Opportunity Information: Apply for MAPUTO PCO FY23 02
The U.S. Department of State, through the U.S. Mission to Mozambique, offered a discretionary grant opportunity titled "Leadership Training for Adolescent Girls and Young Women" (Funding Opportunity Number: MAPUTO PCO FY23 02; CFDA/Assistance Listing: 19.029). The award was designed to support Mozambique's implementation of PEPFAR's DREAMS Partnership, a multi-country initiative launched in 2014 to reduce HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) ages 10 to 24. DREAMS is built around the idea that HIV risk is not driven only by health factors, but also by structural and social conditions such as poverty, gender inequality, sexual violence, limited economic opportunity, and barriers to staying in school. As a result, DREAMS promotes a core package of interventions that combines health-related services with broader community, education, and protection components, including parenting/caregiver programming and evidence-based curricula focused on HIV and violence prevention.
A central theme of this funding opportunity is strengthening AGYW leadership so that girls and young women are not only recipients of services, but active decision-makers and advocates shaping programs that affect their lives. The opportunity aligns with the DREAMS Ambassador program, initiated in 2016, which recognizes that AGYW often lack access to youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services and need trusted peers and role models to help bridge that gap. Under this grant, the selected implementer would recruit and train AGYW to serve as DREAMS Ambassadors who can advocate for youth rights, provide visible leadership for DREAMS interventions, and connect peers to available services in communities, schools, and health centers. Ambassadors are also expected to raise public awareness about DREAMS and draw attention to challenges facing girls and youth, acting as a public face within existing community structures such as girls' clubs and safe spaces.
The justification for the program is rooted in Mozambique's persistent challenges with early pregnancy, high rates of girls leaving school, and limited opportunities for young women to speak up and participate meaningfully in public life. The opportunity frames the absence of female role models across many levels of society as a contributing factor to an intergenerational cycle of poverty and constrained opportunity. In response, applicants are expected to deliver grassroots leadership training using innovative educational models that amplify girls' talents, promote gender equality, and support long-term social change. A key expectation is the use of mentorship approaches that help participants see themselves as "next generation changemakers" and, over time, as reference models for others in their communities.
The leadership training approach described in the opportunity is intentionally holistic and values-driven. It emphasizes "circular leadership" and active citizenship, meaning leadership that is community-oriented, participatory, and grounded in the idea that each individual brings complementary strengths to a shared circle. The training is meant to guide participants through a process of questioning and rethinking common concepts like leadership, management, and power, then broadening that understanding toward leading for the common good. From there, the program should deepen participants' awareness of what it means to be a reference model through everyday practices, intentions, and relationships. The process culminates in participants articulating their own leadership profiles and developing a collective leadership manifesto. The opportunity also underscores that leadership is not a fixed credential but a dynamic, evolving profile that is continually updated rather than "completed."
From an administrative standpoint, the grant was posted on June 23, 2023, with an original closing date of August 4, 2023, timed to allow review and selection before the end of the PEPFAR fiscal year. The program anticipated making one award, with a maximum (ceiling) amount of $40,000. Eligible applicants included U.S.-based and non-U.S. nonprofit organizations (with or without 501(c)(3) status, excluding institutions of higher education) as well as for-profit organizations other than small businesses. Overall, the opportunity sought a single implementing partner capable of delivering a mentorship-centered, grassroots leadership training model that strengthens AGYW voices and visibility while reinforcing the broader DREAMS goal of reducing HIV vulnerability by tackling the structural drivers behind it.Apply for MAPUTO PCO FY23 02
- The Department of State, U.S. Mission to Mozambique in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Leadership Training for Adolescent Girls and Young Women" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.029.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jun 23, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 04, 2023 To give time to review and select before the end of PEPFAR Fiscal Year. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $40,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses.
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