Project Grant SLE20023GR0027

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded $481,262.07 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to develop and implement an English language curriculum and teacher training program in Lebanon. The Uspeak organization will deliver an English language course to 1,540 women in 62 clusters throughout Lebanon from July 2021 to July 2023. In addition to the core 6-month language instruction, the program includes leadership training and a 6-day teacher training. The...

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $1,450,000 cooperative agreement to Terre DES Hommes - Aide A Lenfance Dans LE Monde - Fondation to provide child protection and gender-based violence response and prevention services for adolescent girls and young women at risk of or affected by child and early marriage in Lebanon due to the ongoing humanitarian crisis. The award period is from September 15, 2021 through September 14, 2022 under the Overseas Refugee...

The Sun Yat-Sen Management Education Foundation will implement the second year of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Taiwan under a $160,610 project grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. The grant was awarded on March 8, 2022 to support entrepreneurship training through January 31, 2023. As part of the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), the foundation will recruit a new cohort of early-stage women entrepreneurs to provide online...

This Project Grant award of $199,999 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs' Middle East Partnership Initiative (CFDA 19.500) aims to improve the economic participation of 350 vulnerable female youth in three underserved governorates in Jordan. The funding will support activities to facilitate stable employment in the private sector or self-employment for this target population. The project will be implemented by the non-profit organization Questscope for Social...

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 Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $277,155 Project Grant to Wepower under the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) federal grant program (CFDA 19.500). The grant will support Wepower's "SPEAK OUT - PROMOTING WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND WOMEN'S INVOLVEMENT IN POLICY DECISIONS IN ISSUES OF PEACE AND SECURITY" project from October 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The project will promote political, economic, and social engagement in the...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded $207,978.02 to America-Mideast Educational And Training Services, Inc. (Amideast) through the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program to conduct the RUN THE PCELT English Language Teacher Professional Certification Training Program. Under this Project Grant awarded on September 1, 2021 with a completion date of June 30, 2023, Amideast will provide professional certification training for four...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $229,000 two-year Project Grant to Tatweer Baladna under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040). The grant aims to create six U.S. cultural pop-up spaces in Lebanon for 405 youth and 60 teachers from different age groups. The pop-up spaces will be located in Saida, Aley, Zahle, Bekaa, Hasbaya, Rashaya, Nabatieh, and Marjeyoun to provide cultural exposure and experiences. The Public Diplomacy Programs...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $3,000,000 project grant to Democracy International, Inc. to support local engagement in Tunisia's political process and voter participation as part of the Middle East Partnership Initiative federal grant program. The grant will fund a project in Tunisia from October 1, 2016 through August 31, 2019 to promote civic participation and voter engagement through activities such as voter education, civic participation training, and...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $1.8 million cooperative agreement to America-Mideast Educational And Training Services, Inc. (AMIDEAST) under the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs federal grant program (CFDA #19.600). The award period is from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. Under the cooperative agreement, AMIDEAST will work with three sub-awardees - Jordanian Hashemite Fund For Human Development (Johud), Al Qantara Center For Human Resources Development,...