Deadline: 15-Sep-23
The Lemonaid & ChariTea Foundation is currently accepting applications from local non-profit organizations to support entrepreneurial and income generating initiatives in regions currently excluded from fair access to the global economic system.
The Lemonaid & ChariTea Foundation works with local organizations that implement projects for positive change and economic independence in their communities.
Focus Areas
- Value Chains
- Growth as they have known it so far tends to be exclusive and not beneficial for a large part of the population. Therefore, this focus area aims to create access to value chains and value for those who are often at the end of global value chains.
- Education
- All of the projects aim to empower people in different ways and on different topics. They contribute to inclusive and equitable quality education that enables individuals to make their own informed choices and understand the impact of their actions on the environment.
- Advocacy
- Campaigning for a marginalized group or issue is necessary to potentially gain more support or funding, or simply to bring attention to an underfunded issue. It can also be a necessary activity, complementary to direct project implementation, to ensure project success on a systematic level.
- Access to Finance
- The term “access to finance” is often used concurrently with the term financial inclusion and aims to provide access to financial services for groups that do not have access to formal finance. It is an enabler for entrepreneurial action that has a greater social impact on the surrounding society.
Cross-Cutting Themes
- Cross-cutting themes are topics that they believe need to be addressed in order to contribute holistically to a more equitable world. These do not have to be the sole focus of a project, but can be addressed in parts and are often interconnected.
- Gender: They support projects that work to reduce structural gender inequalities.
- Marginalized people: They work with projects that target groups of people who have historically been excluded from development initiatives, such as indigenous groups or people with disabilities.
- Innovation: In innovation lies the key for any entrepreneur. Projects that focus on a pilot project or try out new ideas and share lessons learned are innovative.
- Climate & Resource Management: They consider projects that contribute to the resilience of their communities to climate shocks and promote resource management to mitigate the ongoing global climate crisis.
Funding Information and Duration
- Amounts between 10,000€ – 50,000€ per calendar year can be funded. The maximum project duration is three years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organization
- The applicant organization must be recognized as a non-profit organization, NPO or NGO in its respective country. Ideally, organizations apply directly, without intermediary organizations, as they prefer to fund organizations directly to avoid duplication of expenses.
- Project Countries
- Applications will be considered from organizations with projects in the following countries: Sri Lanka. The project country is fixed and is not flexible.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Applications will not be considered if:
- it is not complete
- the organization is not located in a project country
- the application does not relate to one of the priority areas
- the application contains discriminatory content
For more information, visit Lemonaid & ChariTea Foundation.