Overview
Donor: | Urgent Action Fund-Africa |
Application procedure: | Online Application |
Donor base: | Kenya |
Reference number: | - |
Eligible applicants: | Non-Profit Organisation |
Deadline: | ongoing |
Financial details
Grant size: | Small - up to $100,000 |
Minimum grant size: | - |
Total available budget: | - |
Funding type: | Grants |
Maximum grant size: | 5.000$ |
Funding ratio: | up to 100% |
Sectors
- Economic Development
- Governance & Democracy
- Human Rights
- Social Inclusion
- Women & Gender
Project Locations
Africa
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Description
1) Objective
The Urgent Action Fund-Africa (UAF-Africa) promotes the leadership of women and women’s human rights defenders through catalysing initiatives that improve and sustain women’s lives in Africa. rgent Action Fund-Africa (UAF-Africa) is a pan-African and feminist Fund, established in 2001 in Nairobi, Kenya. Using a rapid response grant making (RRG) model, the Fund supports unanticipated, time-sensitive, innovative, and bold initiatives. The financial and technical resources the Fund provides enable African feminists and women’s rights organisations to seize windows of opportunity, fracture patriarchy, amplify their voices, enhance their visibility, and become significant actors who can influence policy and law while shaping discourse. This way, UAF-Africa fills a unique grant making niche within the African feminist movement, providing stepping stones to activists as they use their agency and resilience to achieve social, economic, political and environmental justice.
2) Eligibility
Non-profit organisations are eligible to apply.
3) Location
UAF-Africa operates as a virtual organisation with an imprint across four African sub-regions.
4) Budget
Individual grant sizes are usually small (up to $5,000).
5) Application
Grant applications for the Rapid Response Grants can be submitted throughout the year, either via filling out the online application form or via download of the application form from their website and sending it to their office via email to proposals@urgentactionfund-africa.or.ke and response to most urgent requests is given within 24 hours. Applications may be written in French, English, Swahili, and Arabic.