Disability Rights Fund (DRF) has announced the second round of grant cycle 2011 “Securing Our Rights” aimed at achieving the goal that persons with disabilities participate fully in society and enjoy equal rights and opportunities.
The Disability Rights Fund seeks to strengthen the participation of Disabled Persons’ Organizations (DPOs) in the advancement of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at country level in the Global South and Eastern Europe/former Soviet Union
The second grantmaking round is directed at DPOs in Ghana, Uganda, Nicaragua, Peru, Bangladesh, and 14 Pacific Island countries (Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu).
DRF grants support both increased capacity of marginalized and emergent groups of persons with disabilities to advocate for their rights and ongoing efforts of national level DPOs to advance CRPD implementation.
DRF operates with the support of the following funders: An anonymous donor, American Jewish World Service, the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), the Open Society Institute, The Sigrid Rausing Trust, and the UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID). DRF is a fiscally-sponsored project and a grantmaking fund of Tides.
Eligibility
Legally registered non-governmental DPOs (or groups of PWDs acting under the fiscal sponsorship3 thereof)
– Partnerships among DPOs
– Partnerships between DPOs and other organizations (when a DPO is the managing partner)
The applicant organization must be based in and conduct the majority of their activities in the countries and states targeted for this call.
Applicants from Ghana, Nicaragua, and the 14 Pacific Island countries can apply as: single organizations or partnerships for Small Grants. Applicants from Bangladesh, Peru, and Uganda can apply by invitation only.
Priority Areas
1. Increasing DPO skill in addressing the CRPD by:
(a) Building More Inclusive Organizations or Partnerships
(b) Internal Capacity Building
2. Rights Advocacy and Monitoring Through:
(a) Increasing DPO Participation in Decision-Making Processes Regarding the CRPD at state or local Levels
(b) Addressing Implementation of CRPD Articles
(c) Ratification Efforts (in the Pacific Island Countries only)
Funding Amounts and Project Duration
Grant amounts range from USD 5,000 – USD 20,000. Grants will support activities to be implemented over a period of 12 months.
Last date for submission of application is August 18, 2011
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