Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)

Title: Creating a network of standard fish retail outlets (Kiosks) for improved food safety in Kismayo.

Issuance Date: 2nd October,2024

Questions: By October 7th, 2024, 11:59 p.m. EAT

Virtual pre-application conference date: October 8th, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 10: 30a.m

Closing Date /Time for submission of the Applications: By October 24th, 2024, 11:59 p.m. EAT

NOFO Opportunity Number: IRiS-NOFO-004-2024

Estimated Grant Period of Performance (PoP): One-Year 

The Inclusive Resilience in Somalia (IRiS) program funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) seeks to accelerate economic development for marginalized groups in the target areas of Somalia by increasing individual, household, business, and community, and system-wide resilience through rural and urban livelihood diversification and promoting inclusive economic market systems to combat real perceived grievances that contribute to violent extremism and conflict.  

The project will pursue two main objectives:                        

1)       Strengthen and diversity in rural and urban livelihoods for marginalized groups; and   

2)      Promote economic agency of marginalized groups.   

Implemented by a consortium partners Mercy Corps (MC), Save the Children (SC), Somali Agriculture Technical Group (SATG), and Itad and led by DT Global, an international development contractor, IRiS is seeking applications from cooperatives involved in fish retail businesses that are legally registered in Jubaland for grant applications to support IRiS’s activity of creating a network of standard fish retail outlets (kiosks) for improved food safety in Kismayo. The purpose of this NOFO is to solicit applications from cooperatives interested in improving their fish retail practices through a new business model through opening standard fish retail outlet Kiosk. The new model is to establish a network of standard hygienic fish retail outlets across Kismayo, ensuring better quality fish products and fostering increased domestic consumption among the local population. The estimated budget to set up one shop: is $5,000, and the total estimated grant for all grantees for this NOFO is up to $50,000 for 10 shops *$5,000 = $50,000. Cooperatives can apply to open for more than one branch.