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Report on Children's Survival and Healthcare Available
The State of the World's Children 2008
UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, advocates for the protection of children's rights to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. The organization offers The State of the World's Children 2008, which assesses the current state of child survival and primary healthcare for mothers, newborns, and children. UNICEF believes these issues serve as sensitive barometers of a country's development and well-being and as evidence of its priorities and values, and that investing in the health of children and their mothers is a human rights imperative and one of the surest ways for a country to set its course towards a better future. The State of the World's Children 2008 is available as a report in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic and as a multi-media version in English, French, and Spanish. Also, regional editions for Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean will be available soon.
Information about Humanitarian Emergencies and Natural Disasters Available Online
ReliefWeb
ReliefWeb, administered by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, is an online gateway to information about humanitarian emergencies and disasters. The website is designed specifically to assist the international humanitarian community in effective delivery of emergency assistance and provides timely, reliable, and relevant information as events unfold, while also emphasizing the coverage of "forgotten emergencies." ReliefWeb offers a map center, emergency updates, a listing of funding appeals and financial tracking of responses to funding requirements, an online library of reference materials covering humanitarian policies and issues of global nature, and information of practical use for relief professionals, including sectoral and thematic listings of "communities of practice," listings of job and training opportunities, and a directory of information providers. ReliefWeb also offers an email subscription service so users with low bandwidth Internet connections can receive information reliably.
Service Connects Organizations to Resources
UniversalGiving
UniversalGiving is a social entrepreneurship nonprofit organization whose vision is to "create a world where giving and volunteering are a natural part of everyday life." The organization's web-based service helps people give and volunteer with exceptional organizations all over the world. UniversalGiving offers its services to NGOs to help them acquire needed resources, such as donations and volunteers. The service is available free of charge. UniversalGiving also offers services to corporations for their social responsibility initiatives, and works to connect NGOs and corporate givers.
Report Examines Funding for Southern African Children's Programs
"Funding for Health and Basic Education Programs for Children and Youth in Southern Africa"
The Africa Grantmakers' Affinity Group (AGAG) is an advocate for Africa within the philanthropic community in the United States. AGAG's mission is to promote increased and more effective funding in Africa through building and sharing knowledge. AGAG has compiled research about funding for health and basic education programs for children and youth in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe between 2001 and 2005. The study, "Funding for Health and Basic Education Programs for Children and Youth in Southern Africa," included 42 U.S. and two European funders. Through the study, AGAG seeks to bring attention to the needs of children and youth in these countries and to the ways that funders are partnering with local, national, and global initiatives to improve access to adequate healthcare and basic education. A summary report and key findings are available for download from the publications page on AGAG's website. Several other publications about funding in Africa are also available.
Conferences and Trainings
Conference Examines Sustainable Development and Diversity
World Conservation Congress
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which seeks to help the world find pragmatic solutions to the most pressing environment and development challenges, is sponsoring the World Conservation Congress. The congress will gather more than 8,000 of the world's leading decision makers in sustainable development from governments, NGOs, business, the United Nations, and academia. The theme of the congress is "a diverse and sustainable world," and categories will include "a new climate for change," "healthy environments - healthy people," and "safeguarding the diversity of life." Online registration runs through September 25, 2008. The congress will take place October 5-14, 2008, in Barcelona, Spain.
NGOs Gather to Discuss Global Issues
5th International NGO Conference: Global Peace
The 5th International NGO Conference, hosted by Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Turkey, examines the theme of "Global Peace." Main topics include NGOs and their relation to government, youth, employment, education, health, arts and culture, politics and democracy, and development and economy; NGOs in Turkey and the European Union; international NGOs; global poverty; and global peace. Early registration is open through September 16, 2008. The conference takes place October 24-26, 2008, in Biga, Canakkale, Turkey.
Earlier Conference on Racism Reviewed
Durban Review Conference 2009
The Durban Review Conference, organized by the United Nations Human Rights Council, will examine the progress and assess the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, which was enacted at the 2001 World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance held in Durban, South Africa. The conference will assess contemporary manifestations of racism through an inclusive, transparent, and collaborative process, and identify concrete measures and initiatives for combating and eliminating forms of racism. The conference will also assess United Nations mechanisms for dealing with racism and identify and share practices to help fight racism. The conference intends to include interested parties in the planning process. The provisional dates for the second substantive session of the Preparatory Committee are October 6-17, 2008. Regional preparatory meetings are scheduled to take place through September 2008. The conference will be held April 20-24, 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland.
Foundation Addresses Links Between Conservation and Human Distress
Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation
The Liz Claiborne and Art Ortenberg Foundation is devoted to conserving nature and reducing human distress. The Foundation seeks to address the relationship between nature and humanity and focuses on species extinction, habitat destruction and fragmentation, and resource depletion and waste. The Foundation devotes a substantial portion of its funding to developing countries and recognizes the destructive connection between poverty, over-population, high infant mortality, cultural traditions that dehumanize women, inequitable land distribution, and the subsequent degradation of the land and the systems the land supports. Recent grants have ranged from US $5,000 to $150,000. There are no deadlines for applications.
International Scientific Collaboration Supported
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation
The U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation promotes international scientific and technical collaboration, primarily between the United States and Eurasia, through grants, technical resources, and training. Focus areas consist of cooperative research, both basic and applied, in the natural sciences; industry partnerships, including business and technology; science education and infrastructure; and the nonproliferation of weapons information, including biosecurity. The Foundation administers several programs with varying deadlines. Currently, the Foundation is offering grants for Cooperation in HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, which seek to initiate U.S.-Eurasian cooperation through high-quality, innovative, collaborative proposals in the biological, biomedical, and behavioral sciences related to HIV/AIDS and drug abuse. Grants for this program range up to US $60,000. The application deadline is August 1, 2008.
Support Provided for the Winnipeg Community
Winnipeg Foundation
The Winnipeg Foundation supports charities in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in the areas of arts and culture, heritage, community services, education, health, recreation, and the environment. Deadlines for the Community Grants program are January 30, April 30, and September 30, annually, for requests less than C $100,000 and December 30, annually, for requests of $100,000 or more. Organizations wishing to apply for large grants are required to meet with a member of the Foundation's grants staff before submitting an application. In addition to Community Grants, the Foundation administers the Literacy for Life Fund, which supports family literacy programming. Grants for this program range up to $3,000. Application deadlines are January 1, April 1, June 1, and October 1, annually.
Funding Available to Address Global Issues
Oak Foundation
The Oak Foundation commits its resources to address issues of global social and environmental concern, particularly those that have a major impact on the lives of the disadvantaged. Program areas include climate change, homelessness, human rights, learning differences, marine conservation, and women's issues. Geographic priorities vary by program area. The Foundation also has programs focusing specifically on Denmark and Zimbabwe. The Foundation supports special projects, core costs, capital needs, technical assistance, and collaborative activities. Grants range upwards of US $25,000. Letters of inquiry are accepted throughout the year.
Education and Relief Programs Supported
Flextronics Foundation
The Flextronics Foundation supports programs that serve the needs of people in communities where employees of Flextronics, and its suppliers and customers, live and work, including locations in Brazil, Asia, and Europe. The Foundation seeks to be an asset to its communities through the support of educational initiatives, including programs that benefit students with socioeconomic issues, learning disabilities, or handicaps, and the support of disaster, community, and medical relief, including local health programs. Grants generally do not exceed US $5,000. Applications are evaluated as they are received.
Support Provided to Grassroots Women's Groups in South Africa
WHEAT Trust
WHEAT (Women's Hope Education and Training) Trust is a South African women's fund committed to grassroots women's empowerment through education and training. The Trust offers grants to help women-led organizations gain access to capacity building and training. Areas of interest include HIV/AIDS, human rights, income generation, leadership development, community development, substance abuse and rehabilitation, street kids and at-risk youth, and family counseling. The Trust has no application deadlines.
Indigenous Projects Supported
First Peoples Worldwide
First Peoples Worldwide works to stop and reverse injustices by equipping Indigenous peoples with resources to challenge government, corporation, and conservation policies. Also, First Peoples seeks to build the capacity of Indigenous communities to play an active role in conservation of the planet. First Peoples' Keepers of the Earth Fund makes grants for defense of Indigenous homelands, redressing evictions, and supporting Indigenous Peoples' return to homelands; mapping Indigenous homelands and resources; Indigenous stewardship of land and natural resources; organizational start-up costs for Indigenous organizations; protection of Indigenous knowledge; collaborative management projects; exchange visits to support Indigenous management and share best practices; technology used to empower Indigenous communities; and production of advocacy materials to support change. The Fund considers support to Indigenous-led organizations in all countries except the United States. There are no deadlines for applications.
Fund Supports Human Rights for the Disabled
Disability Rights Fund
The Disability Rights Fund seeks to advance the human rights of all persons with disabilities by strengthening the participation of disabled persons' organizations in the advancement of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at country level in the Global South and Eastern Europe/former Soviet Union. The Fund seeks to raise awareness of the CRPD, strengthen advocacy efforts, and support coalitions and networks. In the current grant round, the Fund supports projects in the following countries: Africa: Ghana, Namibia, and Uganda; Latin America: Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Peru; and Asia: Bangladesh. Grants range from US $5,000 to $50,000. The application deadline is August 15, 2008.
Research on Chinese Culture Supported
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange supports scholars and institutions worldwide in their pursuit of research on Chinese civilization, and promotes cooperation between domestic and foreign academic organizations in order to expand the scope of research on Chinese civilization. The Foundation provides support for the following: the study of Chinese civilization in academic institutions at home and abroad, foreign scholars in the humanities and social sciences to travel to Taiwan to conduct field research related to the Republic of China, domestic universities and academic organizations to undertake cooperative scholarly activities with their counterparts throughout the world, international academic conferences, the publication of scholarly books and periodicals, foreign doctoral candidates in the writing of their dissertations, post-doctoral research by recent PhDs, and domestic graduate students for travel abroad for the purpose of attending international academic conferences. The Foundation also seeks to develop connections and cooperation with important cultural and educational institutions and foundations worldwide, and to develop other projects which will help to enhance the international status of Sinological research. Grant ranges and deadlines vary by program.
Canadian Public Policy and Governance Initiatives Supported
Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation
The Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation aspires to the ideal of a sovereign Canada that is dedicated to the security and well-being of all Canadians and committed to tolerance, pluralism, and democratic participation. Grant programs consist of the Canadian North, including modern treaties and governance, sustainable communities, and the circumpolar world; fresh water resources protection, including sustainable watershed governance, groundwater conservation, and transboundary security; and global citizenship, including youth engagement and research studies on the opportunities afforded by the engagement of Canada's transnational communities in promoting Canada's role in the world and the implications for public policy. The majority of recent grants have ranged from C $1,000 to $100,000. Interested applicants should review the Foundation's guidelines and then contact the appropriate program officer. The Board meets quarterly to review proposals, typically in March, June, September, and December.
U.S. Federal Deadlines
Excerpts from GrantStation's Listings of Federal Notices
National Institutes of Health: Indo-U.S. Program on Contraception and Reproductive Health Research
Deadline: Letters of Intent: July 11, 2008; Full Proposals: August 11, 2008
This program seeks to build upon previous research cooperation by drawing on the expertise of Indian and U.S. scientists and institutions to support collaborative research that will result in expanded contraceptive options and improved reproductive health. To address shared concerns in contraception and reproductive health, Indian and U.S. scientists will undertake a coordinated program involving participation in collaborative, peer-reviewed research projects designed to achieve enhanced reproductive health, disease prevention, product development, and technology transfer.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Provision of Full Access Home-Based Confidential HIV Counseling and Testing and Basic Care Services in Apac District of the Republic of Uganda under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Deadline: July 14, 2008
This program seeks to provides access for confidential, home-based HIV counseling and testing throughout the District of Apac in the Republic of Uganda. The program aims to ensure that the entire adult population of the district and their family members receive confidential HIV counseling and testing in their homes.
USAID: Behaviors Change and Reduced Incidence of HIV infections in Malawi
Deadline: July 15, 2008
This program seeks to implement the delivery of services linked to increasing the adoption of safer sexual behaviors among adults in Malawi in order to contribute to reduced incidence of HIV infections, promote normative change, and increase preventive behaviors among adults in the general population. In addition, the program supports a comprehensive package of intensified preventive interventions targeting populations and venues with high prevalence of risky sexual behavior.
USAID: Iraq Community Action Program, Phase III
Deadline: Concept Papers: July 15 and August 15, 2008
This program seeks to promote diverse and representative citizen participation throughout Iraq, engage local government in articulating and acting on needs identified by communities, and assist innocent victims of military operations. The program aims to facilitate the creation and training of community action groups responsible for identifying and prioritizing community needs, mobilizing community and other resources, and monitoring project implementation. The program also seeks to strengthen the capacity of the lowest levels of local government to draw on the government of Iraq's own resources to meet community-identified needs.
USAID: Promoting Sustainable Business Initiatives while Conserving Biodiversity
Deadline: July 16, 2008
This program seeks to improve the economic and social well-being of families in and adjacent to significant important ecological areas (terrestrial or water) in Paraguay. The program assists poor farmers and communities in areas of Paraguay through sustainable methods to obtain alternative sources of income in order to stop reliance on slash-and-burn farming.
USAID: Indigenous-Based Biodiversity Conservation Program
Deadline: July 17, 2008
This program seeks to conserve biodiversity in indigenous areas of the Brazilian Amazon. Expected outcomes include improved biodiversity conservation and natural resource management in indigenous lands in the Amazon, strengthened organizational capacity of Amazonian indigenous organizations and empowered indigenous leaders able to actively participate in the shared management of landscape mosaics encompassing indigenous lands and their buffer areas, and implementation of alternative income-generation activities that link biodiversity conservation with sustainable economic development of indigenous lands in the Amazon.
USAID: U.S.-China Clean Energy Partnership
Deadline: July 17, 2008
This program supports public-private partnership activities to help China achieve its national energy efficiency goals and reduce its growing contributions to greenhouse gas emissions, while at the same time addressing China's local and regional air pollution and unsustainable energy consumption patterns.
USAID: Annual Program Statement for Non-Governmental Organization Security Management Initiatives
Deadline: July 18, 2008
This program seeks to increase the NGO community's awareness of generally recognized good security practices, build their capacity to implement good practices, improve institutional support for comprehensive security management, and promote appropriate collaboration among humanitarian actors. The program encourages creative, innovative, and "cutting-edge" initiatives.
USAID: Actions for Combating Trafficking-in-Person (ACT) Program
Deadline: July 21, 2008
This program seeks to combat human trafficking in Bangladesh through the prevention of trafficking-in-persons, enhancing the protection of victims and improving victim care, and strengthening the government of Bangladesh's capacity to prosecute traffickers and trafficking-related crimes to help ensure that the rule of law and human security is improved. The program focuses mainly on vulnerable populations, in particular but not exclusively on victims and potential victims of trafficking in the sex trade and the prevention of labor migration abuses and human trafficking related to migrant labor.
USAID: Somalia Education and Water Program
Deadline: July 21, 2008
This program seeks to provide basic education and water and sanitation services in Somalia while supporting government institutions and community groups. Program areas include rehabilitating and constructing schools, improving water and sanitation facilities, improving teaching and learning, supporting school education committees, and strengthening Somali capacities to improve education, water, and sanitation services.
USAID: Rebuilding Basic Health Services in Liberia
Deadline: July 22, 2008
This program seeks to rebuild and improve basic health services in Liberia, including HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, family planning and reproductive health, environmental health (water supply, hygiene, and sanitation), and control of infectious diseases.
USAID: Annual Program Statement for Kosovo
Deadline: July 23, September 23, and November 24, 2008
This program seeks to promote reconciliation, mitigate conflict, and improve education and water infrastructure in Kosovo. Program areas include leadership dialogue, youth reconciliation, small infrastructure for education, and small infrastructure for water and sanitation.
USAID: Global Civil Society Strengthening
Deadline: July 25, 2008
This program offers support to provide technical assistance, research, services, and support for civil society in USAID presence and non-presence countries. Program areas consist of civic participation, including legal and regulatory frameworks, capacity for democratic processes, citizen participation and oversight, civic education and democratic culture, and democratic trade unions; media freedom and freedom of information, including enabling environments for independent media, professional and institutional capacity, media sustainability, media sector civil society organizations and other support institutions, and media outlets and infrastructure; and program design and learning, including needs assessments, baseline studies, targeted evaluations, special studies, or other information-gathering efforts specifically for the design, monitoring, and evaluation of U.S. Government-funded programs.
Higher Education for Development: Burundi: Strengthening Rural Agriculture Development
Deadline: July 28, 2008
This program, sponsored by USAID, supports a partnership with the University of Ngozi in Burundi to strengthen its capacity for teaching, applied research, and agricultural extension. A key aspect of the partnership will be to strengthen the capacity of the university to engage more fully with small businesses and other grassroots rural development entities to address persistent rural poverty. The program seeks to improve livelihoods in rural areas through direct engagement of university students and staff in addressing social, economic, and physical constraints to increased production, conservation, and marketing of agricultural and non-agricultural products.
USAID: Batey Community Development Project
Deadline: July 28, 2008
This program seeks to increase the standard of living for residents in selected pilot batey communities in the Dominican Republic through integrated development activities focused in the sectors of health, basic education, shelter improvements, and water and sanitation while affording environmental protection and leveraging additional support in other sectors such as economic growth and agriculture. Bateyes were originally work camps built by the Dominican Government on or near sugar cane plantations to house their workers. After the closure of the plantations and mills, these work camps evolved into rural communities.
USAID: Reproductive Health/Family Planning and Child Survival Services
Deadline: July 31, 2008
This program seeks to increase the use of quality reproductive health/family planning and child survival services at the facility and community levels in selected districts in Uganda. The program emphasizes voluntary family planning services, including delay, spacing, and limiting of births; child survival interventions, including breastfeeding, nutrition, and immunization; and selected maternal and neonatal services, including safe delivery and newborn care.
USAID: Inter-Agency Annual Program Statement: Prevention for At-Risk Populations in High-Prevalence Urban Areas in Ethiopia
Deadline: Concept Papers: July 31, 2008
This program supports the implementation of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Ethiopia. Targeted program areas include the prevention of HIV transmission within targeted populations in urban settings and "hotspots"; the development, implementation, and evaluation of tailored prevention programs for specific populations; and the conduct of rapid and formative monitoring and evaluation of activities to increase the knowledge of risk behaviors and the context for high-risk populations.
USAID: Tajikistan Maternal and Child Health Annual Program Statement
Deadline: Concept Papers: August 1, 2008, and quarterly through June 24, 2009
This program provides support to implement maternal and child health activities in Tajikistan. Areas of interest include birth preparedness and maternity services, newborn care and treatment, treatment of child illness, maternal and young child nutrition, slowing the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in child and maternal health, and household-level water, sanitation, hygiene, and environment.
USAID: Civil Society Strengthening Program
Deadline: August 1, 2008
This program seeks to improve the enabling environment for civil society and strengthen civil society's role in advocating for and influencing the development and effective implementation of public policy in Kosovo.
USAID: Health Management Education Activity in Georgia
Deadline: August 4, 2008
This program seeks to address the extreme shortage of professionally qualified staff needed to effectively manage the new, predominantly private sector health services and the dramatic expansion of private health insurance companies by expanding graduate level opportunities for training in health and insurance management in the Republic of Georgia.
USAID: Strengthening Civil Society in Ukraine
Deadline: August 4, 2008
This program seeks to strengthen and assist leading pro-reform Ukrainian NGOs to sustain and consolidate democratic gains. The program seeks to address systemic sector-wide challenges to civil society as well as support NGO monitoring and advocacy initiatives from various spheres of public life which are essential in advancing Ukraine's reform process.
USAID: Annual Program Statement: Conflict Mitigation and Reconciliation Programs and Activities (with Possible Multiple Awards)
Deadline: August 12, 2008
This program supports conflict mitigation and reconciliation programs that bring together individuals of different ethnic, religious, or political backgrounds from areas of civil conflict and violence in the following countries: Africa: Angola, Burundi, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana (restricted to Northern Ghana), Guinea, Kenya, Mali (restricted to Northern Mali: regions of Timbuktu, Gao, and Kidal), Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan (restricted to Blue Nile State, Southern Kordofan, and Abyei), and Uganda; Asia and Near East: Bangladesh, East Timor, Israel, Morocco, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and West Bank/Gaza; Europe and Eurasia: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation (restricted to Northern Caucasus), and Tajikistan; and Latin America and the Caribbean: Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.
Department of Labor: Building the Capacity of the Afghan Labor Ministry to Increase Knowledge
Deadline: August 14, 2008
This program seeks to build the capacity of the Afghanistan Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled to increase knowledge of the labor code and internationally-recognized core labor principles among the judiciary and the public. Objectives include freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining, the elimination of forced or compulsory labor, the abolition of child labor, and the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.
National Institutes of Health: Global Infectious Disease Research Training Program Award
Deadline: Letters of Intent: August 14, 2008; Full Proposals: September 16, 2008
This program supports U.S. and developing country institutions for programs to provide infectious disease (excluding HIV/AIDS) research training to scientists and health professionals in order to build sustainable research capacity in low- and middle-income endemic countries. Developing country institutions may also apply for one-year planning grants to support the development and submission of research training program proposals in the subsequent year.
National Institutes of Health: International Research in Infectious Diseases including AIDS Program
Deadline: Letters of Intent: August 16, 2008; Full Proposals: September 16, 2008
This program provides support to conduct studies and establish collaborative infectious diseases research with investigators and institutions at international sites. The intent is to advance the development of local scientific expertise, build local research infrastructure, and increase collaborative research partnerships. Topics of interest are limited to research on infectious diseases, including emerging infections that are of the greatest public health significance within the applicant country (e.g. tuberculosis; malaria; HIV/AIDS; sexually transmitted diseases; diarrheal, respiratory, and enteric diseases; viral hemorrhagic fevers; viral encephalitides; parasitic diseases; and vector-borne diseases). Development of immunological, microbiological, biostatistical, epidemiological, and clinical research capacity is encouraged.
Higher Education for Development: Egypt: Executive Master's in Business Administration
Deadline: August 22, 2008
This program, sponsored by USAID, supports a higher education partnership with the Alexandria University Faculty of Commerce in Egypt to strengthen its Executive Master's in Business Administration (EMBA) program that is designed to attract working professionals with five to six years of experience. The partners will review curriculum, enhance development of the faculty, and implement a program to educate one cohort of EMBA students. The partners will also develop marketing strategies and a business plan for the EMBA, and foster links to public and private entities in Egypt and the U.S. for program innovation and support.
USAID: Care Services for HIV-Infected Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Ethiopia
Deadline: Concept Papers: August 29, 2008
This program supports orphan and vulnerable children (OVC) activities related to HIV prevention and care in high-prevalence, underserved areas of Ethiopia. Program areas include provision of quality, comprehensive, multi-sector coordinated community care for HIV-affected or infected OVC; provision of technical assistance to local OVC programs to create or improve referral systems to and from health facilities, government services, and other community child services; and support for community data collection to monitor progress in OVC well-being and to inform activity implementation and modifications.
National Institutes of Health: Millennium Promise Awards: Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases Research Training Program
Deadline: Letters of Intent: August 31, 2008; Full Proposals: September 29, 2008
This program seeks to build research capacity in low- and middle-income countries in fields related to cancer; cerebrovascular disease, including stroke; lung disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and environmental factors such as indoor air pollution; and obesity and lifestyle factors related to these conditions, as well as genetics of non-communicable diseases. Applicants may be domestic or foreign, but must have the ability to provide training and must exhibit that they have existing research programs in these fields. The program also offers planning grants to develop a future chronic disease research training program with U.S. collaborators.
USAID: Annual Program Statement for Program for Enhancement of Emergency Response (PEER) Stage 3
Deadline: September 20, 2008
This program seeks to enhance disaster preparedness and response capacities of vulnerable countries within the Asia region, including the PEER countries of Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, and the Philippines and the non-PEER target countries of Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam. The program conducts training on three principal courses: the Medical First Responder, Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue, and Hospital Preparedness for Emergencies.
Higher Education for Development: Paraguay: Strengthening Training in Health Information Systems, Health Statistics, and Epidemiology
Deadline: September 24, 2008
This program, sponsored by USAID, supports a partnership to strengthen the capacity of higher education in Paraguay to enhance the gathering and sharing of public health information and health statistics and improve training in epidemiology.
USAID: Food for Peace: Title II Program Policies and Proposal Guidelines
Deadline: Single-year proposals: Ongoing until September 30, 2008
This program seeks to address the problem of food insecurity in the developing world, with emphasis on vulnerability that impedes the achievement of food availability, access, and utilization. Vulnerability is defined as the risk and consequences of, and resilience to, food security shocks.
USAID: Public-Private Alliances
Deadline: September 30, 2008
This program seeks to form Global Development Alliances to carry out activities in support of USAID's international development objectives. Alliance partners are expected to bring significant new resources, ideas, technologies, or partners to address development problems in countries where USAID is currently working. Primary interest areas for alliances include agriculture; anti-corruption, governance, and civil society strengthening; conflict, relief, and humanitarian assistance; disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; food security; economic growth, and trade capacity building; education, universities, and job training; environment and energy; health; information technology; urban programs; and water.
USAID: Public-Private Alliances in Nigeria
Deadline: September 30, 2008
This program seeks to build public-private partnerships that mobilize resources, expertise, creative approaches, and technologies that address development issues in Nigeria. Focus areas consist of economic growth, including the agriculture sector, small- and medium-scale enterprises, credit guarantees, employment generation, and power supply for micro-enterprises; peace and democratic governance, including local governance, conflict mitigation, civil society strengthening, and trafficking in persons; health, including malaria, family planning, credit guarantees, and private sector service delivery; education, including basic education with a focus on improving the quality of primary education; and HIV/AIDS, including single-use syringe production, orphans and vulnerable children, abstinence and being faithful, and condom messages.
USAID: Public-Private Alliances Related to Child and Maternal Health in Kosovo
Deadline: September 30, 2008
This program supports projects that relate to the health sector in Kosovo, with a focus on improving the health of women and children. The program supports systems strengthening, in-service training, pre-service education, and community outreach, with an overall goal of reducing infant mortality and improving maternal health through enhancement of essential maternal and child health services.
USAID: Support of the South African Department of Education
Deadline: Concept Papers: September 30 and December 30, 2008
This program seeks to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS within the South African education sector and to strengthen the capacity of students, teachers, and education officials to deliver quality education and training. The program seeks to increase the number of schools and students that benefit from peer education programs, extend support to life orientation educators, support orphans and vulnerable children in target high schools and their feeder primary schools, support local universities working on HIV/AIDS with students on their campuses and support their feeder high schools, and offer technical assistance services to the Department of Education to strengthen its internal systems to address HIV/AIDS and other health issues.
USAID: Afghanistan Vouchers for Increased Productive Agriculture Program
Deadline: July 28, 2008
This program seeks to provide a short-term recovery stimulus to drought-affected subsistence farmers and agricultural producers in Afghanistan for the upcoming Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 cereals production seasons to encourage farmers to plant and produce basic food crops.
USAID: Capacity Strengthening of the National Response for the Prevention and Provision of HIV/AIDS Services
Deadline: July 30, 2008
This program works in El Salvador to strengthen the capacity of the national response for the prevention and provision of HIV/AIDS services by improving the National AIDS Program capability, especially for the most at-risk populations. The program seeks to increase public awareness about prevention of HIV/AIDS; strengthen the capacity of Ministry of Health healthcare personnel and key stakeholders to provide improved HIV/AIDS prevention and services; and improve materials and approaches produced with validated language and messages to better reach the MSM (men who have sex with men) population with HIV/AIDS prevention information, communication, and education.
USAID: Health Systems Strengthening
Deadline: August 13, 2008
This program supports health systems strengthening activities in Cambodia. The program seeks to strengthen public and private health service delivery systems; improve the quality and potential impact of maternal, neonatal, and infant/child health services and interventions; strengthen management and control of infectious diseases; and build the capacity of local Cambodia non-governmental organizations in the health sector.
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