health systems, expand access to...

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...