The U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa, through the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), is pleased to announce the availability of a funding opportunity to support organizations assisting refugees and returnees in the DRC.

Program Objectives:

The Julia Taft Refugee Fund supports one-time, low-cost interventions that address important gaps in protection and assistance for refugees.

PRM launched this initiative in 2000 under former PRM Assistant Secretary Julia Taft to provide Ambassadors with the means to respond to critical humanitarian gaps not addressed by international humanitarian organizations and NGOs through local and national humanitarian organizations.

The U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa would like to announce an open competition for local/national organizations to submit applications to carry out humanitarian projects in the DRC that seek to

• Provide assistance to refugees and/or refugee returnees comprising at least 50 percent of project participants; or
• Focus on persons at risk of statelessness or stateless persons comprising at least 50 percent of project participants.

Eligible Applicants:

Local/National NGOs.

Closing date: March 22, 2024

Funding: from $10,000 USD to $25,000 USD

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