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In addition, the Zambia Economic Resilience Program for Improved Food Security project is also aimed towards the enhancement of skills, development of assess and the improvement of rural incomes for 50,000 poor and vulnerable families in Zambia, which will consequently contribute to the Millennium Development Goal 1 of reducing to half the proportion of Zambians who are living in utmost poverty and suffering from hunger by year 2015.

USAID has an allocated budget in the amount of $24 million to support the Zambia Economic Resilience Program for Improved Food Security project.

To know more about this program, visit Topgovernmentgrants.com or go to the Grants.gov website.

Registered US and non-US nongovernmental organizations, non-profit organizations and for profit organizations who are willing to forego profit may apply for this program.

In addition, institutions or organizations will also be eligible to apply as long as they are any of the following:

a) Higher Education Institutions, either public/state controlled or private

b) Profit and Nonprofit organizations such as small businesses

c) local governments with the US and its territories and possessions

d) independent school districts

e) Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities

f) Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)

g) Faith-based or Community-based Organizations

h) Regional Organizations.

The US Agency for International Development, the primary agency funding the Zambia Economic Resilience Program for Improved Food Security project, is the federal government's leading agency responsible for the provision of economic and humanitarian assistance to more than 100 countries all over the world.

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