Here are some recently opened funding opportunities for African Countries by various foundations in order to support NGOs, institutions and individuals working for the development of Africa and its people who are facing issues like poverty, improper livelihood, injustice with their rights and a lot more.
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Urgent Action Fund-Africa: Seeking Applications for Rapid Response Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
Urgent Action Fund-Africa is currently seeking applicants for its Rapid Response Grant with an aim to support women’s groups within Africa responding to an urgent situation and working towards the overall goal of promoting, advancing and protecting women’s human rights.
Rapid response grantmaking is the provision of immediate small grants within a short period of time to support interventions that are strategic and urgent which may not be part of planned programme activities and are not covered by long term funding.
Priority Areas
- Defending the defenders
- Protecting women’s individual dignity, safety and autonomy
- Justice and the rule of law
- Economic Justice
- Natural Resource Governance & Climate Change
Funding Information
UAF-Africa provides grants of upto a maximum USD 12,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- UAF-Africa supports women’s rights organisations and activists in the entire African region.
- UAF-Africa does NOT fund individuals.
How to Apply
Applicants must download the application form via given website.
Eligible Countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Cote d’Ivorie, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
For more information, please visit http://urgentactionfund-africa.or.ke/what-we-do/rapid-response-grantmaking/