Welcome to the PFD Blog!
This is Whitney Kippes, and I am one of the current Program Support Interns. In order to help everyone understand what we do here at PFD, Deniece and I will be reporting on the goings on at PFD and around Washington over the next few months.
Frequently, my days begin by checking grants.gov to search for any new funding opportunities that we might be able to take advantage of. As I'm sure you are well aware, PFD gets its primary funding through grants from other organizations, including the U.S. Government.
This morning yeilded several promising results from the President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief. Finding new grant opportunities is always fun for us, because it means that we can find ways to build on the amazing work that PFD is doing overseas!
Of course, as time goes on, the staff members will work to assemble the project proposal. While working on a deadline to complete the proposal things can get a bit hectic around here, but I particularly enjoy working on proposal development because it lets me imagine what the project will be like on the ground!
