The US Agency for International Development (USAID) publically launched the next round of the Ambassador's Fund Grant Programme with a ceremony announcing the first eleven grant recipients. During the current five-year cycle, running from 2017-2022, this programme will award approximately 200 grants in support of high impact efforts by Pakistani organizations working to improve the economic and social conditions of the people of Pakistan.
Chargé d'Affaires of the US Embassy, John Hoover, told those gathered for the event that, "This program helps people address local problems by implementing indigenous solutions that will have immediate and long-lasting impact," said a press release issued here.
The Ambassador's Fund Programme supports initiatives focused on priority areas identified by the United States Ambassador to Pakistan. During the current program grant cycle, USAID will support initiatives focused on promoting culture & the arts, improving disaster preparedness, developing small-scale energy solutions, encouraging social entrepreneurship, and empowering vulnerable populations. Private sector organizations, non-governmental organizations and non-government academic research and training institutions, including those led by women and those working in the regions of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan-are eligible to apply. The program is managed by the Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability.
During the previous grant cycle, the programme awarded 238 grants benefiting more than 1 million Pakistanis.
For more information about the USAID Ambassador's Fund Grant Program in Pakistan, please visit http://tdea.pk /afgp/.-PR