The U.S. Agency for International Development is seeking partners to implement a new initiative with Major League Baseball which aims to improve education, support children with disabilities and counter domestic violence in the Dominican Republic.
USAID expects one local NGO to be the main implementing partner and will encourage it to create coalitions with other nongovernmental organizations that have expertise in the program’s three focus areas, Devex has learned. The agency will be issuing a request for proposals next month.
Partnering with athletes and sports associations in the past, USAID has voiced that sports is a “great way to engage different audiences” in development.
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Claire Luke
Claire is a journalist passionate about all things development, with a particular interest in labor, having worked previously for the Indonesia-based International Labor Organization. She has experience reporting in Cambodia, Nicaragua and Burma, and is happy to be immersed in the action of D.C. Claire is a master's candidate in development economics at the George Washington Elliott School of International Affairs and received her bachelor's degree in political philosophy from the College of the Holy Cross.