Rapid Response Fund to tackle HIV-related Human Rights Challenges

🚀 Program Overview!

Imagine a world where marginalized communities fighting HIV can quickly respond to urgent human rights challenges. Frontline AIDS is making this possible through their game-changing Rapid Response Fund. This isn’t just funding—it’s a lifeline for LGBT+, sex workers, and vulnerable groups facing discrimination, stigma, and threats of violence.

This fund is a powerful tool for organizations working with marginalized communities affected by HIV. It’s designed to:

• Provide emergency financial support
• Strengthen organizational capacity for human rights response
• Document and share best practices to influence policy

🏆 Benefits:

• Quick financial assistance (up to $15,000)
• Capacity building support
• Platform to highlight critical human rights work
• Opportunity to influence governmental decisions

🎓 Eligibility Criteria:

• Organizations in eligible countries
• Annual income under $1 million USD
• Led by or working closely with LGBT+, sex workers, people who use drugs
• Must address new, unforeseen human rights challenges
• Proven track record in HIV-related human rights projects

📝 Application Process:

• Proposal addressing a new, critical situation
• Realistic plan for meaningful change (1-6 months)
• Clear impact on human rights
• Detailed project description
• Organizational background information

What Won’t Be Funded:

• Direct individual aid (housing, food, medication)
• Income-generation activities
• HIV testing services
• Past activities
• Conference attendance
• Strategic litigation
• Projects without direct community involvement

Eligible Countries

• Caribbean: Haiti; Jamaica; Dominican Republic; Guyana; St Vincent and  the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago
• East Africa: Ethiopia; Rwanda; South Sudan; Tanzania South
• East Asia: Cambodia; Vietnam
• Southern Africa: Angola
• West and Central Africa: Benin; Cameroon; Chad; Côte d’Ivoire; Gabon;  Gambia; Ghana; Mali; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo