FY 2013 Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO Programs Benefiting Refugees in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Yemen

PRM will prioritize funding for proposed NGO activities that best meet the Bureau's priorities for filling programming gaps in the Horn of Africa region as identified below. For Kenya, only proposals that target protection and assistance to refugees will be considered. Proposals should focus on one or more of the following four sectors: 1. Protection (options include: prevention of and response to gender-based violence (GBV) or assistance to unaccompanied minors); 2. Nutrition (options include: support and accessibility to adequate nutrition for pregnant/lactating women, and/or persons living with disabilities, and/or elderly persons); 3. Health (options include: support for persons living with disabilities, and/or psychosocial support, including support to child soldiers); or 4. Livelihoods (options include: primary and/or vocational education/training only that ideally benefit both refugees and host nationals, and that for Somali refugees have a clear link to eventual voluntary return;). Please note the following: there will be no separate call for GBV programs in Kenya for FY 2013. For Ethiopia, only proposals for protection and assistance to Dollo Ado, Sherkole, Tongo, or Bambasi camps accommodating Somali or Sudanese refugees will be considered. Proposals should focus on one or more of the following the four sectors: 1. Health (options include: reproductive health, maternal and child health, mental health and psychosocial support, or assistance for disabled persons only in Dollo Ado, Sherkole, or Bambasi camps); 2. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) in Sherkole and Bambasi camps only; 3. Protection (options include: prevention of and response to GBV and assistance to unaccompanied minors); or 4. Livelihoods (options include: primary and/or vocational education/training only that ideally benefits both refugees and host nationals, and that for Somali refugees have a clear link to eventual voluntary return; PRM will consider only vocational training activities for refugees in Tongo Camp). Please note the following: there will be no separate call for GBV programs in Ethiopia for FY 2013; funding opportunities for WASH activities in subsequent fiscal years are not planned. For Yemen, only programs that support urban refugees in Sana'a will be considered. Proposals should focus on at least one of the following sectors: 1. Livelihoods (options include: education and/or vocational training promoting self-reliance); or 2. Protection (options include legal protection/services, community services, or programs to prevent and respond to GBV). Please note the following: there will be no separate call for GBV programs in Yemen for FY 2013.