Deadline: 20-Jun-2020
The Neelan Tiruchelvam Trust (NTT) has announced a call for proposals under ‘Empowering marginalised communities and vulnerable groups across Sri Lanka.
Objectives
This call for proposals seeks to strengthen civil society and community efforts that aim to make a contribution towards the socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable communities across the country. Type of projects/activities that may be supported include, but are not restricted to:
- Support to establish/strengthen cooperatives and provide assistance. In particular, increase women’s participation in entities such as, fishermen association, farmers association, rural development societies, etc.
- Support infrastructure development, such as agro wells and water pumping equipment to increase access to water.
- Promote eco-friendly agriculture practices.
- Promote the entrepreneurial capacity of beneficiaries.
- Activities to promote technological advancements to increase productivity in the agricultural and fisheries sectors and strengthen market linkages, value chain development, post-harvest technology, generate offfarm development, etc.
- Support activities to create community awareness on land rights and land related policies.
- Activities to ensure feasible income sources through the introduction of new business models to create livelihood and employment opportunities for families in the plantation sector.
Funding Information
- NTT will award grants ranging from LKR 3,000,000 to LKR 5,000,000.
- The anticipated grant duration is 12 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only one application per organisation can be submitted.
- Eligible grant recipients include duly registered community-based organisations (CBOs), local nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), local not-for-profit organisations, duly registered youth groups, federations, cooperatives, etc.
- Applicants should demonstrate prior experience in implementing similar activities.
- Organisations without a valid registration will not be considered.
- Sub-granting is not allowed.
- Grant applications from individuals will not be accepted.
- NTT will not consider applications received from government institutions/departments and organisations with political affiliations.
For more information, visit https://neelan.org/2020/06/09/grant-applications-now-being-accepted-2/