Deadline: 30-Nov-23
The Initiative Sankofa d’Afrique de l’Ouest (ISDAO) has launched a call for proposals to ensure the health and empowerment of communities of LGBTQI people, sex workers and people who use drugs (DU), through an approach to sexual and reproductive health and rights that is more inclusive and people-centered.
ISDAO, West Africa Sankofa Initiative, is a fund led by West African activists for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) people. It is an initiative that aims to strengthen and support a West African movement for gender diversity and sexual rights by adopting a flexible approach to grantmaking and developing a philanthropic culture committed to equality and social justice.
Love Alliance partnership is an initiative planned over a period of 5 years (2021-2025), aiming to provide grants at the national level and strengthen movements in ten (10) African countries. West, East, Southern and North. Its overall goal is to ensure that communities of LGBTQI people, sex workers and people who use drugs are healthy and empowered, through a more inclusive and people-centered approach to health and of Sexual and Reproductive Rights (SRHR). The initiative is focused on strengthening advocacy and building community-led movements in the 10 targeted countries, as well as strengthening advocacy at regional, continental and global levels.
Objectives
- Objective 1: A movement of key populations (PC) (communities of DU, LGBTQI people and of Sex Workers) dynamic, inclusive, influential, whose parties support each other in all civil spaces without restriction.
- Objective 2: End sexual and gender-based violence, stigma and discrimination against PCs (DU communities, LGBTQI people and workers of the sex).
- Objective 3: Equality in access to integrated, reliable, comprehensive, inclusive and focused services on the person in terms of HIV and SRHR care.
Priorities
- Priority 1: Promote social and economic opportunities for DUs, TS and people LGBTQI+.
- Priority 2: Improve access, availability, relevance and affordability of health services holistic health for DUs, TS and LGBTQI+ people.
- Priority 3: Address discriminatory laws and policies to advance human rights for UD, TS and LGBTQI+ people.
Funding Categories
- Grants awarded under the ISDAO Love Alliance Initiative fall into three categories:
- $10,000 or less per year ⎯ Basic seed support for start-up organizations with 0 to 2 years of existence or for informal groups, working locally at the community level. It is likely that these organizations do not have formal systems or structures and that most, if not all, of their work is carried out by volunteers. The annual budget of an organization or group requesting a grant of this size will not exceed $100,000. At this level of funding, applicant organizations/groups can request up to USD 10,000 for support of up to 12 months and up to USD 20,000 for support of up to 24 months.
- $10,001 to $30,000 per year ⎯ Grant intended to support pre-existing actions or to implement new initiatives undertaken by more formalized groups, active for at least 2 years, operating at local, subnational or national levels. These organizations must have arrangements and structures in place and must be regularly staffed with paid (part-time or full-time) or volunteer staff. At this level of funding, applicant organizations/groups can request up to $ 30,000 for support of a maximum duration of 12 months and up to $ 60,000 for support of a maximum duration of 24 months.
- $30,001 to $50,000 per year ⎯ Funding to consolidate or expand the work of formalized groups working at subnational or national levels, with at least 5 years of professional experience and having functional organizational systems and structures and staff on time full. At this level of funding, applicant groups/organizations can request up to $ 50,000 for up to 12 months of support and up to $ 100,000 for up to 24 months of support.
Eligibility Criteria
- ISDAO invites organizations/groups led by communities of people who use drugs, LGBTQI people and sex workers based in Burkina Faso or Nigeria to submit proposals. These will need to address advocacy needs within communities and/or facilitate/support organizational growth and capacity building in areas that will improve movement coordination.
- An organization/group can only submit one application in response to this call. The application must focus on work that will be implemented in Burkina Faso or Nigeria. ISDAO welcomes applications from organizations/groups regardless of their registration status. This means that the group or organization does not need to be registered as an organization to be eligible for this call.
- While they recognize that providing sexual and reproductive health services is part of the work of many organizations and groups, please note that this call and the Love Alliance focus on advocacy on SRHR issues and strengthening movements, and not the provision of reproductive and sexual health services (e.g. screening activities, condom distribution, medical care etc.)
- They strongly encourage organizations/groups/coalitions/consortia to submit applications that contribute to the overall goals of the Love Alliance Initiative. The grant-making system is flexible, however, they strongly encourage applications that consider the inclusion of the following groups: youth, women and others underrepresented within sex worker communities, LGBTQI and people who use drugs.
For more information, visit ISDAO.
