CHAPTER FOUR • OFID OPERATIONS BY FINANCIAL MECHANISM


4. Grants approved in 2018 (in thousands of dollars) Technical Assistance


Recipient


Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD)


Sector Agriculture


Habitat for Humanity Water and Sanitation


International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)


Institut zur Cooperation bei Entwicklungs-Projekten (ICEP)


International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)


IFRC Agriculture Education Multisectoral


Water and Sanitation


Light for the World Water and Sanitation


International Trade Center (ITC)


United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat)


Technical Assistance Co-financiers


WFP, Joint Mechanism for Humanitarian Aid The League of Arab States and government of Sudan


Cities Alliance


Arab Fund, CGIAR, National Agricultural Research and Extension Institutions


Austrian Development Agency, ICEP


British Red Cross, IFRC, IsDB, US government


Nestlé S.A., Red Cross Internal Sources


DFID/Sightsavers, Research Triangle International, RED CHAIRity, Light for the World


Multisectoral Enhanced Integrated Framework, ITC


Water & Sani- tation


UN-Habitat, Netherlands Directorate- General for International Cooperation


Purpose


To boost food security and incomes in high-poverty rural households in the Darfur region, Sudan, through the construction/rehabilitation of water-harvest- ing and storage facilities, distribution of agriculture inputs and equipment and capacity-building and outreach activities.


To improve living conditions for 13,000 people of Peace Island in Greater Monrovia, Liberia, by boosting access to clean water, sanitation and waste management, and providing hygiene training and microfinance loans.


To enhance food security in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen by providing technical assistance and capacity building. Around 40,000 people will benefit.


To improve programs focusing on technical and entrepreneurial skills in vocational training centers in Kenya and Uganda. Beneficiaries include 116 trainers, 4,200 young people and 2,700 entrepreneurs.


To enhance the resilience of host communities and improve living conditions of local residents and refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.


To expand access to sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services in high cholera-risk districts of Ghana, Malawi and Rwanda. Around 115,000 people should benefit.


To prevent the transmission of trachoma and waterborne diseases in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia and benefit at least 25,000 schoolchildren.


To support a project in the Gambia aimed at improving women’s livelihoods by strengthening participation in trade and providing a supportive business environment and training.


To be implemented under UN Habitat’s Global Water Operators’ Partnership Alliance to improve the performance of water and sanitation utilities in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Malawi, Samoa and Vietnam. More than six million people are expected to benefit.


Amount 500


420 500 800 500 1,000 500 350 1,000 5,570


Energy Poverty Program Channel


Envirofit International


Co-financiers Saudi Aramco, Shell Foundation, Envirofit


Mlinda Foundation (MUK) Mlinda Foundation, ElectriFI, Good Energies Foundation, Doen Foundation, IKEA


Plan International Spain


United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)


Directorate for International Cooperation and Development, Europe Commission, Plan International Spain


International Centre on Small Hydro Power, Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation, UNIDO


Energy Poverty Program


Purpose


To promote the use of Envirofit’s ‘smart gas system’ utilizing LPG – liquefied petroleum gas – as a cooking solution among poor rural households in India. Initially benefiting around 10,000 people.


To enhance access to energy services for some 21,000 people in 41 villages by installing mini-grids. Also, capacity building to improve farm productivity / provision of energy-efficient appliances such as irrigation pumps.


To deliver affordable and reliable modern energy in rural areas of Mali, Niger and Senegal by offering renewable energy services to over 4,650 women-led small- and medium-sized enterprises and 600 women’s savings-groups comprising around 21,000 members.


To promote access to modern energy in rural areas in Zambia by installing mini-grids based on renewable energy sources and providing operation and maintenance training. At least 3,500 people will benefit.


Amount 200


610 900 500


Additional approval by OFID Governing Board 345 2,555


Special Health Program Recipient


Hilfswerk International


International Development Law Organization (IDLO)


King Hussein Cancer Foundation (KHCF)


WHO Special Health Program


Co-financiers


Else Kröner Foundation, Liechtenstein Development Service, MEDICOR Foundation


Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Canada’s International Development Research Center


Arab Fund, International Atomic Energy Agency, IsDB, KHCF


Purpose


To improve maternal and child health in central Mozambique by constructing mother-care centers and installing water and renewable energy systems, as well as building/equipping rural health posts in rural, low-income provinces.


To build national capacity in Bangladesh, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Uganda to implement law and policy reforms addressing non-communicable diseases.


To help procure equipment for the King Hussein Cancer Center in Jordan to enable the delivery of less invasive diagnostic and treatment procedures, benefiting more than 4,000 patients/year.


To support an initiative to reduce the burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in endemic African countries.


Amount 600


1,000 400 1,000 3,000


60


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