ISSN 2165-1574 2016 VOLAG REPORT OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES MARK GREEN Administrator U.S. Agency for International Development CHARLES NORTH Acting Assistant Administrator Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment ROLF ANDERSON Director Office of Local Sustainability CONTENTS OVERVIEW PVOs are Essential Partners 4 U.S. PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS Registry 9 Summary of Activities (Fiscal Year 2014) 115 INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS Registry 143 Summary of Activities (Fiscal Year 2014) 169 U.S. COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS (CDOs) Registry 177 Summary of Activities (Fiscal Year 2014) 181 OVERVIEW PVOS ARE ESSENTIAL PARTNERS INTRODUCTION nontraditional players into the development imprisonment of staff. USAID continues to realm to facilitate new synergies. address limits placed on civil society activity by In March 1961, eight months prior to establishing promoting cooperation between governments Closely linked to any development solutions are the United States Agency for International and civil society, supporting CSOs, and fostering the ideas of sustainability at the local level and Development (USAID), President John F. enabling environments for civil society globally. Kennedy in a message to Congress said, "an resilience—resilience in the face of natural enlarged community of free, stable, and self- disasters, resilience in the face of violence and The PVOs in USAID's Registry remain focused on reliant nations can reduce world tensions and conflict, and resilience in the face of rapid social the goal of sustainable development. With their insecurity." He continued saying, "our job, in its and economic change. These are areas of the varied strengths and fundamental charitable largest sense, is to create a new partnership development process where PVOs can and do underpinnings, PVOs provide USAID with a ready between the northern and southern halves of the excel, as their on-the-ground experiences provide contingent of partners with the capacity to world." Since that time, USAID has sought out them with the situational knowledge and cultural connect volunteers and donors large and small partners to work toward this vision of insights that are invaluable to the process of with those needing assistance. Through these cooperation and a prosperous world. conceiving and adapting approaches that are connections, PVOs help keep the human in effective and sustainable over the long term. humanitarian and development aid and work for Private voluntary organizations (PVOs) have long a world where all have the opportunity to At the same time, while conflict and catastrophe filled an essential partnership role with the prosper. Agency, responding to all manner of needs with have always undermined stability and growth, experience, vital technical skills, and financial, significant new challenges to development have Going forward, the Agency continues to rely on volunteer, and other resources. The Agency's arisen in some regions. Across the globe, the PVOs and draw on their deep expertise and PVO partners have a proven track record and trend toward closing democratic space has led to wide-ranging experience to reach development each brings a unique charitable perspective to its serious infringement on rights to discourse and goals. Throughout USAID's history, PVOs have efforts—whether responding to a natural disaster association. The steps have, in a number of continually emerged as innovators and or manmade crisis or facilitating a development countries, made it difficult if not impossible for collaborators and have always risen to the partnership with and among people and local humanitarian and development agents to work challenges presented by complex emergencies institutions. effectively. and development needs. In recent years, USAID has sought to evolve the PVOs, as a contingent of the wider universe of development paradigm, from a top-down model civil society organizations (CSOs), have not been to one that seeks ideas, talent, innovation, and immune from these constraints, which have resources from a multiplicity of parties. This included methods ranging from bureaucratic effort looks across disciplines to draw roadblocks to restrictions on programming to 4 2016 VOLAG REPORT Throughout USAID's history, PVOs have continually emerged as innovators and collaborators and have always risen to the challenges presented by complex emergencies and development needs. 2016 VOLAG REPORT The infographic on the following pages shows that 38 percent of the PVOs registered with The Report of Voluntary Agencies Engaged in USAID received support from the Agency in one Overseas Relief and Development (VolAg Report) form or another, financial or in-kind. It also provides a snapshot of the work of the U.S. and illustrates the PVO community's expansive reach international PVOs that are registered with and broad areas of expertise. USAID. The 2016 VolAg Report includes a brief description and a summary of financial activities The data presented in this report was collected for the 485 U.S. PVOs, 106 international PVOs, during the annual registration process. Additional and 6 U.S. Cooperative Development data, including information on PVO activities and Organizations (CDOs) registered as of geographic presence, is available through the September 1, 2016. These organizations assist online PVO Registry at pvo.usaid.gov/usaid/. the Agency with responses to vast global needs The VolAg Report is the culmination of the annual through long-standing partnerships. effort by the Bureau for Economic Growth, As shown by the FY 2014 data compiled in this Education and Environment's Office of Local report, registered PVOs received $2.8 billion in Sustainability staff to collect, validate, and USAID support. The majority of PVO funding, disseminate a clear, factual report about the however, derived from other sources, as activities of the PVO community. We hope you registered groups raised $23.8 billion in private find it a useful resource. support. PVOs received over eight times as much funding from private sources as they did from USAID. These independently generated resources allow PVOs to implement and support international programs in 186 countries and territories—nearly every nation and region in the world. OVERVIEW 5 6 2016 VOLAG REPORT OVERVIEW 7 DOING BUSINESS WITH USAID Automated Directives System (ADS) – details USAID's policies and procedures. (See Chapter To implement its worldwide humanitarian and 303 – Grants and Cooperative Agreements.) development activities, USAID uses a number of acquisition and assistance instruments, including contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and purchase orders. USAID negotiates and initiates these instruments to obtain the commodities and technical assistance the Agency requires to achieve its objectives. Organizations seeking to work with USAID will find useful policy and business information at the following websites: Training on How to Work with USAID – answers some of the most frequently raised questions and concerns from organizations interested in partnering with USAID. Get an Award – provides descriptions of grant and contract processes, information on grant programs, and links to other acquisition and assistance resources, including forecasts of upcoming procurement opportunities with offices in Washington and overseas. Non-Governmental Organization Partnerships – provides an overview of the types of NGOs that USAID works with and examples of activities supported to mobilize the expertise, capacity, and knowledge of NGOs. 8 2016 VOLAG REPORT UNITED STATES PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS REGISTRY The U.S. PVO Registry consists of the following agencies. Descriptions of voluntary foreign aid activities provided by USAID-registered organizations. REGISTRY OF U.S. PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS 9 100X DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION the organization has implemented more than 7,000 access to economic opportunity for all. 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