Opportunity Information: Apply for NIGER SSH FY2022
The Ambassadors' Special Self-Help Fund (Funding Opportunity Number NIGER-SSH-FY2022; Assistance Listing 19.220) is a small-grants program run by the U.S. Embassy in Niamey under the U.S. Department of State (Bureau of African Affairs). It is designed to support practical, community-driven projects that strengthen socio-economic development across Niger. The core idea is to fund grass-roots initiatives that communities themselves request, help design, and help carry out, with the expectation that communities contribute meaningfully to the project through cash, labor, and/or materials. Projects are meant to be locally initiated and locally administered, with a strong emphasis on self-reliance and on helping communities build the confidence and capacity to take on similar improvements in the future.
Geographically, proposals can be submitted for implementation anywhere in Niger, including any of the country's eight regions, so long as the project clearly responds to a real community need. The intended beneficiaries are community members and groups who will directly benefit from improved local services or livelihoods. Applicants are expected to work hand-in-hand with local authorities and community leaders to assess needs, agree on priorities, and plan activities in a way that reflects local ownership rather than outside direction.
In terms of what the fund supports, the program focuses on short-term, concrete improvements to basic economic and social conditions. Examples of eligible project results include better educational infrastructure and learning conditions (such as constructing classrooms or libraries, acquiring student materials, or building school latrines), upgraded community health services (such as improving community health centers or providing essential medical equipment), and improved access to water and sanitation (including wells or boreholes and latrine construction). The fund also encourages projects that expand youth employment and livelihoods through income-generating activities, vocational training, or establishing workshops for skills development. It similarly prioritizes initiatives that strengthen the social and economic empowerment of women and girls, including equipment that reduces workload or increases earning potential (for example grain mills or oil extraction machines), and efforts that reduce gender gaps in education such as girls' education support or literacy classes.
Additional examples of activities that fit the program's intent include projects that improve household food security (community gardens, livestock breeding, crop storage), raise household income and farmer productivity (livelihood development and profitability improvements), create opportunities for people living with disabilities (skills training, special education, job opportunities), and reduce environmental degradation (environmentally friendly cooking stoves, climate-smart agriculture, land restoration, natural fertilizer production, and recycling). Across all themes, the fund is meant to cover only what is essential to completing the project, especially necessary items and technical assistance directly tied to the deliverables.
The funding parameters are modest and intentionally geared toward small, achievable projects. Grants are expected to range from $3,000 to $10,000, with approximately 5 to 10 awards anticipated depending on available funding and award sizes. Projects should be designed to finish within 3 to 12 months. Funding is provided as a grant under Economic Support Funds authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act, and the notice indicates awards are subject to the availability of funds. The anticipated start date listed is July 2022, while the application deadline for this competition is April 30, 2023, and the opportunity was posted March 27, 2023.
There are also clear restrictions on what the Self-Help Program will not fund. It cannot be used for administrative costs and salaries, and it will not purchase vehicles or office equipment. It also excludes activities that are purely police-, military-, or cultural-focused, and it does not support religious projects unless the activity genuinely benefits the whole community without regard to religious affiliation. The fund cannot support personal businesses, scholarships, donations, or honorariums, and it will not pay for routine office supplies like paper, pencils, forms, or folders. The opportunity explicitly excludes projects focused on refugees or displaced persons, and it will not fund projects affiliated with human rights activities, as stated in the notice.
On eligibility and submission rules, each organization is allowed to submit only one proposal. Applicants must also not be listed on the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) within the System for Award Management (SAM); entities appearing there are not eligible for an assistance award. Overall, successful proposals are likely to be those that clearly demonstrate genuine community need, strong local partnership and contributions, a realistic work plan that can be completed within the time frame, and a budget tightly aligned to essential project inputs rather than overhead or prohibited cost categories.Apply for NIGER SSH FY2022
- The Department of State, U.S. Mission to Niger in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Ambassadors' Special Self Help Fund" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.220.
- This funding opportunity was created on Mar 27, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 30, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $10,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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