[afro-nets] Request for letters of Interest: 2008 Africa Emergency Contraception (EC) awards

["Claudio Schuftan" <cschuftan@phmovement.org>]

From: "Marcy Bloom" <marcybloom@comcast.net>

Request for letters of Interest: 2008 Africa Emergency Contraception (EC) awards now open/due February 15, 2008

MAINSTREAMING EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION IN AFRICA

Request for Letters of Interest

Dear Member,

On behalf of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, ECafrique is pleased to award USD$100,000 for work on mainstreaming emergency contraception (EC) in Africa in 2008.

Objectives:  These grants are intended to: 1) increase access to EC across Africa by supporting projects intended to introduce, scale-up or mainstream the method; and 2) build the capacity of African non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to design, implement and evaluate successful mainstreaming projects.

Program Description:  Successful applicants will receive technical and financial support from ECafrique throughout the life of their project, typically one year in duration.  Grantees will be invited to attend an international proposal-development workshop (in April or May 2008), where letters of interest will be expanded into full project proposals.  Funding will be awarded on a competitive basis to this pool in July.

Grants will range from $25,000 to $30,000 with approximately 3-4 awards distributed in 2008.

Priorities:  Letters of interest are welcomed from all African NGOs. Priority will be given to organizations without a direct international affiliation and applicants from Francophone Africa.

Application guidelines:  Please submit a 1-2 page letter of interest which includes the following:
?       Organizational contact information
?       Name and contacts of the Executive Director or President of the organization
?       Name and contacts of the project director
?       Project objectives
?       Proposed activities
?       Anticipated budget
?       Institutional capacity statement, including overall budget

Letters can be submitted in either English or French.  No formal proposals will be accepted.

Submissions will be accepted by email, courier or post and must be received by ECafriqueno later than February 15, 2008.  Invitations to the proposal development workshop will be issued by March 30, 2008.

Please send letters of interest to:             
ECafrique 
Population Council
PO Box 17643, 00500
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 (0) 2...
mailto:ecafrique@pcnairobi.org

For more information, please contact 
Lucy Nganga
mailto:lnganga@pcnairobi.org