CALL FOR PROPOSALS
ARASA SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME- REMOVING LEGAL BARRIERS- 2017
About ARASA
Established in 2002, the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) is a regional
partnership of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working together to promote a
human rights-based response to HIV and TB in east and Southern Africa through capacity
building and advocacy. The head office of ARASA is located in Windhoek, Namibia.
Central to ARASA’s operational strategy is utilising the partnership to build and strengthen
the capacity of civil society, with a particular focus on people living with HIV (PLHIV) and key
populations at higher risk of HIV infection, to effectively advocate for a rights-based and
gendered response to HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in east and southern Africa. This is done
with the objective of ensuring that the rights of PLHIV and those at higher risk of HIV are
respected and protected and those socio-economic rights, the denial of which fuels the
epidemic in the region, are respected, protected and fulfilled.
1. Introduction to 2017 call for proposals - Botswana, Malawi, Kenya and Seychelles
Global Fund Africa Regional HIV programme for Removing Legal barriers
In 2015, the AIDS and Rights Alliance of Southern and East Africa (ARASA), Enda Sante, the
Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC), KELIN and UNDP secured funding from the Global
Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria for a first of its kind regional programme to be
implemented in ten countries in West, East and Southern Africa, with the aim of (1)
strengthening evidence-based law reform to support improved delivery of and access to HIV
and TB services for key populations (2) improving the legal environment that provides rights
based protections through access to justice and enforcement of supportive laws for key
populations and (3) protecting key populations in the event of human rights crises which
impede access to HIV and TB services.
The overall goal of the Global Fund African Regional HIV Grant Removing Legal Barriers is to
work with parliamentarians, policy makers, law enforcement officials, cultural leaders,
lawyers and the judiciary to strengthen access to services for key populations (men who
have sex with men, sex workers and people who use drugs) in 10 countries – Botswana,
Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Removing Legal Barriers Small Grants
As part of the Africa Regional HIV programme for Removing Legal barriers, ARASA will
provide small grants of 10 000 USD each to civil society, human rights organisations and key
population groups in Botswana, Malawi, Kenya and Seychelles for national policy and
advocacy to follow up the recommendations of the Legal Environment Assessments (LEAs)
and for using existing structures to develop national mechanisms to prevent and address
human rights violations that impede access to HIV and TB services.
The small grants will cover a range of national advocacy activities, which can be
implemented as follow up from regional capacity strengthening interventions linked to the
programme, to support strategic litigation and to advocate for policy and law reform. The
small grants can cover the costs of developing advocacy materials, implementing advocacy
activities and the costs of convening or attending meetings.
Objectives of the small grants
1. Strengthen the capacity of national civil society groups (including human rights
organisations), networks of people living with HIV and key population organisations
to advocate for an enabling legal environment;
2. Strengthen the evidence base for advocacy for legal and policy reform;
3. Enhance legal and rights literacy of communities, with a focus on people living with
HIV and key population organisations
4. Address challenges in service provision and law enforcement related to people living
with HIV and key populations and advocate for the enforcement of supportive laws
to support improved access to and delivery of HIV and TB services for these key
populations;
5. Strengthen access to justice and national mechanisms to prevent and address
human rights violations that impede key population access to HIV/TB services
Documents check list
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Small Grants Application Form;
Narrative Project Proposal;
Budget breakdown of the proposed project;
Monitoring and evaluation template;
Certificate of registration as a Trust, NGO, non-profit organisation (NPO),
community-based organisation (CBO) or faith-based organisation (FBO); and
Original letter from registered bookkeeper or auditing firm of your organisation,
confirming that the organisation is audited on an annual basis;
NB: No application will be considered without all the above-mentioned documents.
Applications should be sent to:
Regional Advocacy Officer (Nthabiseng Mokoena)
Email:
Web:
[email protected] and copy [email protected]
www.arasa.info
Closing date for applications is Thursday 23 January 2017 at 17h00 Central African
time.
Certificates and support letters MUST be certified before they are scanned and
attached. No late applications will be considered. Kindly use the template below for
your narrative project proposal and attach the logical framework form as well as the
activity based budget.
SMALL GRANTS APPLICATION FORM
Title of the proposed project:
Name and contact details of the applying
trainer (include full names, physical &
postal address, contact numbers, email
address etc)
Full name of the implementing
organisation, its legal status and year of
registration (include registration number
and date)
Physical address of the organisation:
Postal address of the organisation:
Contact numbers including country code:
Mobile or alternative contact numbers:
Fax number:
E-mail:
Alternative e-mail:
Website if any:
Key contact person:
Name
surname:
Position:
&
Contact details:
Total budget of the organisation ( For
current financial year) in US$:
Total project budget amount:
Banking Details: all details below are
required
Bank name:
Type of account:
Account Holder:
Account number:
Branch code:
Branch name:
Swift code:
Financial agent( if different from the organisation)
Name of the organisation:
Contact person:
Physical address:
Postal address:
Telephone number:
Fax:
Alternative contact details:
E-mail:
Alternative e-mail:
Website if any:
NARRATIVE PROJECT PROPOSAL
Please note that this segment as well as the budget section must be completed fully and
all questions answered in detail. Any application that does not comply with the
instructions provided in this template will not be considered.
a. Organisational Background
b. Problem Statement1
c. Project Goal, objectives and activities
d. Organizational Capacity
e. Monitoring & Evaluation Framework and Procedures (Reflect on existing M&E
systems in your organisation and how they will be used for the project)
f. Financial Accountability (Reflect on current financial management systems existing
within your organisation and how they will be used to ensure financial
accountability with regards to the project funds etc.)
(g) Project Budget
Kindly use the template below to draft a budget for your project.
1
What problem do you want to address? What evidence is there that this is a problem?
Budget Item / Activity
Item cost
In US Dollars
Total amount
Requested
ARASA
amount
from
In
local
In local
In US Dollars
currency
Currency