Rapid Response Fund to Tackle HIV-related Human Rights Challenges

Deadline Date

Ongoing

Donor Name

Frontline AIDS

Grant Size

$10,000 to $100,000

Rapid Response Fund to Tackle HIV-related Human Rights Challenges

Frontline AIDS has launched the Rapid Response Fund to support marginalized communities in tackling HIV-related human rights challenges, including stigma, discrimination, and threats of violence.

What the Fund Helps With

• Providing emergency financial grants to organisations.
• Supporting organisations to strengthen their capacity for emergency human rights response work.
• Documenting and sharing best practices to help influence decisions by governments and donors.

Funding Information

• Emergency response grants of up to $15,000 USD are available.
• Grants are for organisations across 24 countries, led by or working closely with marginalized groups affected by HIV, such as:
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBT+) people
  • Sex workers
  • People who use drugs

Ineligible Funding

• Humanitarian relief or direct aid for individuals (e.g., housing, food, medication).
• Income-generation activities.
• HIV testing and treatment services.
• Foreseeable funding gaps.
• Activities that have already occurred.
• Starting strategic litigation.
• Fees for conference or event attendance.
• Activities related to women and girls where there is no intersection with LGBT+ people, sex workers, or people who use drugs.

Eligibility Criteria

• Your proposal should address a new and unforeseen situation:
  • Threatening to disrupt your organisation’s existing human rights work.
  • Or identify a specific moment or opportunity to advance HIV-related human rights.
• You must have a realistic plan for meaningful change within 1-6 months.
• Your organisation should be based in an eligible country.
• Your organisation must be led by or closely working with marginalized communities affected by HIV.
• Your organisation should have an annual income of less than $1 million USD.
• Your organisation must have implemented HIV-related human rights projects in the last 12 months.

Eligible Countries

• Caribbean: Haiti, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Guyana, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago.
• East Africa: Ethiopia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania.
• East Asia: Cambodia, Vietnam.
• Southern Africa: Angola.
• West and Central Africa: Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.

For more information, visit Frontline AIDS.