Project Grant SLMAQM17GR1203

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to Sesame Workshop to deliver prosocial messaging via a second season of Sesame Street television programming in Kenya. The programming will promote peaceful conflict resolution, mutual respect and understanding among young children through December 2022. The award supports the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) which aims to inform and influence foreign publics to advance U.S. foreign policy goals and...

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $1,175,000 cooperative agreement to Filmaid Kenya under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517) program. The award period is from September 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. Under this cooperative agreement, Filmaid Kenya will foster an informed health and education environment for refugees and host communities in Dadaab, Kakuma, and Kalobeyei, Kenya by increasing the quantity and quality...

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $2.7 million cooperative agreement to the Kenya Red Cross Society on September 1, 2021 to improve access to primary health care and gender-based violence response services in refugee camps in Kenya through October 30, 2022. The funding will support health facilities in the Dadaab Ifo camp and Kalobeyei settlement that provide primary care and address noncommunicable diseases as part of the Overseas Refugee Assistance...

The Department of State Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $214,992 project grant to Nephak, a division of the National Empowerment Network Of People Living With HIV & Aid, to routinely collect patient and provider level data related to the quality of services provided at the site level in three categories of counties in Kenya. Specifically, under the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Programs (PEPFAR, CFDA 19.029), Nephak will collect data in the categories of Evolved,...

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $2.8 million cooperative agreement to the Kenya Red Cross Society from September 30, 2022 to September 29, 2023 under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517). The cooperative agreement will contribute towards improved health and well-being of refugees in Dadaab Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei Settlement in Kenya. As a key partner for international organizations in Africa, Kenya Red Cross Society...

The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $3 million cooperative agreement to Hias Inc. to improve safety, well-being and inclusion for vulnerable refugees and host communities in Nairobi, Kenya from September 2021 through September 2022. Under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517), Hias will contribute to basic needs assistance for refugees and conflict victims across Africa. Specifically, the organization will work with...

This $121,717 cooperative agreement from the Department of State Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation will build the capacity of maritime port state control authorities in Kenya to implement due diligence for reducing sanctions risk. Funded under the Export Control and Related Border Security Program (EXBS Program), the two-year award to Compliance & Capacity Skills International LLC will run from September 2021 through August 2023. The EXBS Program administered by the...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Consolidated And Technical Assistance Grant Program to Address Children and Youth Experiencing Domestic and Sexual Violence and Engage Men and Boys as Allies (CFDA 16.888) to the Sauti Yetu Center For African Women, Inc. The 36-month grant, which commenced on October 1, 2024, will support comprehensive, community-based efforts to prevent and respond to domestic violence, dating...

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 International Security and Nonproliferation awarded a $500,000 cooperative agreement to the Financial Services Volunteer Corps under the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program. The objective of this pilot project is to address risks associated with adopting distributed ledger technology and its potential impact on sanctions evasion in Kenya through February 2023. As part of the EXBS Program's mission to enhance export controls and border...