Opportunity Information: Apply for RFA 623 12 000005
Apply for RFA 623 12 000005
- The Kenya USAID Nairobi in the agriculture disaster prevention and relief natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Kenya Arid Lands Disaster Risk Reduction WASH Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001 USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 20, 2012 and posted on Jul 20, 2012.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 31, 2012. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $8,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $8,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Kenya Arid Lands Disaster Risk Reduction WASH Program is a USAID Nairobi funding opportunity designed to strengthen drought and flash-flood resilience in some of Kenya's most climate-stressed arid counties while also improving basic water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services. The program focuses on poor and vulnerable communities in Turkana, Marsabit (including Moyale District), Garissa, Isiolo, and Wajir, and it aims to reduce the recurring humanitarian impacts of water scarcity, flooding, and WASH-related disease, especially in areas that frequently experience emergency levels of malnutrition.
USAID plans to achieve this through cooperative agreements awarded to a consortium, or multiple consortia, made up of nonprofit nongovernmental organizations and/or Public International Organizations. The intent is to support and work alongside the Government of Kenya and local communities, with the cooperative agreement structure implying close coordination with USAID during implementation rather than a simple pass-through grant. The opportunity is categorized as discretionary funding, and the activity scope spans agriculture, disaster prevention and relief, and natural resources, reflecting the link between water security, livelihoods, and disaster risk reduction in arid lands.
The program is organized around three main objectives. First, it seeks to increase water storage capacity in arid areas by improving both natural and artificial storage. This can include measures that enhance the landscape's ability to retain water as well as constructed storage solutions that help communities bridge dry periods and better manage intense rainfall events. Second, it targets improved WASH conditions at health facilities and nutrition centers that are heavily used during emergency response. This objective recognizes that when droughts or floods drive people to seek treatment and nutrition support, poor water and sanitation in those facilities can worsen health outcomes, increase infection risks, and undermine response efforts. Third, it aims to expand access to safe drinking water sources and increase the availability and consistent use of point-of-use water treatment products, alongside promoting improved hygiene behaviors and sanitation facility use. A key public health goal embedded in this objective is to reduce diarrheal disease, particularly in locations with recurrent malnutrition emergencies and in communities living around enhanced water storage sites.
Financially, the opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number RFA 623 12 000005) has an estimated total funding level of $8,000,000, with individual awards expected to fall between a floor of $4,000,000 and a ceiling of $8,000,000. USAID anticipated making up to three awards, and there is no cost sharing or matching requirement listed. The CFDA number associated with the opportunity is 98.001 (USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas), which is the standard assistance listing for many USAID overseas programs. Eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning the competition is open to any entity types permitted under the announcement, subject to any additional eligibility clarifications in the full text.
Key dates show that the opportunity was posted on July 20, 2012, with an application closing date of August 31, 2012, and an archive date of September 30, 2012. For applicants who had trouble accessing the full announcement electronically, the listed contact was Charity Igweta, Procurement Administrative Assistant at USAID Kenya in Nairobi, reachable by phone at 254208622408.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - Kenya Arid Lands Disaster Risk Reduction WASH Program (USAID Nairobi)
1) What is the Kenya Arid Lands Disaster Risk Reduction WASH Program?
It is a USAID Nairobi funding opportunity designed to strengthen drought and flash-flood resilience in Kenya's arid, climate-stressed counties while also improving basic water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services. The program is intended to reduce recurring humanitarian impacts related to water scarcity, flooding, and WASH-related disease, especially in areas that frequently experience emergency levels of malnutrition.
2) What problems is the program trying to address?
The opportunity targets recurring humanitarian impacts from water scarcity and flooding, and the health impacts that follow when WASH services are inadequate. It specifically highlights WASH-related disease (including diarrheal disease) and the heightened risks in places that repeatedly face emergency malnutrition conditions.
3) Which locations in Kenya are included?
The program focuses on poor and vulnerable communities in Turkana, Marsabit (including Moyale District), Garissa, Isiolo, and Wajir.
4) Who are the primary intended beneficiaries?
The primary focus is on poor and vulnerable communities in the named arid counties. The program also emphasizes improvements in health facilities and nutrition centers that are heavily used during emergency response, which would benefit patients and staff who rely on those facilities during droughts, floods, and malnutrition emergencies.
5) What are the three main program objectives?
The opportunity is organized around three objectives:
- Increase water storage capacity in arid areas by improving natural and artificial storage.
- Improve WASH conditions at health facilities and nutrition centers that are heavily used during emergency response.
- Expand access to safe drinking water sources and increase the availability and consistent use of point-of-use water treatment products, while promoting improved hygiene behaviors and sanitation facility use, with a public health aim of reducing diarrheal disease.
6) What does "improving natural and artificial water storage" mean in this context?
Based on the description, it includes actions that enhance the landscape's ability to retain water (natural storage) as well as constructed storage solutions (artificial storage). The intent is to help communities bridge dry periods and better manage intense rainfall events.
7) Why does the program emphasize WASH at health facilities and nutrition centers?
The opportunity notes that during droughts or floods, more people may seek treatment and nutrition support. If the water and sanitation conditions at those facilities are poor, it can worsen health outcomes, increase infection risks, and undermine emergency response efforts.
8) What types of WASH outcomes are emphasized for communities?
The program aims to expand access to safe drinking water sources, increase availability and consistent use of point-of-use water treatment products, and promote improved hygiene behaviors and sanitation facility use. A stated public health goal is reducing diarrheal disease, particularly where malnutrition emergencies recur and in communities living around enhanced water storage sites.
9) How does the opportunity connect WASH with disaster risk reduction and livelihoods?
The scope is described as spanning agriculture, disaster prevention and relief, and natural resources. This reflects the link between water security, livelihoods, and disaster risk reduction in arid lands where drought and flash floods can disrupt health and economic stability.
10) What type of funding instrument will USAID use?
USAID plans to use cooperative agreements.
11) What does it mean that the awards are cooperative agreements?
The opportunity explains that a cooperative agreement implies close coordination with USAID during implementation, rather than a simple pass-through grant structure.
12) Who is expected to receive the awards (single organization or partnerships)?
USAID intends to award to a consortium, or multiple consortia, made up of nonprofit nongovernmental organizations and/or Public International Organizations.
13) How many awards does USAID anticipate making?
USAID anticipated making up to three awards.
14) What is the estimated total funding amount for this opportunity?
The estimated total funding level is $8,000,000.
15) What is the expected award size (minimum and maximum)?
Individual awards are expected to range from a floor of $4,000,000 to a ceiling of $8,000,000.
16) Is cost sharing or matching required?
No cost sharing or matching requirement is listed in the provided information.
17) What is the Funding Opportunity Number for this program?
The Funding Opportunity Number is RFA 623 12 000005.
18) What is the CFDA number associated with this opportunity?
The CFDA number is 98.001, described as USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas.
19) What is the opportunity categorized as?
It is categorized as discretionary funding.
20) What are the program's broad activity areas?
The activity scope spans agriculture, disaster prevention and relief, and natural resources.
21) What is meant by eligibility being "unrestricted"?
The provided information states that eligibility is described as unrestricted, meaning the competition is open to any entity types permitted under the announcement, subject to any additional eligibility clarifications in the full text.
22) When was the opportunity posted?
It was posted on July 20, 2012.
23) What was the application closing date?
The application closing date was August 31, 2012.
24) When was the opportunity archived?
The archive date was September 30, 2012.
25) Who should applicants contact if they cannot access the full announcement electronically?
The listed contact is Charity Igweta, Procurement Administrative Assistant at USAID Kenya in Nairobi.
26) What contact phone number is provided for assistance?
The phone number provided is 254208622408.
27) Does the program intend to work with the Government of Kenya and local communities?
Yes. The opportunity states an intent to support and work alongside the Government of Kenya and local communities.
28) Are communities around enhanced water storage sites specifically mentioned?
Yes. The public health goal of reducing diarrheal disease is highlighted particularly for communities living around enhanced water storage sites, as well as locations with recurrent malnutrition emergencies.
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