U.S. Ambassador's Special Self-Help Fund: 2013-2014

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U.S. Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Fund: 2013-2014

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your interest in applying for a grant from the U.S. Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Program.
The application period for grants is open from January to April 2014. Awards will be made in July.

You will find a detailed description regarding our grants below. Please read these carefully in order to see if
your activity falls within our guidelines. If they do, please complete the application form beginning on page
7 of this document. Please answer all the questions on the form. Use the back of the pages if you need
more space.

In addition to your completed application form, you will need to attach the following:

1. Three complete estimates. You must have estimates to cover all funds that you request.
2. A business plan which includes detailed information about your operations, market, expenses and
objectives. You can obtain a business plan template from the U.S. Embassy reception desk. With this
you may attach any other documents which you feel will help your application.
3. A detailed history of your organization and project stating when it started, what has been
accomplished, what you have done for the community, and how the community supports you.
4. A copy of your constitution.
5. A list of committee members with their names and addresses.
6. A map showing how to get to your project from a major road.
7. A copy of project bank account details including the name of the bank, account name, account number
and type of account (savings or checking).
8. Proof that the project has its own land (in the name of the project) or permission to occupy the land,
e.g. signed lease agreement or land deed.

Grants usually range in size from M10,000 to M60,000. In rare circumstances, more may be awarded to a
particularly worthy project. The community must contribute at least 10% of the costs in cash, materials
and/or labor.

Please remember, many communities will be applying for funds. Those that turn in thoroughly completed
forms are the ones most likely to be considered!

Again, thank you for your interest and GOOD LUCK!!

U.S. Embassy Maseru
P.O. Box 333, Maseru 100, Lesotho
TEL: [phone] FAX: [phone]
1 [email protected]
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Benghali,

Re leboha thahasello ea lona lenanehong lena la boithuso metseng. Likopo tsa lithuso bakeng sa
monongoaha li butsoe ho tloha ka Pherekhong ho fihlela ‘Mesa. Lithuso tsona li ka fanoa ka Phupu.

Le tla fumana tlhalosetso e feletseng ka lenaneho lena la lithuso meleng e ka tlasana. Balang ka hloko ho
fumana na morero oa lona o ipapisitse le lipehelo tse fanoeng. Ebang ho le joalo, foromo ea kopo e qala
leqepheng la bosupa. Ka kopo arabang lipotso tsohle tse foromong ena. Le ka sebelisa bokamorao ba
foromo ha ho hlokahala.

Ho hlokahala hore le qhoaelle litokomane tse latelang foromong ea kopo:

1. Likhakanyo tse tharo tsa lintho tseo le li kopang ho tsoa ofising ea rona.
2. Kenyeletsang le moralo oa khoebo o bonts’ang moralo oa ts’ebetso, mmaraka, lits’enyehelo le seo le
batlang ho se fihlela. Foromo e le tataisang ho etsa moralo ona oa khoebo le ka e fumana liofing tsa
rona. Le ka kenyeletsa litokomane tse ling tseo le hopolang hore li ka matlafatsa kopo ea lona.
3. Pale ea mokhatlo kapa morero oa lona, na o qalile neng, tseo le li fihletseng, o thusitse batho ba
phelang tikolohong ea ona joang, ‘me bona ba le ts’ehetsa joang.
4. Kopi ea moleo theo oa mokhatlo kapa morero.
5. Lenane la litho tsa komoti, fanang ka mabitso a feletseng le liaterese.
6. ‘Mapa o bots’ang na mokhatlo kapa morero oa lona o fumaneha hokae.
7. Kopi e bots’ang lintlha tsa polokele ea banka ea mokhatlo, lebitso la polokelo, nomoro, le mofuta oa
polokelo.
8. Bopaki bo bonts’ang hore mokhatlo kapa morero o na le tumello ea ho sebelisa sebaka sa ts’ebetso. E.g
Tokomane ea tomellano ea ts’ebeliso ea mobu.
Lithuso tsa rona li lefa ho tloha ho maloti a likete tse leshome (M10,000) ho isa ho maloti a likete tse
mashome a ts’eletseng (M60,000). Ke ka ngope-setsoha, re ka fanang ka chelete e fetang mona. Re
lebeletse hore baikopanyi ba nts’e liperesente tse leshome (10%) morerong, e ka ba ka chelete, thepa kapa
ho kenya matsoho.

Hopolang hore makholo-kholo a metse a etsa likopo selemo le selemo. Batho ba atlehang ke ba tla tlatsa
likopo ka mokhoa o phethahetseng.

Re leboha boikhathatso ba lona ebile re le lakaletsa katleho!!!

U.S. Embassy Maseru
P.O. Box 333, Maseru 100, Lesotho
TEL: [phone] FAX: [phone]
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GRANT DETAILS

Overview

This program is for community-initiated projects involving schools, clinics, co-operatives, associations,
training or income generating programs, or community improvement projects. The Embassy prefers
projects that involve an entire community. The minimum number of project members required to apply
for funding is eight.

Consideration will be given to projects which:

• Improve basic economic or social conditions at the local community or village level
• Support high impact, quick implementation activities that benefit a large number of people within one
year without requiring further SSH assistance
• Involve a significant local contribution in cash, labor, or material
• Are within the ability of the local community to operate and maintain
• Are not in any way initiating, continuing, or supplementing technical assistance programs
• Are a direct response to the initiative and aspirations of the local community
• Contribute to income-generating or self-sustaining activities, whenever possible
• Ensure broadly accessible, reliable, and economically sustainable water and sanitation services for
health, security, and prosperity (not issues directly relating to agriculture or household level)
• Assist special populations which may be vulnerable or at-risk on a temporary or chronic basis such as
the disabled, orphans, children and at-risk youth, ethnic minorities, the elderly, female heads of
households, or other socially excluded groups
• Provide social assistance

Conditions

SSH funds can be used for:

• Income generation projects and equipment, e.g. chicken cages/supplies, sewing machines, tools for
furniture making, etc.
• Seeds and supplies for agriculture, except for fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides
• Water-related projects such as wells, latrines, pumps, boreholes, tanks, and fish ponds
• School equipment and supplies including desks, chairs, laboratory equipment and library items
• Communal construction equipment such as brick-making machines
• Miscellaneous durable goods, e.g. a stove or refrigerator for a school or hospital, or a washing machine
for a clinic
• Small construction projects, e.g. construction of classrooms, health centers, community centers, etc.
U.S. Embassy Maseru
P.O. Box 333, Maseru 100, Lesotho
TEL: [phone] FAX: [phone]
3 [email protected]
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SSH funds cannot be used for:

• Remodeling or renovating an existing facility that is in disrepair as a result of neglect or lack of money
• Activities with unmitigated and negative environmental consequences (such as dams or roads through
forest lands)
• Religious or Church related projects. Those that genuinely assist the whole community, without regard
to religious affiliation, may be funded
• Military activities (including those relating to police, prisons or other law enforcement activities)
• Pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides
• Sports equipment or uniforms for a national sports team
• Musical instruments or uniforms for a national orchestra or dance company
• Student bursaries
• Salaries
• Ongoing needs for education/training
• Vehicles, tractors, computers, copiers, fax machines
• Office supplies such as pencils, paper, forms and folders
• Office equipment such as computers, fax machines, or photocopiers
• Private businesses

U.S. Special Self-Help grants are used to serve primarily as a catalyst to enable a
project to succeed and will be a ONE-TIME ONLY grant of assistance

U.S. Embassy Maseru
P.O. Box 333, Maseru 100, Lesotho
TEL: [phone] FAX: [phone]
4 [email protected]
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GRANT DETAILS

Kakaretso

Lenaneo lena ke la batho ba ithusang metseng - Likolo, li-clinic, likoporasi, mekhatlo, likhoebo tse tlisang
phaello le merero e tlisang ntlafatso metseng. Re khothaletsa mesebetsi e kenyeletsang batho ba motse.
Tsebetso ka ‘ngoe ebe le bonyane batho ba robeli.

Merero e tla shejoa haholo-holo ke ee:

 Tla ntlafatsang maphelo a batho metseng le metsaneng eo ba phelang ho eona.
 Tla ts’ehetsa sehlopha kapa batho ba bangata ka nako ea selemo ba bile basa hloke ts’ehetso e ngoe.
 Sechaba se ka kenyang letsoho ho eona, ekaba ka chelete, matsoho kapa lisebelisoa, ‘m’e o fihlelehe
bakeng sa ts’ebetso.
 Sa qaleng, e sa nts’etseng pele, kapa hona ho tlatsatse merero e meholo e seng e ntse e tsoelapela.
 Arabelang ka kotloloho boikitlaetso le litaba-tabelo tsa sechaba.
 Eo ha ho khoneha, e ka tlatsetsang mererong ea boikhohollo bofumeng e tla ikemela.
 Tlisang phepelo ea metsi a hloekile haufi le sechaba.
 Thusang karolo ea sechaba e tlokotsing joalo ka batho ba nang le bokooa, likhutsana, bacha ba
tlokotsing, maqheku, basali bao e leng lihloho tsa malapa j.j.

Lipehelo

Chelete ea lenaneo lena la lithuso metseng e ka sebelisoa ho etsa tse latelang:

 Ho aha likolo, litsi tsa bophelo le litse tsa sechaba
 Merero ea boikhollo bufumeng, ho reka lisebelisoa kapa thepa ea ts’ebetso-Thepa bakeng sa leruo la
likhoho, mechine e rokang, lisebelisoa tsa ho etsa thepa ea ka matlung J.J (Merero ea mehaho ha ea
lumelloa)
 Lipeo le thepa ea temo (menonts’a le libolaea likokonyana le leholo ha lia lumelloa)
 Merero ea phepelo ea metsi- Liliba, lipompo, li tanka, le matamo a litlhapi
 Thepa le lisebelisuoa tsa likolo-litulo, litafole, thepa ea lilaboratori le matlo a ho balla
 Thepa e sebelisoang ho etsa thepa ea mohaho-mochine o etsang litene
 Thepa tse ling tsekang litofole kapa lihatsetsi bakeng tsa likolo kapa lipetlele, le mechine e hlatsoang
bakeng sa litsi tsa bophelo J.J

U.S. Embassy Maseru
P.O. Box 333, Maseru 100, Lesotho
TEL: [phone] FAX: [phone]
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Chelete ea lenaneo lena la lithuso metseng e keke ea sebelisoa ho etsa tse latelang:

• Ho fetola le ho lokisa meaho ea khale e senyehileng ka lebala ho se hlokomeloe kapa tlhokahalo ea
lichelete
• Merero e ka tlisang litlamorao tse mpe tse amang tikoloho joalo ka matamo kapa litsela tse tsamaeang
kahara meru
• Meroro ea kereke kapa sehlopha sa tumelo e itseng. Empa merero e joalo ha e thusa sechaba ka
kakaretso ntle le khethollo ea tumelo e ka fumana ts’ehetso
• Merero ea masole, mapolesa, lichankana le mafapha a mang a ts’ireletso
• Menont’sa, libolaea likokonyana le lehola
• Thepa le seaparo sa lipapali
• Liletsoa tsa ‘mino kapa seaparo sa motjeko
• Lihlapiso tsa baithuti
• Meputso ea basebetsi
• Litlhoko tsa thuto kapa koetliso
• Makoloi, literekere, likomporo, j.j
• Thepa ea ts’ebetso le tsamaiso ea ofisi joalo ka lipene, lipents’ele, pampiri, j.j
• Thepa e sebelisoang liofising joalo ka likomporo, thepa e fotang j.j.
• khoebo tsa batho ka bo mong

Lenaneo lena la boithuso metseng le reretsoe ho thusa hore merero ea lona e fihlele katleho, ‘me
thuso e tla etsetsoa morero o mong le o mong ha ngoe feela.
U.S. Embassy Maseru
P.O. Box 333, Maseru 100, Lesotho
TEL: [phone] FAX: [phone]
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APPLICATION FORM

ORGANISATION BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Please print carefully in block letters, except where signatures are required
Ngola ka litlhaku tse balehang ntle le moo ho tekenoang

1. Name of Organization

Lebitso la mokhatlo

2. Location
Sebaka

3. Mailing Address
Lebokose la poso

4. District
Setereke

5. Name of Project Manager
Lebitso la mookameli

6. Project Manager Title
Maemo ka mokhatlong

7. Address of Project Manager
Aterese ea mookameli

8. Telephone Numbers, if any

Linomoro tsa Lifono / mehala.
Le tsa litho feela

If you do not have a telephone,
please supply us with some means
of contacting the project (for
example, another telephone in your
area, a radio and/or an authorized
Maseru contact) (Ha e-ba fono ha e
e'o, fana ka sebaka kapa fono ea
moo re ka siang molaetsa teng.)
9. Project Manager Signature

Tekeno

U.S. Embassy Maseru
P.O. Box 333, Maseru 100, Lesotho
TEL: [phone] FAX: [phone]
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APPLICATION FORM

PROJECT BACKGROUND INFORMATION

10. Please give a brief description of your organization and its purpose.
Ka bokhuts’oanyane hlalosa litaba tsa ea mokhatlo le sepheo sa oona

11. What is your project idea? Explain exactly how you plan to use the grant money.
Morero oa lona ke ofeng? Hlalosa hore na chelete ea lithuso e tla sebelisoa joang.

U.S. Embassy Maseru
P.O. Box 333, Maseru 100, Lesotho
TEL: [phone] FAX: [phone]
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APPLICATION FORM

12. ESTIMATES FOR MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT AND/OR LABOR REQUESTED (Current pro-forma invoices and estimates should be attached.)

*Important* List only TOTAL AMOUNTS to be paid to each vendor. Attach at least three quotations from each vendor/supplier with costs and items to be purchased. If you are requesting
funds for a contractor or for laborers, also include these quotations. Add all of the totals together to get the GRAND TOTAL but ensure that you do not exceed R60,000.00. The Grand Total
should equal the amount you are requesting from the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Fund.
Fana ka lethathamo la lintho tsohle tseo u hlokang ho thusoa ka tsona. Batla likhakanyo tse tharo bakeng sa mofuta o mong le o mong oa thepa ho barekisi kapa liahi. Kopanya feela e le
‘ngoe ea khetho ea hao likhakanyong ka ho fapana u ntse u ipapisitse le hore ha u fete R60,000 e boletsoeng e le moeli.

Project Manager Name (print) Project Name
Mookameli oa Morero Lebitso la Morero
Amount Requested Date of Application
Chelete eohle e Hlokoang Letsatsi la kopo

ITEM: BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MATERIALS, EQUIPMENT AND/OR LABOR FROM EACH SUPPLIER TOTAL COST NAME OF SUPPLIER/VENDOR
Tlhaloso ea sohle se hlokahalang ka bokhuts’oane Kakaretso ea Theko Lebitso la Morekisi/Mosebetsi

GRAND TOTAL

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TEL: [phone] FAX: [phone]
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APPLICATION FORM

13. What is the total amount you are requesting from the U.S. Ambassador's Special Self-Help Fund?
Kakaretso ea chelete eo le e kopang e kae?

14. We expect the project itself to contribute at least 10% of the project costs in cash, labor and/or
materials. Given this, please answer the following:
Re lebeletse morero ho fana ka bonyane 10% ea litjeho, e ka ba ka chelete, matsoho kapa lisebelisoa.

a) How much cash can you contribute?
Chelete eo le ka e khonang ke bokae?

b) What will you purchase with this money?
E tla reka eng?

c) What materials can you contribute?
Lisebelisuoa tse ka fanoang ke mokhatlo oa
lona e ka ba life?

d) What is the approximate cash value of these
materials?
Lisebelisuoa tseo mokhatlo oa lona o ka
fanang ka tsona li ka qosa bokae?

e) What labor can you contribute? What will
the laborers do?

Le ka fana ka basebetsi, ba tla sebetsa eng

morerong oo oa lona?

f) What is the approximate cash value of labor?
Haeba le ne le ka patala basebetsi baa ba ne
ba ka qosa morero bokae?
U.S. Embassy Maseru
P.O. Box 333, Maseru 100, Lesotho
TEL: [phone] FAX: [phone]
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