The Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS) presents the Proposal Writing training course scheduled to take place in Nairobi, Kenya from 5 to 9 March 2007. This is an intensive one-week learning opportunity for board members, managers and program staff who wish to diversify funding and resources for their organizations. This one-week course is designed to equip the participants with skills to develop a proposal using logical framework approach. Participants will learn how to transform an idea into a marketable proposal. They will be exposed to techniques for writing winning proposals including designing, describing and budgeting interventions and their monitoring and evaluation plans. The learning atmosphere is creative and participatory using an approach that emphasizes "learning by doing> ". CAFS invites you and members of your staff, grantees or collaborating partners to apply for admission to this course. The tuition fee for this one-week course is US $ 1,000. The fee covers tuition, training materials, supplies and certification awards. The attached brochure provides more information about the course and application procedures. We also encourage you to visit the CAFS website www.cafs.org for more details about other services offered by CAFS. In addition to the international courses, CAFS offers this training to individual organizations for a minimum of 10 participants per class. Please do not hesitate to contact me on ailiniga@cafs.org or courses@cafs.org for more information on this course.