Opportunity alert! 2024 Refugee-led Innovation Fund: The Refugee-led Innovation Fund is currently open to applications from refugee-led organizations in all countries. Applications close 31 May 2024 at 23:59 Panama time. The Fund supports innovation by all organizations led by people with lived experience of forced displacement, including refugees, asylum-seekers, the internally displaced, returnees, and stateless people that are recognized within their communities due to their past significant contributions. Visit our website to find out more about the Funds and access application forms: https://www.unhcr.org/innovation/refugee-led-innovation-fund/

New World Bank Initiative to Strengthen Access to Basic Services, Boosts Food Security, and Builds Resilience for Sudanese Communities: The World Bank is committed to stay engaged in Sudan and to continue to support the wellbeing of the people of Sudan. In an effort to alleviate their hardships and build resilience, the World Bank has worked hand in hand with development partners to approve the Sudan Somoud - Enhancing Community Resilience Project. The project, funded by a $130 million grant from the Sudan Transition and Recovery Support (STARS)* Multi-Donor Trust Fund, will provide funding directly to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP), and will be implemented in partnership with international and local non-government organizations (NGOs). Read more here: https://shorturl.at/nxAFX