Program and Events

Ambassador Self-Help Program

General Principles

Every project submitted for Special Self Help (SSH) funding is expected to:

• 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, and be within the ability of the local community to operate and maintain;
• Be in direct response to the initiative and aspirations of the local community (the local sponsors of the project, who will also be its prime beneficiaries); and
• Not initiate, continue, or supplement technical assistance programs.