Writing Grant Proposals for HIV/AIDS affected women in Kenya.

Details

Mission and objectives

Kar Geno is a community-based not for profit organisation that was created in 2004 with a purpose to help the community deal with the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. Its very first initiatives were to help the community members faced with this disease as well as to raise the awareness and educate the rest of the community about the prevention measures. Having experienced good response from the community, Kar Geno then evolved and initiated a number of projects in the areas of microfinance/ table-banking, agriculture, women's cooperatives and support to children in need. Kar Geno's mission is to activate social solidarity, agriculture, technology, environmental sustainability to turn the tides against the effects of HIV/AIDS on the people of Asembo. The main objectives of the organisation are: •to eradicate illiteracy and ignorance of health through education, •to increase food production for health and income through sustainable agriculture, •to improve the health of the community members in both preventative and curative measures, •to empower women and youth with emphasis on girl-child.

Context

Kar Geno-Center for Hope, Kenya is a growing organization and we work for the community development, promotion of better opportunities, improving standards of living and provide assistance to the social sector. We are in need of support to develop a grant proposal for Kar Geno organization, in order to raise the necessary funds to help Kar Geno to implement its project to empower women with HIV/AIDS in Kenya.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of our organization representative, the volunteers will be primarily responsible for drafting grants proposals as per call for proposals in line with our organization objectives and goals. Volunteers may also be requested to help the organization in identifying funding and partnership opportunities. We expect the volunteer to: - Draft the donor proposal - Remind the staff at the organization to follow up the grant status once we have submitted it to the donor. Tasks will be splitted among each volunteer per proposal and there will be a team leader guiding. However, the volunteers are prohibited from contacting potential donors or their personal contacts on behalf of our organization or submitting any proposal. The direct supervision will be given by the Project Manager, and additional Skype meetings will be organized when it is necessary. The detailed requirement will be shared electronically upon selection.