Funding Actions Finalized With Organizations: April 2002Released by the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, May 2002 Organization/ PRM Agreement Reference Geographic Region Country Purpose Activity Period Amount of PRM Award World Health Organization Europe Northern Caucasus To support WHO's health and nutrition and psycho-social rehabilitation activities for the estimated 310,000 persons displaced by the fighting the northern Caucasus. 1/1/02-12/31/02 $400,000.00 United Nations Development Program East Asia West Timor To support efforts to locally integrate East Timorese refugees in Indonesia by providing assistance to receiving communities. 1/1/02-12/31/02 $500,000.00 United Nations Development Program East Asia China Assistance to 15,000 North Korean temporary migrants in Northern China in the form of food, shelter, and medical care. 1/1/02-12/31/02 $594,233.00 Church World Service Western Hemisphere United States Reception and placement of arriving refugees. 10/1/01-9/30/02 $2,507,310.00 Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service Western Hemisphere United States Reception and placement of arriving refugees. 10/1/01-9/30/02 $4,906,652.00 World Relief Western Hemisphere United States Reception and placement of arriving refugees. 10/1/01-9/30/02 $3,272,760.00 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees South Asia Various Contribution will help UNHCR provide protection and reintegration assistance to Afghan refugees, IDPs, returnees, and other vulnerable persons inside Afghanistan. 1/1/02-12/31/02 $20,000,000.00 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Europe Switzerland Support for UNHCR's protection research activities - 1) country condition research and maintenance of legal databases, and 2) research on potential conflicts - previously handled by the Center for Documentation and Research. 1/1/02-12/31/02 $166,250.00 Shelter Now International Europe Tajikistan To alleviate disease, unemployment and poverty among returned refugees in five communities by providing a comprehensive community health and self-help initiative. 1/1/02-12/31/02 $272,711.00 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Western Hemisphere United States Reception and placement of arriving refugees. 10/1/01-9/30/02 $7,075,206.00 United Nations Childrens Fund South Asia Various Provide assistance in areas of education (including programs for women and girls), health, water/environmental sanitation, and mine awareness, especially in areas to which large numbers of Afghan refugees are expected to return. 10/1/01-3/31/02 $2,000,000.00 United Nations Childrens Fund South Asia Afghanistan Supports UNICEF's Back-to-School campaign, which aims to provide primary education of adequate quality to Afghan primary school children. Out contribution is designated to benefit areas to which large numbers of refugees are expected to return. 1/1/02-6/30/02 $2,000,000.00 Save the Children South Asia Pakistan To provide administrative support, primary and reproductive health care, primary education, school health, support for private schools, non-formal education, a drop-in center for working children, and a womens' micro-credit program for Afghan refugees in Pakistan (Haripur/Ghazi and Baluchistan). 1/1/02-12/31/02 $1,833,251.00 Action Against Hunger/USA Europe Georgia Integration and improved food security for IDP and local population by strengthening the organizational and technical capacity of agricultural cooperatives. 1/1/02-12/31/02 $219,458.00 The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society Western Hemisphere United States Reception and placement of arriving refugees. 10/1/01-9/30/02 $1,141,809.00 Save the Children Africa "Somaliland" To increase children's access to formal and non-formal education and strengthen the capacity of communities and local institutions to deal with the needs of returnee children. 3/1/02-2/28/03 $652,440.00 Immigration and Refugee Services of America Western Hemisphere United States Reception and placement of arriving refugees. 10/1/01-9/30/02 $2,715,988.00 Church World Service Africa Various Ongoing refugee admissions processing. 10/1/01-9/30/02 $3,610,500.00 International Catholic Migration Commission Europe Croatia Additional funding for processing of refugees for admissions to the U.S. 10/1/01-9/30/02 $500,000.00 World Food Program South Asia Various To provide food assistance to returning refugees and IDPs in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran. 10/1/01-12/31/02 $1,500,000.00 Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Europe Various Funding for overseas processing in Vienna and migrant counseling and cultural orientation in Moscow. 10/1/01-9/30/02 $823,993.00 Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Western Hemisphere United States Reception and placement of arriving refugees. 10/1/01-9/30/02 $2,539,472.00 International Rescue Committee Western Hemisphere United States Reception and placement of arriving refugees. 10/1/01-9/30/02 $3,653,075.00 World Health Organization South Asia Afghanistan To support WHO's activities on behalf of reintegration assistance to Afghan refugees, internally displaced persons, and returnees. 10/1/01-12/31/02 $1,000,000.00 IOWA Department of Human Services Western Hemisphere United States Reception and placement of arriving refugees. 10/1/01-12/31/02 $123,317.00 International Federation of the Red Cross Africa Various Support for IFRC's work with national Red Cross societies assisting refugees in Africa. 1/1/02-12/31/02 $2,870,000.00 UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs South Asia Afghanistan To support OCHA's coordination activities in Afghanistan. 10/1/01-12/31/02 $1,000,000.00 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Western Hemisphere United States The UNHCR Workshop on Emergency Management focuses on an integrated approach to civil military training. It includes training for activities such as needs assessments for refugees by both civilian and military personnel, operation planning, protection assistance, coordination with various actors, management, team-building, security, and stress management. 4/10/02-7/10/02 $165,000.00 Ethiopian Community Development Council Western Hemisphere United States Reception and placement of arriving refugees. 10/1/01-12/31/02 $667,430.00 Return to This Volume Home Page. |
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