Eastern Africa Treatment Access Movement – EATAM ANNOUNCEMENT
Introduction - The HIV Collaborative Fund for Eastern Africa Treatment Access Movement is seeking proposals from organizations within Eastern Africa for the upcoming 2008-2009 grant cycle of funding for community-based HIV treatments literacy programs.
Grants will be allocated to successful applications for a period of up to one (1) year for a maximum of ten thousand ($10, 000.) US dollars per application.
The overall objective of this grant is to support initiatives of community-based organizations that represent interests of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) and other communities affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Funding Priorities
The main priority area for funding is:
- Improving access to treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS including treatment information, advocacy, education and preparedness for ARVS, TB/HIV and OIs.
Other priorities include:
- Capacity building and strengthening the development of PLWHA organizations and other key partners in community-based treatment literacy and preparedness.
- Strengthening advocacy skills and initiatives on treatment
Proposals will be classified into five (5) categories. Please choose one (1) topic that best defines the main focus of the work proposed in the application.
- Treatment literacy refers to work that supports the increase in HIV knowledge and community preparedness for treatment uptake.
- Treatment advocacy refers to activities that advocate for treatment rights for PLHIV.
- Community mobilization refers to work that brings communities together with the end goal of passing along information on HIV prevention, care and treatment issues.
- Capacity strengthening refers to efforts that empower and increase the skills of PLHIV and community members with respect to HIV (directly or indirectly).
- TB/HIV covers issues that surround TB as a co-infection of HIV. This includes TB treatment.
Eligibility
- Non-Governmental Community-Based Organizations working on HIV treatment education, HIV/TB issues and advocacy related to the five (5) areas mentioned above within Eastern Africa.
- Joint projects between organizations are also accepted for consideration.
Eligible countries
- Sudan
- Djibouti
- Eritrea
- Somali
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Uganda
- Tanzania
- Zanzibar
General Guidelines
- One proposal per organization
- Prospective grantees are expected fill out the HIV Collaborative Fund Grant Application. (2008-2009) This application has three (3) sections:
- Organizational Detail
- Technical Proposal
- Cost Proposal
- Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals via email and using MS WORD. If you must submit through regular mail, please ensure that all postage and delivery fees are covered by your organization. The HIV Collaborative Fund is not obliged to cover or reimburse for these expenses.
- Accountability, transparency, ownership and sustainability of the projects identified are of paramount.
- Beneficiaries must be involved at all levels of the project cycle.
- All submitted applications/proposals must be saved using the name of the organization.
- This grant can not be used to buy office equipment, pay rent or salaries.
- PROPOSALS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THE DUE DATE
- PROPOSALS THAT DO NOT MEET THE ABOVE REQUREMENTS WILL BE DISQUALIFIED
Grant Ceiling
Grants will be allocated to successful applications for a period of up to one (1) year for a maximum amount of US $ 10,000.
Submission
Please submit all applications to:
Email: eatamcrp@yahoo.com
Deadline
All proposals MUST be received by 5.00 pm on or before on 20th OCTOBER, 2008
Background
The HIV Collaborative Fund is a partnership of the Tides Network and the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition. It is a collaboration among people living with HIV/AIDS, community and international organizations, multilateral agencies, and donors. Each partner brings its expertise and resources to further the goal of improving the global access of people and communities at risk in utilizing quality HIV care, prevention and treatment services.
Community mobilization and empowerment are core values of the Collaborative Fund. The Fund represents the first time that a global coalition of people living with AIDS has developed a funding mechanism that allows them to set their own funding priorities and to implement their own strategies.
The International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) aims to scale up efforts by Civil Society, especially People Living with HIV/AIDS, to advocate for and participate in the development and implementation of HIV treatment access programs.
The Eastern African Treatment Access Movement (EATAM) is a sub-regional coalition of people living with HIV and AIDS together with their supporters within the Eastern Africa region. This movement was inaugurated in March 2003, during the International Treatment Preparedness Summit from which ITPC.
This project is supported with funds from multiple donors.
About the HIV Collaborative Fund: www.hivcollaborativefund.org
About the Tides Network: www.tides.org
About Pan African Treatment Access Movement: www.patam.org
About International Treatment Preparedness Coalition: www.itpcglobal.org
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