The Southern Africa Trust provides grants to civil society organisations representing the poor through policy development in the region. It is an independent, regional, non-profit agency registered in South Africa.
The Trust’s mission is to support processes to deepen and widen engagement in policy dialogue with a regional impact, so that the poor have an effective voice in shaping policies that overcome poverty. It envisions having a well-integrated southern Africa with policies and strategies that end poverty and make regional integration work for the poor.
Focus Areas
- organisations and processes with regional impact
- deeper and wider engagement in policy dialogue
- public policy development aiming to reduce poverty
- the voices of the poor to be heard in policy processes
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a grant, applicant organisations or lead organisations in an alliance, coalition or network of other organisations must:
- Be a civil society organisation, alliance, coalition or network rooted and governed within southern Africa;
- Be willing to enter into a partnership agreement with the Southern Africa Trust;
- Be engaged in programmes that have a regional impact on policies that reduce poverty in southern African.
Focus Countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
For more information, please visit https://www.gov.uk/international-development-funding/southern-africa-trust.