The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs has awarded a $199,997 Project Grant under the Middle East Partnership Initiative (CFDA 19.500) to the Leaders Organization, a non-profit based in Ramallah, West Bank. The grant aims to strengthen the Palestinian tech ecosystem by developing the internationalization potential of tech and tech-enabled startups. The project, titled "The West Bank Tech Boost", will run from November 1, 2024 to April 30, 2026. The funding will...
This $133,735.14 Project Grant award 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, with a performance period from September 29, 2024 to January 31, 2026, will fund a project to "Transform Trauma into Hope by Empowering Palestinian Youth, towards Achieving Conflict Resolution, Nonviolence and Peacebuilding" in the West Bank. The awardee,...
This federal Project Grant award, valued at $199,826.00, 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) program. The award is intended to empower young Palestinians (ages 14-30) in Gaza and the West Bank by increasing their resilience, civic education, and engagement skills. The funded activities include trauma-informed art therapy, peacebuilding training, and nonviolent...
This federal Project Grant award of $168,353.62 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs supports the Palestinian Youth Leaders Program, which aims to empower 162 young individuals aged 19-25 from the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The program, funded under the Department of State's Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa (CFDA 19.021) grant program, seeks to enhance the leadership potential of these young people and equip them with skills for...
This Project Grant award of $100,000.00 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) federal grant program is to arrange weekend retreats for young Palestinian women between the ages of 14-35. The purpose of these retreats is to increase the participants' knowledge of peacebuilding, nonviolent activism, and to help them imagine alternatives to occupation, violence, despair, or apathy. The...
This federal Project Grant award of $152,012.00 from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs is part of the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa (CFDA 19.021) program. 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. The grant was awarded on September 30, 2024, with a planned completion...
The Federal Project Grant award of $202,518, funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the Middle East Partnership Initiative (CFDA 19.500), aims to increase awareness and knowledge of digital entrepreneurship among 90 university students and women researchers from marginalized regions in northern and southern Tunisia. The goal is to create a pipeline of youth-led innovative projects. The award period is from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025, and the grant...
This federal Project Grant award of $467,980 was issued by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the Middle East Partnership Initiative (CFDA 19.500). The grant is intended to: 1) Ensure employment reforms created by the integration of 50 Arab women into Israeli high-tech companies, 2) Advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) reforms in 30 participating high-tech companies, and 3) Support the inclusive economic growth of Arab women in the Israeli high-tech...
This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $150,000.00, awarded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, supports the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa (CFDA 19.021) program. The award aims to promote and increase the number of ultra-orthodox young women in the high-tech industry in Israel, with an emphasis on financial empowerment for women. The project period runs from September 30, 2024, to March 6, 2025. The primary awardee is Miscellaneous...
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...