USAID American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Awards for FY 2016 - AFRICA Overseas Funding U.S. Organization Region Country Sector Project Description Institution Amount To purchase and install an oxygen generation and distribution system, a wall vacuum system and a medical air North American Baptist Mbingo Baptist Africa Cameroon Health $267,272 system throughout the hospital and provided bottle oxygen Conference Hospital to outlying health centers. This will improve the overall infrastructure of the Mbingo Baptist Hospital. To construct an Innovation Center on campus that will serve as a hub of innovation and entrepreneurship across Ashesi, providing spaces and programming that enable the Ashesi Ashesi University Ashesi University Education community to connect with each other, entrepreneurs and Africa Ghana $700,000 Foundation College venture funding. One key feature of the Center will be the Climate Innovation Center (GCIC), a green project incubation hub designed to provide a country-driven approach to climate change. To purchase commodities to establish the Women’s Cancer Center that will provide specialized education to physicians HopeXchange HopeXchange, Inc. Africa Ghana Health $800,000 and nurses and training to researchers. The program will Medical Center bring community outreach and early detection of breast and cervical cancers to women throughout Ghana. To purchase and install a solar energy system to meet the electrical energy demands of the CURE Children’s Hospital CURE International, CURE Children’s Niger. The system will improve the facility’s operational and Africa Niger Health $421,000 Inc. Hospital Niger environmental sustainability and allow more disabled children to be treated by lowering the overall energy cost of the facility. To expand the Abaarso School to include the Barwaaqo Horn of Africa Abaarso School of University for Women that will start purely as a teachers’ Education Development Science and Africa Somalia Education $999,000 college. This will empower Somali women through quality Fund Technology American higher education and then multiply the impact through their students. To construct a multipurpose learning commons at the African Leadership Academy. The building will house ALA’s African Leadership African Leadership South redesigned humanities classrooms, the library, a large Africa Education $800,000 Foundation Academy Africa multipurpose space to support ALA’s entrepreneurial curriculum (the BUILD lab), and multiple small group meeting rooms.
USAID American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Awards for FY 2016 - ASIA
Overseas Funding U.S. Organization Region Country Sector Project Description Institution Amount To purchase library books and high capacity air purifiers. Hopkins-Nanjing The project would mitigate rising concerns about the health Johns Hopkins Center for Asia China Education $500,000 risks of exposure to worsening air pollution in Nanjing University Chinese and among the HNC community will expanding HNC’s American Studies uncensored, open-stacks library. To construct and purchase commodities for a dormitory accommodation for 217 nursing students, graduates and staff to support a nationally accredited nursing school. The Christian Hospital project will improve rural women’s access to higher Rambo Committee, Inc. Asia India Health $600,000 Mungeli education resulting in sustained employment in the health workforces; increase the number of young women trained in nursing; and improve the quality of life and academic performance. To construct a modern trauma center at Anandaban Hospital. This would replace the 50 year old building that The Leprosy was damaged in the 2015 earthquake and no longer meets American Leprosy Mission Nepal Asia Nepal Health $500,000 current country codes and standards. The new building Missions (TLMN) would consist of two major operation theaters, surgical wards, physiotherapy and occupational therapy rooms, maternity ward, patient wards and a medical training room.
USAID American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Awards for FY 2016 - EUROPE
Overseas Funding U.S. Organization Region Country Sector Project Description Institution Amount To reconstruct by adding a fourth floor and renovate the American Europe student residence facility. This will address the needs of American University of University of and Armenia Education $999,000 AUA’s growing international student body by providing Armenia Corporation Armenia Eurasia residential facilities with living-learning programming that typically exists in U.S. higher education institutions. To purchase 792 laptops, 36 carts and equipment and American Europe installation of the second phase of a Cisco/Meraki Cloud Sofia American College of and Bulgaria Education $250,000 managed WiFi system. This project will allow the American Schools, Inc. Sofia Eurasia College of Sofia to provide needed classroom based instructional technology for its 800 students. To purchase and install durable commodities for the Board of Trustees of American Europe American University in Bulgaria (AUBG). The project aims to the American University University in and Bulgaria Education $300,000 strengthen the technological capabilities of the University, in Bulgaria Bulgaria Eurasia creating a platform for advancing learning and collaboration while developing a culture of innovation.
Center for To purchase durable commodities to create a Virtual Economic Learning Environment by developing a Digital Media Center, Research and enhancing CERGE-EI’s Digital Learning Resources and Europe Graduate Czech capitalizing on its successful teaching fellows network. This CERGE-EI Foundation and Education $450,000 Education – Republic integrated learning platform will significantly improve the Eurasia Economics economic literacy of thousands of people and be a potent Institute developer of local human capital infrastructure in former (CERGE-EI) communist countries. American Europe To construct and purchase commodities for a Simulated American College of College of and Greece Education $300,000 Trading Room which replicated real-world trading Greece Greece Eurasia experience and functions as a classroom and laboratory. Friends of the American Üsküdar Europe To install an academic information management program to Board Schools in American and Turkey Education $350,000 track and report all appropriate education, co-curricular and Turkey, Inc. (FABSIT) Academy Eurasia medical information held within the system.
USAID American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Awards for FY 2016 – LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
Overseas Funding U.S. Organization Region Country Sector Project Description Institution Amount To construct dormitories for EARTH’s Guacimo and La Flor campuses as well as commodities that will be necessary to equip and furnish the new buildings. The additional space will enable students from the U.S. and other countries to EARTH University EARTH LAC Costa Rica Education $700,000 have increased opportunity to join EARTH’s international, Foundation University multicultural community for short-term residency programs, giving them opportunities to learn about the ideas, cultures and practices of more than 40 nations represented by EARTH’s student body.
Organización To renovate and upgrade several buildings on the campus Organization for para Estudios LAC Costa Rica Education $621,832 of La Selva Research Station to modernize the facilities and Tropical Studies (OTS) Tropicales make more workspace and residential space available. (OET) To construct a new laboratory and research annex. Also, to Don Bosco purchase upgraded technological commodities in order to Salesian Missions, Inc. LAC El Salvador Education $778,168 University raise standards of treatment and care for persons with mobile disabilities. Frances and Frances and Henry To purchase books, technology and furniture for the Riecken Henry Riecken LAC Guatemala Education $232,982 Riecken Foundation Community Library. Foundation To install a hospital wide solar power generating system and Caritas replace equipment with energy efficient models. This project Food for the Poor Archdiocese of LAC Guatemala Health $500,000 provides an integrated system for saving and reducing Guatemala energy. To purchase commodities to strengthen and expand basic U.S. Foundation for the University of science laboratories and STEAM outreach activities. Also, to University of the Valley the Valley of LAC Guatemala Education $1,500,000 promote design thinking and technological innovation of Guatemala Guatemala throughout a network of Makerspaces and technology enabled active – learning classrooms. Escuela Escuela Agricola To construct the “Arboreto” student residence complex and Agricola Panamericana – LAC Honduras Education $800,000 campus living accommodations for female Student Panamericana Zamorano Residence Supervisors and Student Life Guides. – Zamorano
USAID American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Awards for FY 2016 – MIDDLE EAST
Overseas Funding U.S. Organization Region Country Sector Project Description Institution Amount To construct a 12 classroom wing onto an existing building and a study garden. The wing will house a middle school American American School of Education and enable 21st century curriculum framework for K-12. The School of MENA Morocco $500,000 Tangier ground floor of the wing will house a Teacher Learning Tangier Center for American and Moroccan teachers to foster mutual understand.
Trustees of the American To purchase commodities to equip five interactive American University in University in MENA Egypt Education $700,000 classrooms and one biology lab and to augment two Cairo Cairo classrooms with physics lab equipment. Feinberg Trustees of the Graduate To purchase commodities for an innovative new teaching Feinberg Graduate School of the lab to monitor the network of metabolites in organisms, School of the MENA Israel Education $900,000 Weizmann including plants essential to human survival. Research Weizmann Institute of Institute of conducted by students will focus on enhanced food security. Science Science Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Hadassah To purchase an MRI machine for a new Radiology Center at Organization of Medical HMO’s Mt. Scopus campus to better serve the surrounding American, MENA Israel Health $1,100,000 Organization diverse community. Also, to purchase equipment for the new Inc./Hadassah Medical (HMO) Mother and Child Center at Mt. Scopus. Relief Organization (HWZOA/HMRA) To acquire a new Dual Source Computed Tomography (CT) Scanner to be used in emergency, in-patient and ambulatory American Committee Shaare Zedek care. Featuring high speed testing that can image the heart MENA Israel Health $700,000 for Shaare Zedek Medical Center in one heartbeat, the CT scanner will help physicians save lives and diagnose patients in faster, safer and more cost- effective ways. To strengthen the surgical capacity through introducing new Priory in the USA of the St. John Eye surgical solutions to Palestinians. This increase in capacity Most Venerable Order Hospital Group MENA West Bank Health $900,000 will majorly improve access to ophthalmic tertiary services in of the Hospital of St. (SJEHG) the marginalized areas and to the region’s most vulnerable John of Jerusalem groups.
USAID American Schools and Hospitals Abroad Awards for FY 2016 – MIDDLE EAST cont.
Overseas Funding U.S. Organization Region Country Sector Project Description Institution Amount To renovate part of the core facility and acquire commodities Trustees of the American to upgrade a facility at AUB’s Medical Center. This facility American University of University of MENA Lebanon Education $1,900,000 will contribute to the university’s goal of ‘investing in the Beirut Beirut health of the community and the Arab world.” To purchase durable commodities to upgrade three STEM focused curriculum science labs with furnishings and safety International College International features to support highly oriented physics and biology MENA Lebanon Education $476,611 Board of Trustees College focused curriculum to meet the needs of International College’s pre-engineering and science oriented college predatory programs. To purchase durable commodities for an Institute of Higher Lebanese Education. It will improve LAU’s capacity to serve students Lebanese American American MENA Lebanon Education $1,750,000 by providing them with current and suitable education, skills University University and knowledge to sustainably access and address the perilous impact of human activities on the environment.
Lebanese To purchase life-saving medical equipment to be used in Lebanese American American MENA Lebanon Health $1,000,000 newly renovated facilities with LAU Medical Center – Rizk University Health University Hospital. Health To construct on its exist outdoor basketball court a fitness center for its 3,200 students and 400 faculty and staff; a 150 Christian Brothers Bethlehem MENA West Bank Education $999,000 seat lecture theater; a visitor’s reception center; a rooftop Conference University terraces that will flow into the existing cafeteria and education buildings. To upgrade the school through environmental stewardship provisions (photovoltaic cells and upgrading electricity grid); Ramallah finishing construction on a large fitness center; renovating a Friends United Meeting MENA West Bank Education $800,000 Friends School historic building to establish a guest house; resurfacing of outdoor and indoor sports fields’ flooring; and finishing the renovation of the newly construction Middle School building.