Eligible Projects (JSIF)

Projects considered for funding by JSIF can comprise a mix of supporting components from the list below, or other project type as agreed with funding agencies.

Infrastructure

Includes the rehabilitation, expansion, construction or equipping of:

Early childhood development centres, primary and all age schools
Small road in agricultural areas, bridge approaches, small bridges, foot bridges, retaining walls, drains
Urban access roads
Gullies
Small scale water schemes
Sanitation
Health centres
Community resource centres
Skills training centres
Facilities for tourism product enhancement
Play and recreation areas
Sports facilities
Community markets

Social Services

Vocational skills training, market awareness, entrepreneur skills
Job separation counselling, employment profiling, personal development, job preparation skills
Literacy
Personal money management
Conflict resolution, anger management
Parenting skills, adolescent/adult life skills
Trauma and bereavement counselling
Health and hygiene behaviour change
Construction site skills
Substance abuse counselling

Capacity Building

Organizational development
Planning and management
Communication skills and basic conflict resolution
Fund raising and financial management
Governance
Disaster preparedness
Maintenance

Special Projects

Projects for special/vulnerable groups, for example, homes and shelters, training for persons with disabilities, the elderly, abandoned children, street people.
Projects of an innovative nature, which may yield new, replicable approaches to poverty alleviation.
Projects that promote best practices through awareness and capacity building.