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Enable – The United Nations Voluntary Fund on Disability

Deadline: 31 March 2014

Enable, the United Nations Voluntary Fund on Disability (UNVF), is seeking proposals on small grants to support catalyc and innovative activities. The activities may vary but the projects should –

  1. Promote greater awareness of the CRPD and disability issues.
  2. Support the implementation of the CRPD, including through the mainstreaming of disability in regional, national or local development agenda.
  3. Build capacity of stakeholders to improve livelihood and well-being of persons with disabilities in developing countries through implementation of the CRPD (stakeholders include organizations of persons with disabilities, their networks, other civil society organizations, Governments, private sector organizations, international development donors, etc).
  4. Relationship to national development strategies, policies and programs, and the CRPD Foster exchange of knowledge and experience, as well as dissemination of inclusive and accessible policies and practices.
  5. Other considerations include multi-stakeholder partnerships and multiple donors, gender inclusive, new and emerging disability issues, and replicability in other developing countries.

Eligibility Criteria –

  • Activities stated above are eligible to make small grant proposals.
  • Priority is given to seed money to be used for projects involving catalytic and innovative actions and projects whose successes can be further replicated in other areas.
  • Fund request for individual assistance, purchase of equipment (e.g. computers, cameras, assistive equipment and vehicles), construction of buildings, payment of rent or utilities, etc are not eligible.

For more information, please visit UN Enable Page.

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Comments

  1. Bodhisattwa Bera says

    Our NGO is into awareness creation on social integration of persons with disabilities but no agent to sponsor the program. Please, how can we work together? we are in Indian.

  2. toko virginie says

    Hello i am a person with disability from Africa.
    please send me the application guidelines regarding financial aid from the United Nations Voluntary Fund on Disability. i don’t want to miss this opportunity.

  3. Daramola Martina says

    In Nigeria, getting started in NGO activities has always been a problem due to lack of initial capital, no matter how laudable your concept or project maybe. If one can actually be assisted, it will go a long way to ease the disability issues.
    Our NGO is into awareness creation on social integration of persons with disabilities but no agent to sponsor the program. Please, how can we work together?