OpportunityTitle: FY 2013 Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees in Ethiopia and Kenya
CategoryExplanation: Overseas Refugee Assistance
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: (1) International Organizations.  International Organizations (IOs) should not submit proposals through Grants.gov in response to this Funding Opportunity Announcement.  Rather IOs such as UN agencies and other Public International Organizations (PIOs) that are seeking funding for programs relevant to this announcement should contact the relevant PRM Program Officer (as listed below) on or before the closing date of the funding announcement.
Description: ETHIOPIA- Proposals must focus on one or more of the following: Dollo Ado (Melkadida, Bokolmayo, and/or Buramino camps ONLY): 1) Health (reproductive health, maternal and child health/nutrition, mental health, psychosocial support, or assistance to persons living with disabilities); 2) Protection (assistance to unaccompanied minors); or 3) Livelihoods (primary and/or vocational education/training that benefits both refugees and host nationals, and that for Somali refugees has a clear link to eventual voluntary return); Benishangul-Gumuz (Bambasi and/or Tongo camps ONLY): Health (reproductive health, maternal and child health/nutrition, mental health, psychosocial support, or assistance to persons living with disabilities); Tigray (Shimelba, My?aini, and/or Adi Harush camps ONLY): Livelihoods and/or vocational education/training that will help minimize onward migration; Jijiga: Livelihoods (primary and/or vocational education/training that benefits bot h refugees and host nationals, and that for Somali refugees has a clear link to eventual voluntary return); or Gambella: 1) Protection (prevention and response to gender-based violence (GBV) and/or assistance to unaccompanied minors); or 2) Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene. KENYA- Proposals must focus on one or more of the following: 1) Protection (prevention and response to GBV and/or assistance to unaccompanied minors); 2) Health (reproductive health, support and accessibility to adequate nutrition for children and/or pregnant/lactating women, and/or persons living with disabilities and/or elderly persons; health support to persons living with disabilities in Kakuma Camp only); 3) Livelihoods (primary and/or vocational education/training that benefits both refugees and host nationals, and that for Somali refugees has a clear link to eventual voluntary return); or 4) Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Grants.gov Customer Support
GrantorContactText: Grants.gov Contact Center &lt;br/&gt;Phone Number: 1-800-518-4726 &lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;Hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The contact center is closed on federal holidays. &lt;br/&gt;support@grants.gov &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. EDT (noon). Proposals submitted after the deadline of 12:00 pm (noon, Washington, DC time) or incomplete proposal packages will not be considered (no exceptions).