Project Grant SIS70019GR0158

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded $137,541 under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program (CFDA 19.021) to Hapoel Haifa Akhva. The award period runs from September 30, 2021 through March 31, 2023. Under this Project Grant, Hapoel Haifa Akhva will engage hundreds of Jewish and Arab children and youth from underserved neighborhoods of Lower Haifa in competitive sports and enrichment afterschool programming. The goal is to...

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $176,391.00 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa (CFDA 19.021) program to Katamon Moadon Ohadim (also known as Hapoel Katamon), a non-profit organization in Israel, to develop cooperation and partnership between diverse communities in the Jerusalem region and a new location in Israel through soccer and education. The grant, which commenced on September 29, 2023 and is...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded $206,763.80 under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program (CFDA 19.021) to support two linked sports diplomacy programs implemented from June to October 2022. Palestine: Sports For Life received funding to conduct the 2022 U.S. Sports Envoy Program throughout the Palestinian Territories and host a third round of the U.S.-Palestinian Youth Summer Camp. The programs aimed to promote public...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded a 5-year, $6,000,000 Cooperative Agreement to Middle East Education Through Technology (MEET) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program. The Education2Action (E2A) program seeks to create a network of entrepreneurial peacemakers equipped with skills, opportunities, and motivation to address high-impact challenges in and between Palestinian and Israeli communities. The program will directly...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, through its Investing in People in the Middle East and North Africa program (CFDA 19.021), awarded a $100,000 project grant to Free To Run, Inc. to improve the mental health of 200 adolescent girls and young women in Palestine. The project, titled "Building Palestinian Girls' and Young Women's Resilience Through Running," will deliver weekly running and wellness sessions over an 18-month period from September 2023 to May...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, provides $2,336,172 to fund the "MEPPA: EIN DOR MUSEUM FOR ARCHEOLOGY: ECO-PLAY ACTIVITY" project. The project will engage approximately 250 Arab and Jewish youth from the Galilee region of Israel in a multi-year leadership development program focused on environmental sustainability. The funded activities include creating...

The US Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance awarded a $550,000 cooperative agreement to American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, Inc. for a construction project under the Foreign Assistance to American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program (ASHA, CFDA #98.006). The purpose of the ASHA program is to furnish assistance to schools and libraries outside the United States founded or sponsored by United States citizens and serving as study and...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $323,926 Project Grant to Alnayzak- Jerusalem Innovation Park R.a. under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program. The grant will support efforts to promote science and build youth capacity in the West Bank through September 2023. Specifically, the awardee will help Palestinian youth recognize the importance of science, build scientific knowledge, and motivate students to create scientific...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $180,118 cooperative agreement to Mosaica, Religion, Society And State to cultivate conflict resolution skills among young Arab and Jewish Israelis from September 30, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The award is being made under the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) program, which works to enhance international capacity for United Nations and regional peace operations that are strategically important to U.S. national...

The Department of State Bureau of Administration awarded a $195,000 Project Grant to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees for educational assistance under the Overseas Schools Program (CFDA 19.023). The grant will provide funding from September 6, 2022 through June 30, 2023 to support quality educational opportunities at the elementary and secondary level for dependents of American citizens carrying out U.S. Government programs and interests abroad. As indicated in Attachment 1 to the award, the...