FNAW Programmes for Afghan Women

The Funders’ Network for Afghan Women is pleased to announce successful applicants to our Communications Package Assistance Programme for Afghan Women’s Organizations. This programme matches Afghan women’s organization with a communications professional who assists them with one or all of the following, according to the organization’s needs:

• Design a pamphlet or fact sheet for the institution
• Providing a branding package including a unique logo and accompanying institutional literature such as letterhead
• Website design
• Other approved communications functions

We are currently seeking communications professionals from anywhere in the world to work with other approved applicants who have not yet been matched with communications volunteers.

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To be eligible, organizations must be:

• Women’s organizations or have substantial programming supporting women and/or girls in Afghanistan or focused on gender equality (gender work with men is welcome too!)
• Be based in Afghanistan
• Be facing budgetary restraints in producing their own communications and external relations literature
• Organizations should be registered with the Afghan Ministry of the Economy, but exceptions may be made depending on the circumstances (e.g. registration is in process)

The current round of applications for this programme closed on December 20, 2007. Please watch for an announcement of a new call for submissions in April 2008.

Profile Your Group

The Funder’s Network for Afghan Women is pleased to provide qualified Afghan women’s organizations with the opportunity to profile their work to our membership. We will circulate your organizational profile on our listserv, feature your profile on the website and keep this information on file for the reference of potential future donors. To qualify, organizations must be registered NGOs with their national government, must have been in operation for at least one year at the time of submission, and should send a profile of a maximum of one page which includes a brief mandate, description, current areas of focus, and activities for which you are seeking support. Submissions of longer than 1 page will not be accepted. It will be at the discretion of FNAW whether to circulate the profile. FNAW may provide editorial assistance, and you may be asked to make changes to your profile if it does not conform to our guidelines.

Resources and Tools for Preparing Proposals and Grant Applications

• Writing a Funding Proposal, courtesy of CIVICUS
• Fundraising Handbook, courtesy of Global Fund for Women
• Guide to Donors, courtesy of Global Development Network
• Fundraising Resources, courtesy of Fundsnet On-Line
• Proposals for Funding, courtesy of Seattle Community Network
• Proposal Checklist, courtesy of proposalwriter.com
• Proposal Writing Tips and Pitfalls, courtesy of proposalwriter.com
• Proposal Writing Short Course, courtesy of the Foundation Centre

Places Where You can Search for Funds

Free Sites

• The Foundation Centre: International Visitors
• The Funding Centre
• Fundsnet On-Line: International Grants
• Fundsnet On-Line: Foundation Directory
• International/Foreign Grant Makers Directory
• List of Foundations with International Interests

Fee-charging Sites

• Big On-Line
• Charity Village
• International Donor Directory

Resources and Tools for Project Management

• Coming Soon!

Accessing Funds: FNAW Members Currently Accepting Funding Applications

Applying For Assistance From American Jewish World Service

Thank you for your interest in American Jewish World Service (AJWS). AJWS is a non-profit, international development organization working on a non-sectarian basis with grassroots non-governmental organizations (NGOs) throughout the developing world engaged in community development or emergency relief driven by respect for human rights. The inspiration for AJWS' work is drawn from the mandate to work for social justice that is articulated in the Jewish tradition.

AJWS provides grassroots NGOs with financial support in the form of small grants, ranging in size from $3,000-$30,000 per year. Our grants are awarded for a year at a time; they may be renewed annually. AJWS funds projects in the areas of sustainable agriculture, health, economic development and education. All of our projects have a strong component of strengthening civil society or women’s empowerment.

If you are seeking financial support for a grassroots community based initiative, first look at the Projects section of our website, www.ajws.org, to help you determine if your project seems like one that we would consider for support. If it does, please submit to us a brief letter of inquiry. Letters of inquiry are accepted throughout the year, and we award new grants quarterly. The letter should be no more than three pages long, and should include the following:

• The name of the organization
• A brief description, including its mission, where it works, and its past and current activities
• A brief description of the work for which you seek support, including an estimate of how much funding you would seek from AJWS for one year, and how you would use the support
• A list of your current sources of funding, including private donations, grants and other sources.
• How you heard about AJWS
• Contact information (postal address, street address, telephone, fax, email, website)
• Contact person's name and title
• Preferred method of communication (post, fax or email)

Due to the volume of the requests we receive, we regret that we are unable to fund many worthwhile proposals. Please note that AJWS does not provide any funding to individuals, businesses or orphanages.

Letters of inquiry may be sent by mail, email or fax to:

Department of International Programs
American Jewish World Service
45 West 36th Street
New York, NY 10018
USA

email: grants@ajws.org

fax: +212.736.346