COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST FUND (CDTF)

 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 4 (CDP4)

Community Development Initiatives (CDI) Funding Component

The Community Development Trust Fund (CDTF) is inviting proposals for funding of community–based projects under its Community Development Initiatives (CDI) component, with financial assistance from the European Union. The deadline for submission of Concept Application Forms is 9^th June 2011, at 15:00hrs. (3.00p.m.). Information workshops on this call for proposals will be held in designated venues throughout the country from 27^th April to 13^th May 2011, as shown here.

The proposed projects must be community-driven and address priority needs amongst deprived communities in Kenya. The CDI component supports communities to implement socio-economic development projects aimed at reducing poverty and at improving good governance. Projects whose main objective is to make individual profit will not be accepted.

The following types of projects will be considered:

Health: Rehabilitation, expansion and equipping of community managed dispensaries and health centers, including improvement or development of water supply and sanitation facilities;

Education: Construction and rehabilitation of public primary, secondary schools and vocational training facilities including putting in place water storage and sanitation facilities;

Economic infrastructure: Construction and improvement of bridges and feeder roads to enhance access to markets for produce, transportation and communication; 

Water and Sanitation: Development or rehabilitation of sustainable water supply projects that enhance communal access; use and management;

Livestock and Animal Health: Support to community livestock drug stores, improvement of marketing facilities including holding grounds, markets and auction yards; provision of livestock breeding facilities and watering facilities; and 

Agriculture: Support to value addition including post-harvest grain storage facilities, cold rooms for milk and fish products and improvements of processing and supply that will benefit the whole community.

All proposed projects must integrate cross-cutting issues like environment, gender equality, good governance, prevention of HIV/AIDS and participation and non-discrimination of vulnerable groups.

Project Communities will be required to raise a minimum of 10% of the total project cost, which may be in kind, cash or both.

Guidelines, application forms, schedule for information workshops and other documents for information are available free of charge from the CDTF offices listed below and the District Development Offices (DDO) in all districts. These documents are also available here and in the following websites:

EU Delegation Website http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/kenya/funding_opportunities/grants/index_en.htm

Europe Aid Website - - http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/index_en.htm