Deadline: 11 March 2014
ViiV
Healthcare is accepting concept notes for ‘Positive Action for Children Fund’ grant program 2014. The grant program is
focused on non-governmental and community-based organizations that can deliver change at a
community level. The Fund aims to support global efforts towards Countdown
to Zero – The Global Plan Towards the Elimination of New HIV Infections Among Children by 2015 and Keeping their Mothers Alive.
It also aims to alleviate the impact of HIV and AIDS on women and children’s health by supporting interventions that
engage affected communities, developing their capacity to participate and lead.
80% of
the fund will go to 15 priority countries (Nigeria,
Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia,Cameroon, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Angola, Burundi, Chad, Tanzania, Kenya and India)
for PMTCT interventions. The maximum funding available will be £300,000 over
three years. Minimum grant request to be made is £60,000 (over 3 years).
The PACF
Funding Areas are –
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Pursuing
community engagement, participation and leadership;
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Using
patient focused and family-centered approaches;
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Achieving
integration between HIV services, and between HIV and Sexual and reproductive
health (S&RH) services;
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Generating
demand for S&RH and PMTCT services;
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Using an
evidence base and generating evidence;
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Supporting
or delivering advocacy; and
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Strengthening grassroots action and organizations.
Only the proposal relevant to one of the following
five themes will be considered for funding -
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Community
interventions addressing loss to follow-up in Prevention of Mother to Child
Transmission (PMTCT)
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Community
advocacy for gender equity in education and health, including but not
limited to, for positive mothers and their affected families
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Preventing
unintended pregnancies
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Community
intervention to keep HIV negative women negative
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Early
infant diagnosis
‘Positive
Action for Children Fund’ Concept Note Preparation and Eligibility
To be
successful for ‘Positive Action for Children Fund’, proposed project should consist of new work that
should not been previously funded; it can include projects transferred to a new
location(s) and/or include the expansion of a recently tested model or pilot.
Focused initiatives that demonstrate real change in one or two of the above
mentioned themes are more likely to bring best outcome and thus funded by the grant program.
The submitted concept notes must demonstrate how the proposed
projects meet one of the following areas -
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Patient
focused and family-centered approaches
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Greater
and meaningful involvement of people living with HIV and AIDS
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Addressing
stigma and discrimination
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Integration
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Generating
demand
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Advocacy
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Evidence-based
and evidence-generating
Eligibility Criteria –
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Any
properly registered community-based, not-for-profit/charitable
status or NGO that represents, or is working
with, or for affected communities is eligible to submit proposals. Projects that are primarily targeted
at adolescents up to the age of 19 are eligible.
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The
application should confirm that 85% of the fund will be spent in country.
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Concept
Notes should be submitted with four attachments – a letter of declaration, a
list of trustees with contact details, proof of the applicant organization’s
registration and a copy of latest audited accounts to be eligible for
selection. Also, references that have knowledge of the applicant organization’s
work should be given including a named contact with phone number and email. The
organization’s income for the last financial year should also be mentioned and
proof attached along with the application.
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More than
one application from different country offices of the same organization is
accepted as eligible for competition.
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Applications should be either in English or
French.
‘Positive
Action for Children Fund’ Application Procedure
While
applying for ‘Positive Action for Children Fund’, collaborations with other groups is highly encouraged if they
address community needs and make sense diagrammatically with clear roles
and responsibilities. One organization will have to submit as lead
organization and the online application system will require you to enter
both/all organizations details.
A project needs to be new, innovative work,
not the simple continuation of previously funded activity. It must have an objective that is achievable and measurable
within the period of funding requested. It must be
identifiable as a discrete program of work alongside or within any
larger program the organization runs; it should have a name that can be used by
the implementer and the funder to describe the project.
Application Procedure -
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Applicants
should submit a Concept Note through online method before deadline.
Applicants need to register their organization on PACF system to be able to
submit the concept note.
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Applicants
will receive a response regarding the Concept Notes by July 2014.
If the Concept Note is successful, the applicant will be invited to submit a
full proposal by PACF’s board members.
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Reviewing
the submitted full proposals, successful organizations selected for the grant will be announced in October
2014.
While preparing Concept Notes, applicants
should consider what PACF is looking for -
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New needs
assessment linked to objectives
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Appropriate
interventions matched to these
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Clear
outcomes for each stated objective
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Numbers
of beneficiaries and cost effectiveness
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Relevance
of projects to local settings
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Strongest
projects in countries with multiple proposals
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A good
spread of themes, focus areas and a balance of interventions
For more
information, please visit VIIV Health Positive Action for
Children Fund page at: http://www.viivhealthcare.com/community-partnerships/positive-action-for-children-fund/overview.aspx
