FY2009 PRM Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO Programs Benefiting Burmese Refugees in Thailand beginning January 1, 2009 March 1, 2009. Current funding priorities for assistance to Burmese refugees in Thailand: (1) Ban Mae Nai Soi and Ban Mae Surin Refugee Camps in Mae Hong Son Province: PRM will accept applications from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for continued humanitarian assistance in the following key areas for the period Jan. 1, 2009 Dec. 31, 2009. Proposed activities should support the following priority sectors: a) Improving or maintaining access to quality health care services, including the incorporation of training and capacity building of key responders to the provision of services; b) Improving the quality of life of refugee populations by addressing their psychosocial needs and developing income-generating activities, with an emphasis on the development of skills and vocational training to achieve a measure of self-sufficiency and a reasonable livelihood; and c) Strengthening the communitys capacity to respond to the health, psychosocial, safety and justice needs of survivors of gender-based violence (GBV). (2) Nutritional Assistance: PRM will accept applications from NGOs for continued nutritional assistance in Ban Mae Na Soi, Ban Mae Surin, Mae La Oon, Mae Ra Ma Luang (additional camps only if funding permits) for the period March 1, 2009 December 31, 2009. Proposals to provide nutritional assistance to populations in Ban Mae Nai Soi, Ban Mae Surin, Mae La Oon, and Mae Ra Ma Luang camps should focus on both of the following: a)Providing nutritionally complete rations containing at least 2100 KCals/person/day to camp residents; and b)Ensuring malnutrition rates remain at or below current levels. For more details on this specific opportunity, please click the "Full Announcement" Grants.gov link above. For PRM's general NGO Guidelines, please click the Grants.gov "How to Apply" link above. After you have read both documents, please contact PRM Program Officer Hoa Tran at 202-663-3104 (
[email protected]) with any questions. Funding opportunity announcements and PRM's general NGO Guidelines are also on PRM's website.