SALC is excited to announce its open call to support emerging civil society organisations in Southern Africa through small organisational development grants.
About Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) Grants
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Opportunity Details
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) was established in 2005. Their 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. They focus their 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.
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.
Benefits of Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) Grants
The maximum grant amount is USD15,000 for a year.
Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) Grants Requirements
- Organisation must be a grassroots organisation
- Management of your organisation must be a representative of the community you serve
- Your organisation must have been in operation for more than 3 years?
- Organisation's annual income less than $100 000
Application Date and Process
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Application Deadline
04 July, 2025
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