This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, under the "Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa" (CFDA 19.021) program, aims to empower young Palestinians (ages 14-30) in Gaza and the West Bank. The $199,826 award, dated September 29, 2024, supports trauma-informed art therapy, peacebuilding training, and nonviolent activism education to increase the resilience, civic education, and engagement skills of this target...
This Project Grant award of $100,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the "Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa" (CFDA 19.021) federal grant program. The award is to arrange weekend retreats for young Palestinian women between the ages of 14-35 that will increase their knowledge of peacebuilding, nonviolent activism, and begin to imagine alternatives to occupation, violence, despair, or apathy. The award has...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $147,629.06, was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the "Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa" (CFDA 19.021) program. The grant supports the "Current Proposed Nonviolence Labs in Palestinian Schools II Project (NVLII)", a continuation and expansion of a previous successful nonviolence program implemented in Palestinian schools. The project aims to continue and expand...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa program (CFDA 19.021), aims to empower 162 young individuals aged 19-25 from the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The $168,353.62 grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will enhance the leadership potential of these young participants and equip them with skills for peacebuilding and nonviolent activism. The award recipient,...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $112,111 Project Grant (Federal Grant ID: SIS70024GR0518) under the "Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa" program (CFDA 19.021) to Jerusalem Peacebuilders, Inc. The grant aims to increase the capacity of Arab and Jewish high school teachers in Israel to integrate practices of experiential education, intergroup relations, youth leadership, and conflict management into their classrooms and...
This Project Grant award for $152,012.00 was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the "Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa" federal grant program (CFDA 19.021). The award aims to promote conditions conducive to Israeli-Palestinian peace by supporting feminist journalism practices that will provide the local public with a different perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. However, the award is being terminated for...
This $199,461.78 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the "Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa" program (CFDA 19.021) aims to increase youth's ability to activate media literacy knowledge, skills, and competencies in responding to information, entertainment, and persuasion. The award will build the capacity of teachers and trainers to implement media literacy programs for Palestinian youth. This...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, provides $395,000.00 to engage young women activists in the West Bank and Gaza. The purpose is to help them regain confidence in peacebuilding, learn advanced conflict mitigation skills, and facilitate community-level acts of reconciliation and hope. The award period runs from September 25, 2024 to March 25, 2026, and the place of...
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the "Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa" (CFDA 19.021) program to America-Mideast Educational And Training Services, Inc. (Amideast), a non-profit organization. The funding will be used to sponsor a group of Palestinian students from the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza who are currently stuck in the U.S. to participate in the EducationUSA Academy 2024 program....
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa (CFDA 19.021) federal grant program to America-Mideast Educational And Training Services, Inc. (doing business as Amideast), a non-profit organization. The grant, awarded on September 30, 2023, with a completion date of December 30, 2024, will fund programs and activities focused on "SUBSTANTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE AMERICAN...