The Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to provide a unique opportunity for early-career and mid-career journalists in Ghana to elevate their craft beyond daily tasks. The grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to February 27, 2025, is being administered by Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, a for-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. that specializes in providing a wide range of administrative,...
The Organisation Pour LE Developpement Socio-Culturel De Petit-Goave Odscp will provide logistic coordination for two journalism trainings in Haiti with $255,983.20 in funding from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant program (CFDA 19.040). The grant award period is from July 21, 2022 through May 31, 2023 to support training for a total of 24 reporters and media directors from Haiti. The Public Diplomacy Programs...
The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded $226,881 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to support six town hall meetings and three days of editor training in Nigeria. The town halls and trainings aim to underscore the value of a free press in Nigeria's democracy through recognizing and informing local editors. The grant completion date is September 23, 2022. Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees, doing business as the Federal Egov IAE Initiative - Generic Entity...
The U.S. Department of State, through its Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040), awarded a $244,798 Cooperative Agreement to the International Center For Journalists Inc. (ICFJ) to conduct a 12-month program on "Media Smart: Spotting Truth in a Fake News World" for non-journalists in Africa. The program aims to empower African youth to develop storytelling skills that combat disinformation. As a non-profit organization specializing in media development and journalism training, ICFJ...
The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $171,875 Project Grant under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to Five Cowries Arts Education Initiative. The grant will support increasing the capacity of primary and secondary school teachers in Nigeria to deliver English language instruction and enhance STEM education outreach programs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. Public Diplomacy Programs aims to advance U.S. foreign policy goals through informing and building...
The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Dandal Kura Radio Internation Al under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The grant will support empirical research and data collection in Northeast Nigeria from October 2021 through May 2022 to inform the design of more targeted and effective countering violent extremism messaging for local audiences. Public Diplomacy Programs aims to advance U.S. foreign policy goals through...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs (CFDA 19.600) provides $475,000.00 to support the "Libya Media Literacy Training Project" conducted by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. The award, effective from October 1, 2024 to February 28, 2025, will fund IREX's efforts to deliver media literacy training and capacity-building programs in Libya. Through this grant,...
The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $249,640 cooperative agreement to Miscellaneous Foreign Awardees to develop, market, manage, implement, and monitor a small grants program that will fund 100 alumni projects. The award was made under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program to support the achievement of U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives through informing and influencing foreign publics. The cooperative agreement recipient will deliver a...
The Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program, awarded a $500,000 project grant to the International Center For Journalists Inc. (ICFJ), a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. The grant, with a performance period from Sep 30, 2024 to Oct 31, 2026, seeks to provide financial and technical assistance to small and medium-sized media outlets in the Eastern Caribbean. The objective is to strengthen their ability to...
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...