Caritas Guine Bissau

Caritas Guine Bissau, an international nonprofit organization, operates exclusively as a sub-recipient on federal grants administered by Catholic Relief Services, delivering school feeding, nutrition, literacy, and health interventions in Guinea-Bissau under USDA McGovern-Dole funding.

Caritas Guine Bissau holds no federal prime awards and sits entirely in a subcontractor relationship with Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' relief and development arm. Four federal grant sub-awards span the period from October 2019 to June 2025, with all funding flowing from the Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service through the McGovern-Dole International Program for School Feeding and Nutrition for Children. The most recent sub-award, dated June 1, 2025, supports two coordinated objectives: improving literacy instruction for school-age children through enhanced teacher attendance, improved materials, in-service training, and reduced short-term hunger; and increasing health and dietary practice adoption through hygiene promotion, nutrition training, water and sanitation infrastructure rehabilitation, preventive health interventions, and safe food handling instruction. Earlier sub-awards (September 2023 and August 2024) reference a four-year USDA McGovern-Dole project titled "Improving School and Economic Performance in Educational Communities in Guinea-Bissau," which Catholic Relief Services received as a $17 million prime grant in 2019, benefiting 350 primary schools across five regions (Bafata, Cacheu, Gabu, Oio, and Quinara). Combined federal dollars obligated across all four sub-awards total $2.9 million. Activity is sparse and steady — one award per year in 2020, 2023, 2024, and 2025 — with a single customer agency (USDA FAS) in the source data. Caritas Guine Bissau's federal footprint is entirely contingent on Catholic Relief Services' McGovern-Dole grant cycle and does not generate independent federal contracting leverage or GWAC/IDIQ vehicle participation.