RAPID ACTION AGAINST IMPUNITY IN NIGERIA (RAIN) | 72062024RFA00001

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The RAPID ACTION AGAINST IMPUNITY IN NIGERIA (RAIN) grant opportunity is a USAID/Nigeria (USAID-Abuja) funding call designed to confront the links between corruption, weak justice outcomes, and ongoing violence in Northern Nigeria. The addendum focuses on Plateau and Kaduna states, where financial corruption and entrenched patronage networks can undermine how security and justice institutions investigate, prosecute, and resolve violent crime. The opportunity is built around the idea that when public systems are perceived as unfair, inaccessible, or compromised, communities lose trust in government and may turn to informal or illegal retaliation, including mob justice. Over time, that dynamic fuels recurring cycles of injustice, impunity, revenge, and continued violence.

The core purpose of the RAIN Addendum is to reduce corruption and impunity specifically connected to violent crime. USAID frames corruption as a central driver that weakens institutional performance and allows perpetrators to avoid consequences, which in turn encourages further violence. By addressing corruption inside the systems that are supposed to deliver security and justice, the program aims to help restore credibility, improve accountability, and expand fair legal recourse for people affected by violent incidents. In practical terms, this means strengthening the conditions under which cases of violent crime are handled transparently and professionally, while also improving public confidence that justice processes can work without being bought, influenced, or derailed.

The opportunity lists three main objectives. First, it seeks to increase accountability for corruption related to violent crime cases, which can include actions that expose or deter bribery, case manipulation, or abuses of authority that block investigations or prosecutions. Second, it aims to increase public advocacy against corruption within the security and justice systems, emphasizing the role of civil society and community voices in demanding cleaner, more responsive institutions. Third, it intends to facilitate justice solutions for individuals affected by violent crime in Plateau and Kaduna, pointing toward support that helps victims and survivors navigate the justice system, pursue remedies, and reduce reliance on extra-legal responses.

This funding is issued as a discretionary Notice of Funding Opportunity under a Cooperative Agreement, meaning the award structure typically involves substantial involvement by the agency during implementation compared with a standard grant. The Funding Opportunity Number is 72062024RFA00001, and the activity category is Law, Justice and Legal Services under CFDA 98.001. USAID anticipates making up to two awards, with an award ceiling of USD 863,750 per award. The opportunity was created on 2024-01-05, and the original closing date for applications was 2024-02-19.

Eligibility is strictly limited to local Nigerian organizations. Applications from non-Nigerian entities, other organization types, or individuals are not accepted under this call. This restriction indicates a strong emphasis on locally led implementation and locally grounded approaches in the target states, with Nigerian civil society or other eligible Nigerian institutions expected to design and carry out activities that directly address corruption risks and justice barriers tied to violent crime.

• The Nigeria USAID-Abuja in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "RAPID ACTION AGAINST IMPUNITY IN NIGERIA (RAIN)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 98.001.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-01-05.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-02-19. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $863,750.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 2 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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