Opportunity ID: 323713
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | AF-TZ-SSH-GR-2020 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | Funding through the Africa Regional Economic Support Fund |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 19.345 — International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jan 16, 2020 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jan 16, 2020 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 01, 2020 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Apr 01, 2020 |
| Archive Date: | Jun 15, 2020 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $50,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $10,000 |
| Award Floor: | $2,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | • Registered not-for-profit organizations, including civil society/non-governmental, organizations headquartered in Tanzania. • Established, registered grassroots community-based organizations (CBOs) and Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) headquartered in Tanzania. • The beneficiary members must be Tanzanian citizens • Applicants must display sound management in the form of financial and administrative procedures that protect against fraud, waste and abuse. • For-profit, commercial entities and individuals are not eligible to apply. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. Mission to Tanzania |
| Description: |
The Ambassador’s Special Self-Help (SSH) program started in 1964 in Togo and quickly spread across the continent as a grass-roots assistance program that allows U.S. embassies to respond quickly to local requests for small community-based development projects. The SSH program across Africa received $2 million in 2019 through the Africa Regional Economic Support Fund. The Ambassador’s Special Self-Help (SSH) Program started in Tanzania in 1965. It is distinct from the larger-scale assistance carried out locally by the U.S. government. This program focuses on providing targeted grants to assist small-scale ($2,000-$10,000), short-term (less than 12 months), community-driven development projects that improve economic and social conditions at the local level. Each project is expected to: · Improve basic economic or social conditions at the community or village level; · Support high-impact, quick-implementation activities that benefit a large number of people within one year without requiring further SSH assistance; · Involve a significant local contribution in cash, labor, or material, and be within the ability of the local community to operate and maintain; · Be in direct response to the initiative and aspirations of the local community (the local sponsors of the project, who will also be its prime beneficiaries); and · Not initiate, continue, or supplement technical assistance programs. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
cristen barnes
Grantor Email:Selfhelpd@state.gov |
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