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Small Grants Program
GYCA's Small Grants Program
Information & Application Instructions
GYCA members have frequently expressed they have inadequate funding to implement their projects on the ground. Therefore GYCA is pleased to announce the partnership with the American Jewish World Service has continued and GYCA is currently launching the 2009 round of the Small Grants Program to help outstanding young leaders working on HIV to successfully implement projects in their communities!
Since the spring of 2008 American Jewish World Service supported GYCA’s Small Grants Program and made it possible for GYCA to assist ten young outstanding graduates of our e-courses to implement projects that address documented needs in their communities and to learn the basics of grant management and reporting. Projects included Awareness-Raising about HIV/AIDS Among Young Women in Pakistan and Voluntary Counseling and Testing Campaign Project in a rural area in Rwanda among a number of other impressive initiatives. This partnership is continuing through 2009 and 2010 enabling GYCA to provide 10 more grants to outstanding young people.
Do you want to be the next youth leader that receives $1,500 USD to implement your HIV and AIDS project in your community?
Requirements:
In order to be considered for a grant you have to be a GYCA member and be 29 years old or younger. Furthermore, applicants must have successfully completed, or be currently enrolled in at least one of GYCA’s e-courses in Project Management, Political Advocacy or Grant Writing & Fundraising.
Download the GYCA Small Grant Application by clicking HERE.
Additional priorities:
In addition, GYCA prioritizes projects that address a documented need in their community; work with marginalized populations; have specific, measurable, and time-bound objectives; include a focus on gender equality; have verifiable indicators in place for monitoring and evaluation; take an evidence-based and human rights-based approach; and are sustainable after the funding period ends.
Finally, GYCA gives priority to applicants who reside in a developing country where funding is not easily accessible; are living with HIV and/or belong to a marginalized group; are connected with a local, well-established NGO; and are committed to sharing their skills with their peers. GYCA, as a youth-serving network, will only make grants to applicants under 30 years of age.
**GYCA strongly encourages people working in the Caribbean to apply.
Additional Information
Grant recipients will be required to monitor their projects’ progress on an online blog for the GYCA community and through a mid-grant project report and final grant report.
Save the Dates!
The dates for the next round of applications have been adjusted. The new dates that applications will be available and accepted are from 23 November until 20 December 2009.
Final decisions will be made in late January and at this time, applicants will hear if they received the grant.
Due to the high number of applicants and interested parties, we will not be able to respond to all individual inquiries. Please don’t contact us after submitting your application, we will contact you!
Please e-mail any questions about the program to grants@youthaidscoalition.org.
Hear about what the latest Small Grant winners are up to at the Small Grants blog! Current grantees will be updating it monthly throughout 2009 and early 2010.
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