2020 VIVA Girls Grants (Cycle 1)

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

0 $

Association

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Deadline

10 Feb 2020

Study level

High School

Opportunity type

Grants

Opportunity funding

Full funding

Eligible Countries

This opportunity is destined for all countries

Eligible Region

All Regions

Benefits

MADRE supports initiatives through grants (financial support) of $100 to $20,000
They provide flexible financial support that can be used for general support and/or projects, to be used over a period of 12 months.
At month 9, they will review progress with the grantees (successful applicants) to discuss possible project and funding renewal.

Eligibilities

Eligible applicants must meet ALL of the following criteria to apply for a VIVA Girls Grant (Financial Support):

Be a community-based group or individual that:
Works with girls and young women (up to age 30) who identify as Afro-descendant, disabled, Indigenous and/or LGBTIQ, and those from communities confronting climate crisis, war, conflict, disaster, and their aftermath.*
Is based in VIVA Girls geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Pacific.
Is looking for financial support (a grant) for a community project that works to meet immediate needs and also creates solutions to community challenges.
Has an annual operating budget** under $100,000 US dollars.
Plans to implement, or is currently implementing work that aims to:
Build a Just Peace – preventing, surviving, and recovering from war, to create lasting peace.
Advance Climate Justice – defending against the climate crisis and advocating for just economic and environmental policies.
End Gender-Based Violence – confronting abuses and creating protections for women, girls, and LGBTIQ people.

* MADRE recognizes communities in war, disaster, and their aftermath as communities facing an acute climate crisis, crises of extreme gender-based violence, war, and authoritarian or pre-authoritarian regimes.

** An annual operating budget is the total amount of money you spend to run your initiative/project/organization.

Eligible Regions: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Pacific

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