Deadline: 05-Jun-20
The Small Grants Office of the U.S. Embassy Eswatini is pleased to announce that funding is available through the Embassy’s PEPFAR Small Grants Program.
Purpose of PEPFAR Small Grant
The PEPFAR Small Grants Program to support People Living with Disabilities is an initiative that will assist local organizations to implement small scale projects that address issues related to access to the HIV prevention, testing and treatment services.
Preference is given to projects that:
- Support people living with disabilities and their households to decrease vulnerability to risk of becoming HIV-infected
- Link people living with disabilities to HIV related services including prevention, self-testing, treatment
- Implement activities aimed at reducing the discrimination of people living with disabilities and reducing barriers to HIV care & treatment and HIV prevention services
Activities that are not typically funded include, but are not limited to:
- HIV medicines, diagnostics and services
- HIV Test
- Prevention services and commodity procurement for adolescent friendly/reproductive health/post-rape
- Construction or building improvements, renovations or repairing a facility
- Office equipment such as duplicating machines, computer etc.
- Sports equipment or uniforms for a national sport team
Funding Information
The size of the grants will be between US$5,000 – $25,000. Only under exceptional circumstances will the U.S. Embassy award grants above US$25,000. Grants will be awarded for a one-year period ending on or before August 31, 2021.
Funding Priorities
The PEPFAR Small Grants for people living with disabilities is an initiative that will assist local organizations to implement small scale projects that address a range of HIV-related issues affecting people living with disabilities in Eswatini. Project activities should adhere to the guidelines listed below. While focused on people living with disabilities, all projects must demonstrate a link to HIV prevention, care or support. There is no one ideal project. However, successful projects share similar features.
- Benefit as many people with disabilities as possible, rather than individuals.
- Permit quick implementation and impact, using the entire grant by June 1, 2021.
- Be able to measure results (for example, be able to tell how many people are reached with the project activity; how many people, enumerated by gender, are trained, etc.).
- Be conducted by local organizations: Non-governmental organizations, Community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, groups of people living with HIV/ AIDS and groups of people living with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
PEPFAR Small Grants on people living with disabilities projects must align with one or more of the U.S Embassy priorities:
- Support people living with disabilities and their households to decrease vulnerability to risk of becoming HIV-infected
- Implement activities aimed at reducing the discrimination of people living with disabilities and reducing barriers to HIV testing and treatment and HIV prevention services
- Linkage and referral to facility and community-based services like HIV testing or self-testing services and HIV care and treatment. Support to identify organizations that the grantee can partner with to provide testing services can be provided by PEPFAR after submission of the grant application if needed.
Eligibility Criteria
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community-based organizations (CBOs), faith-based organizations (FBOs), groups of persons living with HIV or groups of persons living with a disability are eligible to apply. Applicants must:
- Demonstrate prior experience implementing projects of a similar level of complexity to the one proposed.
- Demonstrate an understanding of HIV programming and/or programming for people with disabilities.
- Provide evidence of having previously managed donor funds in similar amounts and activities for which they are requesting.
- Demonstrate capacity for accountability and program implementation.
Organizations that already receive direct funding or substantial support from the PEPFAR program are not eligible. Applicants should not duplicate already existing activities in their geographical area.
For more information, visit https://sz.usembassy.gov/1-pepfar-small-grants-application-pack/
