Maximum Award Amount: $25,000
Examples of Prior Activities Funded Under the Julia Taft Project
Here examples of previous Taft projects throughout the world:
Improve the mental health of the migrant community.
Build a playground for refugee children.
Start an income-generating cooperative for returnees.
Support livelihoods training and sports programs.
Support a transit center for unaccompanied minor refugees and asylum seekers.
Provide a shelter for 150 women and girls from migrant communities who are survivors of gender-based violence (GBV).
Support a vocational training program for refugees.
Support returnees with manufacturing of liquid soap.
Train refugees in gardening and running small businesses.
Support an income-generating project and provide health care to disabled residents.
U.S. Mission to Guinea: Julia Taft Refugee Fund Program 2021
150SHARES
Deadline: 20-Jan-21
U.S. Embassy Conakry, in collaboration with the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM), is pleased to welcome proposals via the
Julia Taft Refugee Fund from potential partners in Guinea working in the field of refugee protection.
The fund is meant to close low-cost gaps in refugee protection and assistance. Similarly, the intent of this initiative is to provide U.S. Ambassadors with the means to respond to critical programming gaps not addressed in larger multilateral refugee programs.
Award Ceiling: $25000;
Activities
Below are just a few examples of activities that can be funded under this program (Please make sure that there is a strong tie to the local context building on the competencies / capacity of the proposing organization):
Most Malian refugees are women and children.
Date Open: December 11, 2020
Closing Date: December 28, 2020
CFDA: 19.517 – Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa
Funding Instrument: Grant
Background and funding opportunity description
U.S. Embassy Bamako in collaboration with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) is pleased to welcome proposals via the Julia Taft Refugee Fund from potential partners working to assist refugees in Mali. This support is meant to meet low-cost gaps in refugee protection and assistance. Similarly, the intent of this initiative is to provide U.S. Ambassadors with the means to respond to critical gaps that have not been addressed in larger multilateral refugee programs.