Grant Assistance for Grass Roots and Human Security Projects (GGP) – Zimbabwe

Description

1)  Objective

The Japanese Government offers a financial assistance scheme for small-scaled development projects designed to meet the diverse needs of developing countries. Known as Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects (GGP), this scheme aims to support projects which address the issues of basic human needs to benefit the people at the grass-roots level. As long as the development project is geared to grassroots assistance, it is eligible to be financed under the GGP.

The following are the priority areas and some possible examples of the project, but applications for other areas/ projects are not excluded from consideration: (1) education (construction of classroom blocks, provision of furniture, construction of teacher houses, setting up latrines at school); (2) health (construction and rehabilitation of clinics and maternity waiting homes); (3) food and nutrition security (construction of warehouses and agricultural training centers, installation of irrigation schemes); (4) water and sanitation (setting up of boreholes at pubic institutions); (5) child protection and gender based violence (construction of drop-in counselling centers); (6) Support for Disadvantaged People, such as: – constructing a counselling/education centre, etc.

2) Eligibility

Any type of non-profit organisation implementing development projects at the grassroots level are eligible to be a GGP recipient. This includes: (1) international and local NGOs; (2) local government authorities; (3) health institutions; (4) schools and educational institutions.

3) Location

Actions must take place in Zimbabwe.

4) Budget

The maximum grant amount per project is 10,000,000 Japanese yen (approximately $95,000). Any funding for private commercial businesses is excluded. They cover material, labour, equipment, training and skills development, visibility and audit costs but not salaries, office costs, diesel or fuel costs, M&E costs, consumables or bank charges.

5) Application

Applicants must submit a GGP application form which can be downloaded from their website. It must be accompanied with: (1) project site map; (2) written quotations; (3) audit reports; (4) draft design and BOQ of any buildings; and (5) copy of registration. There are no deadlines.