CFBCI Newsletter, September 2017

The Center for Faith Based

and Community Initiatives

September 2017 Newsletter

LETTER FROM THE ACTING DIRECTOR

Dear Friends,

From September 9th to the 11th, I attended the 2017 AMAR Foundation Windsor Castle Conference, "Religious Persecution - The Driver for Forced Migration - From Persecution to Integration", focused on Northern Iraq. The annual Windsor Conference is a partnership between AMAR Foundation, Latter Day Saints (LDS) Charities and Cumberland Lodge. AMAR is an award-winning charity that is working to provide healthcare, education and emergency aid services in the Middle East, building and improving the lives and livelihoods of some of the world's poorest and most disadvantaged people. LDS Charities has provided assistance to millions of people in 189 countries s ince 1985.

Sincerely,

Timothy Lavelle

Acting Director, USAID Center for Faith Based and Community Initiatives

News

Feed the Future


	Photo Credit: USAID

U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID's) Administrator Mark Green traveled to Ethiopia to meet with partners, including religious leaders and faith-based and civil society organizations. In Jijiga, Ethiopia the Administrator announced the second phase of Feed the Future. Since Congress passed the Global Food Security Act last year, showing the commitment of America to empower communities and strengthen economies, the U.S. Government has now chosen twelve countries to participate in a second phase of Feed the Future as part of U.S. Global Food Security Strategy. Read more...

United Nations: State of Food Insecurity and Nutrition 2017 Report

Following the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the "State of Food Insecurity and Nutrition" report is the first U.N. global assessment on food security and nutrition released, which aims to end hunger and all forms of malnutrition by 2030 as a top international policy priority. In 2016 the number of chronically undernourished people in the world is estimated to have increased to 815 million, up from 777 million in 2015. Read the report here.

President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) Launch in West and Central Africa

USAID Administrator Mark Green announced that the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI), led by USAID and implemented together with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will launch new country programs in Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Niger, and Sierra Leone, and expand its existing program in Burkina Faso. The U.S. Government will now contribute to ensuring the availability of effective malaria prevention and control interventions to approximately 332 million people at risk across the west-to-central African corridor from Senegal to Cameroon. While launching and expanding PMI, the U.S. Government remains committed to partnering with existing PMI focus countries to accelerate progress in malaria control and continue the momentum towards elimination. Read more...

PEPFAR Strategy for Accelerating HIV/AIDS Epidemic Control

On the sidelines of the 2017 United Nations General Assembly, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced the new U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Strategy for Accelerating HIV/AIDS Epidemic Control (2017-2020). "This strategy includes investing in more than 50 countries with three concrete goals in mind. First, to maintain life-saving treatment for those we currently support, while making essential services like testing linked to treatment more accessible. Second, to provide even more services for orphans and vulnerable children - those who are immediately and permanently affected when a parent or caretaker is lost to this disease. Finally, to accelerate progress toward controlling the pandemic in a subset of 13 countries, which represent the most vulnerable communities to HIV/AIDS and have the potential to achieve control by 2020." Read the report here.

Highlights

Catholic Health Association Annual Summit

Catholic Health Association of America (CHA) held its annual Summit in Crystal City, Virginia from September 27th through the 28th. CHA is the largest provider of not-for-profit health care in the United States, running 649 hospitals and 1,614 continuing care facilities. A number of CHA partner collaborations were highlighted, including the $22 million reconstruction of the state-of-the-art Saint Francis de Sales teaching hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The reconstruction was funded entirely by the CHA and Catholic Relief Services (CRS). CFBCI was invited to speak on USAID's Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and Global Development Alliance (GDA) opportunities.

USAID Annual Program Statement: Volunteers for International Security and Prosperity

The Volunteers for International Security and Prosperity Annual Program Statement (VISP-APS) was created to help USAID mobilize the creative capacity of volunteers in support of USAID's development objectives. The annual program statement (APS) invites organizations to identify and suggest ways that they, through the use of volunteers, will address key challenges in the developing world in a manner that advances mutual interests and achieves USAID development objectives. Volunteers must comprise at least 30 percent of the total labor level of effort within any activity funded through the VISP-APS. Concept papers should be submitted directly to the USAID Mission or other operating unit with a copy to visp-aps@usaid.gov. The VISP-APS can be found here.

USAID Global Development Alliance: Frequently Asked Questions

A Global Development Alliance (GDA) is a partnership involving USAID and non-governmental organizations, in which programs are co-created, co-funded and implemented to leverage and apply respective assets and expertise to advance core business interests of both USAID and its partner(s). You can view a compilation of the most frequently asked questions about the GDA here. If you need additional assistance contact gda@usaid.gov .

U.S. State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor: Request for Proposals

The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) has released a request for proposals (RFPs) focusing on religious freedom and religious minorities in the Middle East, Africa, and East Asia/Pacific regions. You can view the RFP and requirements to apply here.

USAID Business

For contract, grant and cooperative agreement opportunities visit www.fbo.gov and www.grants.gov.

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