Mini Grants to support Advocacy Campaigns focused on preserving access to HIV and Sexual & Reproductive Health

Deadline: 27-Oct-23

The Caribbean Vulnerable Communities (CVC) is pleased to announce small grants to support Advocacy Campaigns focused on preserving access to HIV and sexual and reproductive health services using traditional and social media.

The Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC) and its partners Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) and El Centro de Orientación e Investigación Integral (COIN), have received a Global Fund grant which will bring together organizations with complementary mandates, technical expertise and constituencies in a harmonized approach to leverage and support the effort of communities, civil society actors governments and technical partners in advancing the regional HIV response.

This project provides a unique opportunity to institutionalize partnerships between civil society and governments to achieve and sustain effective programs that meet the needs of key populations (KPs) and diminish the HIV epidemic.

The project seeks to achieve the following objectives:

To reduce structural barriers to key population services including stigma & discrimination and gender-based violence;
To improve knowledge generation and use of strategic information on key populations for decision-making and advocacy by communities and other stakeholders;
To increase domestic resources for effective key population programming; and
To mobilize resources for key population organizations.

Funding Objectives

Campaigns should support at least two (2) of the following objectives:
- To share accurate messages and information about HIV prevention, access to services and sexual and reproductive health, through social and traditional media, while taking into account varying educational, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.
- To share information using social and traditional media advocating for increased access and uptake of HIV services to include HIV self-testing, treatment and care.
- To share messaging using social and traditional media to promote and advocate for persons not in treatment and care to either begin or restart treatment.
- To share advocacy messaging using social and traditional media aimed at increasing/improving access to HIV and sexual and reproductive health services for members of key population groups.

Funding Information

Each organization may apply for an award of maximum US $5,000 USD to support project-related costs for up to six (6) months. Allocations for salaries, stipends, incentives and overheads should not exceed 40% of the total budget for the grant.