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color:#1F497D">Noted with thanks. Selma<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Dpo-officemanagers [mailto:dpo-officemanagers-bounces@lists.pacificdisability.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Paradise Tabucala<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 23, 2022 9:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> dpo-officemanagers@lists.pacificdisability.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Opd-officemanagers] SMALL GRANT ALERT!! National Democratic Institute (NDI) Equal Rights in Action Small Grants Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From TCI Convenors office:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please find below a call for NDI's (National Democratic Institute) '<b>Equal Rights in Action Fund (ERA Fund)'.
</b>This is to<b> </b>provide small grants to local organizations around the world that work to promote and defend the human rights of marginalized groups. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The nominations phase will start on May 16, 2022, and end on June 10, 2022. Also, o<b><u>rganizations that are interested in applying for funding must be nominated by the US embassy in their
respective country and cannot apply directly.</u></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please refer to the appended email and attachment for detailed information. You can als<span style="color:black">o write to </span><b><u><span style="color:#0070C0;
background:white"><a href="mailto:erafund@ndi.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">erafund@ndi.org</span></a></span></u></b></span><u><span style="color:#0070C0">.</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;
background:white">If you are interested in applying for this grant and need any kind of assistance, please drop us an email at<b> <span style="letter-spacing:
.15pt"><a href="mailto:tciasia.secretariat@gmail.com">tciasia.secretariat@gmail.com</a>.</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white">We hope you find this opportunity useful. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white">Thank you.</span><span style="font-family:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"">Paradise Tabucala<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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