U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Small Grants Program

The summary for the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Small Grants Program grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the US Mission to Malawi, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Small Grants Program: U.S. Embassy Lilongwe announces an open competition for community-based organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to promote HIV prevention, testing, and treatment among one or more target populations at the local level. Applicants must show experience in implementing HIV/AIDS programs and must be based in the community where the activities will take place. Please follow all instructions below. Program Objectives: U.S. Embassy Lilongwe will partner with community-based organizations to complete small scale projects that support the Malawi Health Sector Strategic Plan, the Malawi National Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS, and the PEPFAR Malawi Country Operational Plan 2023. Successful applicants will show a strong connection to the local community and a history of successful work. Proposals should target beneficiaries belonging to one or more of the following high-risk groups: male and/or female sex workers, youths, men, men who have sex with men, prisoners, and orphaned and vulnerable children. The selection of target beneficiaries should be justified by community needs, and project activities should directly address the beneficiaries.Example Projects • Facilitate community led monitoring activities by providing service users with information on proper service provision. • Identify and address gaps to improve the HIV/AIDS referral system at community level.• Engage with established networks, clubs, and/or support groups todistribute quality messaging on prevention, testing, and care.• Address stigma, discrimination, violence, and marginalization towardmembers of vulnerable groups and people living with HIV/AIDS• Create demand for testing• Educate target beneficiaries on accessing proper information andservices.• Provide training and support on nutrition and healthy lifestyles for peopleliving with HIV/AIDS.• Promote life skills, sexual reproductive health, and HIV education for inschooland out of school youth, with a focus on delaying sexual activity,avoiding transactional and age disparate sex, and building self-efficacy.• Promote integration of HIV/AIDS activities or messaging with otherdevelopment interventions happening in the community.• Engage local leaders on changing community and social norms to preventthe spread of HIV