Deadline: 24 January 2015
Asia Catalyst has announced a call for applications for community-based organizations (CBOs) to participate in the ‘Regional Rights Training Program’ to address challenges that people living with HIV (PLHIV) and key populations encounter when seeking medical attention. CBOs in Cambodia, China, Myanmar and Vietnam can attend this program.
Asia Catalyst will provide travel, accommodation, per diems and training materials for two staff from each participating organization.
Apart from the program, organizations can also apply for sub grant funds to carry out research and implement their advocacy strategy.
The Regional Rights Training Program, conducted in English, is an intensive one-year capacity-building program aimed at building skills in developing community-based advocacy campaigns to respond to discrimination in healthcare settings through a series of hands-on workshops, peer support and individualized coaching.
The aim of the program is that each organization will develop knowledge and a set of skills to better analyze the barriers that lead to challenges for PLHIV and key populations to access quality healthcare services; learn how to design a community-based research project; and develop and implement a local or national campaign using their research results.
Minimum requirements for each participant organization are:
- A core team of staff and volunteers;
- In existence for at least 2 years;
- Some proven fundraising ability;
- Ability to identify organizational strengths and weaknesses;
- Some advocacy experience;
- An idea for work on discrimination in healthcare settings;
- Willingness to try out and integrate new ideas and practices;
- One staff member can sufficiently communicate in English; and
- Ability to participate in the full program cycle.
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