The U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, PEPFAR Coordination Office announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a project to combat the spread of HIV. The Deadline is 18 June 2024.

Program Objectives

• The U.S. Embassy Tanzania’s PEPFAR Coordination Office is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Ambassador’s Fund for HIV/AIDS Relief (AFHR) with funding from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

• The U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam’s PEPFAR Coordination Office welcomes proposals from registered youth-led, KVP-led and PLHIV-led non-profit Tanzanian organizations such as Community Based Organizations (CBOs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Faith Based Organizations (FBOs), or Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).

Topics

• PEPFAR Tanzania invites proposals for projects on one or more of the following topics:

  • Address structural barriers to accessing HIV services, (e.g., stigma and discrimination, violence, poverty, educational attainment)

  • Promote PrEP, including treatment literacy.

  • Increase HIV case identification, and/or self-testing demand and uptake.

  • Improve adherence to HIV treatment and involvement in care and support services.

  • Enhance treatment literacy for antiretroviral treatment, and/or viral load testing and suppression.

Funding Information

• Total available funding: $250,000

• Award amounts: Awards may range from a minimum of $20,000 to a maximum of $40,000.

• Length of performance period: 12 or 24 months

• Number of awards anticipated: 6 – 10 awards (dependent on amounts)

• Anticipated program start date: November 1, 2024

Beneficiaries

• Targeted beneficiaries of the PEPFAR Tanzania Ambassador’s Fund for HIV/AIDS Relief (AFHR) for this proposal include the following:

  • Youth

    • Adolescents and young people aged 10-14, 15-19 or 20-24.

  • Key and Vulnerable Populations (KVP)

    • KVP include female sex workers (FSW), men who have sex with men (MSM), fisher folk, people who inject drugs, prison inmates, and other stigmatized populations.

  • People Living with HIV (PLHIV) 

    • PLHIV includes any person living with HIV who need to be supported with a wide range of client centered HIV care and treatment services.

Priority Region

• Tanzania

Eligibility Criteria

• The PEPFAR Small Grants Office welcomes proposals from registered non-profit Tanzanian organizations such as:

  • Community Based Organizations (CBOs)

  • Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)

  • Faith Based Organizations (FBOs)

  • Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

• Organizations must provide proof of their TIN registration or their tax-exempt certification.

• Organizations must be beneficiary-led and provide a justification of how they meet these criteria as part of the application submission.

• Projects must be based in the local community in which the organization is located; those selected for funding should have a direct impact in their own local community and demonstrate community support and collaboration.

• Selected organizations must be able to establish clear performance goals, indicators and timely project deliverables that can be externally verified. Funded organizations are also required to monitor, measure and report results achieved in accordance with PEPFAR’s reporting requirements. Proposals must demonstrate lasting impact which will endure after the grant is over.

• Note that recipients of awards made resulting from this NOFO shall be ineligible to receive funding under the Capacity Building NOFO (DOS-DAR-CB-FY25) which is announced separately by the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam’s PEPFAR Coordination Office.

• For organizations outside Dar Es Salam, your proposed budgets must include the cost of travel for two members of the recipient organization to participate in a capacity-building training session to be held in Dar es Salaam at the beginning of the award.

For more information, visit U.S. Embassy in Tanzania.