Small Grants

GYCA members have frequently expressed they have inadequate funding to implement their projects on the ground. GYCA's partnership with the American Jewish World Service has allowed GYCA to continue its Small Grants Program to help outstanding young leaders working on HIV to successfully implement projects in their communities! We are currently on our first round of the 2010 grants!

Since the spring of 2008 American Jewish World Service supported GYCA's Small Grants Program and made it possible for GYCA to assist ten young outstanding graduates of our e-courses to implement projects that address documented needs in their communities and to learn the basics of grant management and reporting. Projects included Awareness-Raising about HIV/AIDS Among Young Women in Pakistan and Voluntary Counseling and Testing Campaign Project in a rural area in Rwanda among a number of other impressive initiatives. This partnership is continuing through 2009 and 2010 enabling GYCA to provide 10 more grants to outstanding young people.

What do I need? (Requirements)

1. 1

   Be a GYCA member

2. 2

   Be 29 years old or younger

3. 3

   Be a GYCA e-course graduate or participant.

Additional Criteria

In addition to the required criteria, GYCA prioritizes projects that:

• address a documented need in their community;
• work with marginalized populations;
• have specific, measurable, and time-bound objectives;
• include a focus on gender equality;
• verifiable indicators in place for monitoring and evaluation;
• take an evidence-based and human rights-based approach; and
• are sustainable after the funding period ends.

Finally, GYCA gives priority to applicants who:

• reside in a developing country where funding is not easily accessible;
• are living with HIV and/or belong to a marginalized group;
• are connected with a local, well-established NGO;
• and are committed to sharing their skills with their peers.

GYCA, as a youth-serving network, will only make grants to applicants 29 years of age and younger.