Solidarity Fund

The Solidarity Fund has been established in order to create an additional source of funding for current or potential AWDF grantees, to enable them engage in activities which promote learning and the sharing of experiences on a local, national and international level. To this end, the Solidarity Fund will support African women to participate in exchange visits, conferences, seminars and workshops, thereby providing valuable opportunities for networking and information, all of which are vital to the strengthening of the African women’s movement.

The Objectives of the Solidarity Fund are:

• To enhance networking opportunities, and facilitate the sharing of skills and knowledge between organisations across the region and internationally.
• To support feminist activists, scholars and practitioners who are contributing to significant long-term changes in the Africa region.
• To give women’s rights activists voice and visibility at various levels of decision making at local, national, regional and international levels.
• To encourage the participation of young African women in national, regional and global women’s movements.

The Solidarity Fund is for the following target groups:

• Local, national, sub-regional or regional African women’s organisations, from any part of Africa who are seeking funding for representatives to attend strategic workshops, seminars or conferences within or outside the Africa region. Meetings within the Africa region will be given priority.
• Exchange and learning visits to peer organisations in another country. Examples of what can be supported include an organisation in Ghana working on violence against women, wishing to learn from strategies used by similar organisations in South Africa.
• Whilst other organisations are encouraged to apply, priority will be given to current grantees of AWDF, or those organisations which would usually qualify to receive a grant from AWDF.

Frequency of grant-making:

Applications to the Solidarity Fund can be sent in at any time, and must be received at least three months before the identified activity.

Size of grants

Organisations can apply for grants ranging from $1,000 - $5,000.

How to Apply

Please send a proposal not exceeding six pages with the following information:

• Contact Information
• Name of organisation
• Address
• Telephone and fax number
• E-mail address and URL (if any)
• Contact person's name and title
• Who completed this proposal? Please sign and date.
• How did you learn about the African Women’s Development Fund?

Grant Request Information

• Are you a current/previous grantee of AWDF?
• How much money are you applying for?
• For what purpose are you seeking a grant from the African Women’s Development Fund? Please tell us specifically how this grant will be used. Provide a detailed budget for the project.
• What are the expected benefits?
• How will this grant enable your organisation to achieve its strategic objectives?
  
  Please include the following information:
  
  a) A copy of your most recent annual report and financial statement
  b) Brochures/leaflets describing the work you do
  c) A letter of invitation from the conference organisers.
  d) Information about the conference.

For further information, please contact:

The Grants Administrator
The African Women’s Development Fund
25 Yiyiwa St.Abelekpe,
Accra, Ghana

Tel: +233 21 780476
Fax: +233 21 782502
Email: awdf@awdf.org
or you can use our online contact form available from here