Grants

Open call for Organisational Development Grants

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) was established in 2005. Our mission is to promote and advance human rights, democratic governance, the rule of law, and access to justice in Southern Africa through strategic litigation, advocacy and capacity strengthening.

SALC believes in promoting democratic values, human dignity, substantive equality, social justice, and non-discrimination. We focus our work on marginalised communities facing legal, social, and environmental justice challenges.

SALC is excited to announce its open call to support emerging civil society organisations in Southern Africa through small organisational development grants.

The long-term goal of this project is to build stronger, more resilient organisations with greater capacity to advocate for human rights and social justice in Southern Africa. The funding will be accompanied by technical support from SALC to support organisational development and financial resilience.

FOCUS AREAS

Community-based organisations (CBOs) based in the following countries can submit applications: Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

This call is limited to the following CBOs:

Disability-led organisations that:

  • Promote the rights of persons with disabilities;
  • Challenge discrimination against persons with disabilities through advocacy and legal empowerment; and/or
  • Seek to improve the interaction between persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities and the criminal justice system.

Trans-led organisations that:

  • Promote the rights of trans and gender diverse persons through advocacy and legal empowerment initiatives;
  • Support trans and gender diverse persons to change the gender marker on their identity documents;
  • Provide legal defence to persons who were arbitrarily arrested based on their gender identity or expression and/or;
  • Challenge abusive policing practices.

Sex worker-led organisations that:

  • Promote the rights of sex workers through advocacy and legal empowerment initiatives; and/or
  • Engage with police to ensure policing practices respect sex workers’ rights.

Women’s rights and women-led organisations that:

  • Work at community-level to promote women’s customary land rights and legal empowerment; and/or
  • Uses advocacy and legal empowerment methods to improve the interaction between survivors of gender-based violence and the criminal justice system.

Grant Application

The application process closes on 31 March 2024. If you do not receive a response from us within two months from the closing date of the application, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Queries or questions of clarity can be directed to grants@salc.org.za.

Complaints regarding this grant process can be submitted to SALC’s Operations Manager at complaints@salc.org.za.

Grants

Operations and Organisational Strengthening

Since 2020, SALC has been fortunate to support emerging civil society organisations in Southern Africa through organisational strengthening grants. Currently, our sub-grants focus on community-based social justice organisations that promote the rights of persons with disabilities, sex workers, lesbian, gay and transgender persons, and women. These small sub-grants are combined with training and technical assistance to our partners to strengthen their financial, human resources and resource-mobilization.

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List of Partner Organisations
Country Partner
Botswana
  • Lesbians Gays & Bisexuals of Botswana (LEGABIBO)
Eswatini

 

  • Eswatini Sexual and Gender Minorities (ESGM)
  • TransSwati
  • Seinoli Legal Centre
  • Swaziland Rural Women Assembly
Lesotho
  • Federation of Women Lawyers Lesotho (FIDA Lesotho)
  • The Peoples’ Matrix Association
Malawi
  • Angaza Foundation
  • Disabled Women In Africa (DIWA)
  • Female Sex Workers Association (FSWA)
  • Youth Watch Society (YOWSO)
Zambia
  • African Trans Womens Alliance (ATWA)
  • Kasanka Trust Limited
  • Participation Education and Action for Community Empowerment (PEACE)
  • TransBantu Association Zambia (TBZ)
  • Zambia Land Alliance
Zimbabwe
  • Ability in Disability Trust (TAD)
  • Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ)
  • Disability, HIV and AIDS Trust (DHAT)