PRM is interested in innovative NGO proposals addressing the long-term needs of Afghan refugees as well as their host communities in Pakistan. As in past years, PRM generally supports activities in the areas of:
- vocational training and preparation for sustainable livelihoods
- basic and maternal/child healthcare
- primary education, teacher training, and provision of materials and equipment
- prevention of and response to gender-based violence (GBV)
- water and sanitation systems rehabilitation and repair; and
- supplemental feeding and nutritional programs.
The following activities are priority areas for PRM in FY09:
- Provide or improve access to basic and maternal/child healthcare.
- Provide access to primary education for boys and girls. Educational programs may include teacher training and rehabilitation of existing school facilities.
- Conduct vocational training in marketable skills and, as necessary, provide the required tool set for the profession.
Programs should seek to identify skills that would be marketable in both Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The competitive grant scheme supports youth employment projects in the Mano River Union (MRU) (Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone). It serves to identify and support small scale, innovative projects with potential to provide employment opportunities for young people (ages 15 to 30) while allowing youth organizations to actively participate in development. Youth organizations have first hand experience of the needs of young people but need of financial and/or technical support to reach their goals. Therefore grants of USD 2,000 to 50,000 will be awarded through an open, transparent, and competitive selection process.
Furthermore, the scheme serves as a laboratory to test innovative projects, in order to gain insight and extract lessons learned to be shared with the broader development community for possible replication and up-scaling.
Projects should contribute to youth employment in any of the following areas:
- Community projects and services
- Transition from school to work
- Vocational training for young people
- Youth entrepreneurship
- Economic empowerment of young women
As sustainability is an important aspect of the scheme preference will be given to partnerships with other stakeholders such as private enterprises, business associations, foundations, or government agencies.
