Call for Grant: MTV Staying Alive

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Deadline: 28 August 2016
Open to: everyone who is 27 or younger and aware about HIV
Grants: USD 12,000 funding for 1 year

Description

MTV Staying Alive is dedicated to preventing HIV within young communities around the world. The organization started at 2005, and they have distributed USD 5.9 million to HIV prevention projects in 68 countries around the world. Also MTV Staying Alive is interested in organizations that are start-ups and do not have much support, financial or otherwise. They fund an organization that has little or no existing funding to date, rather than those with several funders on board. A Staying Alive Foundation Grant comes with a small amount of funding, Staying Alive materials (including programming and teaching kits), a small fund to buy technical media equipment, a local mentor, a personal grant manager, as well as training and development.

Eligibility

Grants will be awarded to small, youth-led organizations that:

  • Are entirely led by young people under the age of 27;
  • Are community-based, grassroots organizations;
  • Educate or give out responsible and accurate information about HIV and AIDS targeted at young people in their communities;
  • Eliminate or alleviate the stigma and discrimination associated with HIV and AIDS;
  • Encourage young people to take concrete action to protect themselves from HIV infection;
  • Demonstrate innovation and creativity in their activities;
  • Reflect and honour the culture in which the project operates;
  • Work with key at risk populations, including adolescent girls, LGBTs, sex workers, prisoners and injecting drug users.

Grants:

Every successful grant applicant will receive up to USD 12,000 of funding from MTV Staying Alive for 1 year to set up an HIV awareness project in their community.

How to apply?

In order to apply fill the online application. Applications can be made in English, French or Spanish;

Final grant winners will be announced on 1 December 2016 (World AIDS Days ).

For more information please read the official call.

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