Inclusive Nutrition and Early Childhood Development Activity

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Inclusive Nutrition and Early Childhood Development Activity: The United States Agency for International Development (“USAID” or the “Agency”) seeks concept papers from qualified entities for Inclusive Nutrition and Early Childhood Development (“INECD”) Activity in Rwanda, as further described in Section A of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (“NOFO”). Eligibility for this award is not restricted.The overall goal of the activity is to improve maternal, infant, child and adolescent nutrition, development, functional and health outcomes. To achieve this the activity has three overall objectives:Objective 1: Strengthened governance, coordination, and implementation of the National Strategic Plan for NCDA at the national, district, sector, cell and village level.Objective 2: Improved access to and availability of quality services that promote inclusive nurturing care.Objective 3: Increased household resources and skills to provide optimal nurturing care and promote healthy growth and development.The U.S. Agency for International Development (“USAID”) amends the above-referenced Notice of Funding Opportunity (“NOFO”).Amendment 01 revises the NOFO in response to questions from prospective applicants as detailed in the attachment.