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The Collaborative Fund for HIV/AIDS Women and Families in Sub-Saharan Africa calls for submissions of proposals from non-governmental and community-based organisations seeking funding support for Treatment Literacy and Preparedness; Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) issues for women living with HIV/AIDS; and Strategic Income-generation activities for empowerment, access programmes specifically for and led by women living with HIV/AIDS. Grants will be allocated to successful applications for a period of up to one year to a maximum amount of US $10,000.

The objective of this grant is to support initiatives of women-led or PLWHA-led organisations, especially those that represent specific interests of women living with HIV/AIDS.

FUNDING PRIORITY AREAS
The priority areas for funding include:

1. Treatment Literacy & Preparedness
2. Sexual Reproductive health and rights issues for women living with HIV/AIDS: (examples)
   - Human rights
   - Cultural and traditions (women having ownership of their bodies)
   - Positive child focused - systems to address needs of positive children and marginalised communities.
   
3. Strategic income-generation activities for empowerment, access specifically for and led by women living with HIV/AIDS: (examples)
   - Empowering HIV-positive women to make their own decisions - e.g. good information on agricultural development in order to increase their produce
   - Giving HIV-positive women skills in order to take care of their needs, coming up with sustainable solutions.
   

ELIGIBILITY

• Women Community-Based Organisations that are specifically dealing with HIV/AIDS and/or TB/HIV
• Women organisations that are dealing with SRHR: pap smears, treatment and prevention of STIs in women, HIV treatments and menopause, contraceptives and ARVs, adherence and body image & ARVs, etc.
• These organisations must be based and conduct their activities in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Strategic income-generation activities should be economic producing activities that will have a direct link to HIV/AIDS and issues that affect women, e.g. Sexual Reproductive Health & Rights; access to care support and treatment; treatment literacy; adherence
• Positive women should be leaders/owners of economic opportunities and organisations
• Joint projects/proposals between organisations are also accepted for consideration.
• Proposals should list address one of the three focus areas mentioned above in the priority areas.

General guidelines:
- One proposal per organisation
- All proposals to be submitted via email should be in WORD
- Accountability, transparency, ownership and sustainability of the projects identified by any group are of paramount importance
- It is also important for the beneficiaries to be given the opportunity to participate and take charge of the agreed projects at all levels - empowerment is critical
- Organisations applying should be committed to women's development - or at least willing to implement the project using women's lenses.

HOW TO APPLY
Respond to all questions in the application form at: www.icw.org

Please send to:
The East African Regional Coordinator
International Community of women living with HIV/AIDS (ICW)
P.O. Box 27066 KAMPALA UGANDA
Or Email: ;
Tel: +256 772 460 320

DEADLINES

Submission of Applications: Applications must be received by 20th April 2006 at 5.00 p.m. East African Time.

Grant Award Announcement: Summer 2006

For more information: www.icw.org