CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: NEXT LEVEL GRANT FACILITY (NLGF) WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF VOICES FOR JUST CLIMATE ACTION (VCA)

Peoples Process on Housing & Poverty in Zambia (PPHPZ), a Slum Dwellers International (SDI) affiliate is pleased to announce a call for Applications for the Next Level Grants Facility (NLGF) under the Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) Programme. This call is directed to individuals, groups and small grassroots organisations that are not able to apply for conventional grants despite their impactful climate actions. The fund is for the climate actors that wish to amplify their work or respond to emergencies.

Under the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ “Power of Voices” partnership, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) South South North (SSN), Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA), SDI, Fundación Avina, and Hivos launched the Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) program. This advocacy program aims to amplify community voices for fair climate action and make local civil society and underrepresented groups central to innovative climate solutions by 2025 in the global south. The Next Level Grants Facility (NLGF), a financing tool within the VCA program, aims to promote bottom-up decision- making and include traditionally excluded voices in the process. It is also primarily a fund that seeks to put local led adaptation in the forefront of combating climate change in Zambia.

Areas to be supported: The grants will support initiatives that respond to climate change related impacts affecting vulnerable communities in the country in a manner that stimulates climate action in the water-food-energy-health nexus.

Grant sizes: -Euro 2, 510.00 running for 4 months max, Euro 3, 000.00 running for 4 months max, Euro 5, 000.00 running for 6 months max.

Geographical coverage: Target districts: Lusaka, Chongwe, Rufunsa, Luangwa, Kafue, Chikankata, Chirundu, Siavonga, Itezhi tezhi, Lukanga, Mazabuka and Mumbwa
Target groups: Inviting applications from grassroots groups, both formal and informal organisation, Civil Society Organisation (CSOs), Community Based Organisation (CBOs), Youths and Women Groups, Individuals and any form of Association.

Deadline for application: 5th October 2024.

For more information contact: +260966330043/+260761363634 or visit our website www.sdi.org / www.peoplesprocess.org / or email us at pphpz@outlook.com / info@peoplesprocess.org , cc i.matimba@peoplesprocess.org; jsimbaya@yahoo.com