AmplifyChange Pooled Funds from Donors
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Description
AmplifyChange is a multi-donor fund that supports civil society organisations who advocate for improved sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). AmplifyChange offers both financial and capacity-building support to selected civil society organisations through a challenge fund model, where organisations submit applications in competitive funding rounds. AmplifyChange is managed by MannionDaniels in consortium with the African Women’s Development Fund and Global Fund for Women. AmplifyChange was tendered in 2013, established in 2014, and the first funding rounds were held in 2015. The number of donors have increased since the beginning to a current total pot of approximately £90 million available for grant making (correct as of end-2017); the additional donor commitments have been extended to 2021. The donors include the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark (Danida), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, ViiV Healthcare, the Department of International Development (DFID) the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) working with the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU), and one anonymous donor. AmplifyChange Fund support civil society organisations (CSOs) primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, with some small grants being extended to organisations operating in Latin America, the Middle East and East Asia. Applicants can apply across four grant types: 1) Opportunity Grants: maximum 10,000 Euros over 1-year maximum 2) Strengthening Grants: between 40,000 – 100,000 Euros over 6 to 24 months 3) Network Grants: between 150,000 – 550,000 Euros over 2 years 4) Strategic Grants: between 550,000 to 2 million Euros over 2 years. AmplifyChange focuses on five priority areas: 1) Addressing gender-based violence, including sexual violence and female genital mutilation (FGM) 2) Addressing the causes of unsafe abortion including decriminalisation of abortion 3) Challenging stigma and discrimination, attitudes and laws that undermine human rights, including on grounds of gender or sexual orientation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals 4) Improving sexual health of young people and girls, including comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) and addressing child and early forced marriage (CEFM) 5) Increasing access to comprehensive reproductive health services for poor, vulnerable and marginalised people, including people living with disabilities.
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Programme data last updated on 22/11/2023