Grants in Action
Africa 2008-2009
ASTRAEA’S INTERNATIONAL GRANTS PROGRAM Astraea's International Fund for Sexual Minorities was established in 1996, the first institutional fund in the U.S. devoted to supporting LBGTI organizations worldwide. Since its inception, the Fund has invested in innovative LGBTI-led human rights and social change organizations and projects in over 70 countries across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Eastern Europe/Commonwealth of Independent States and the Middle East.
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Meet a Grantee: Gays And Lesbians Of Zimbabwe (GALZ)
GALZ works for social acceptance of sexual minorities and the repeal of homophobic legislation in Zimbabwe. The group successfully sparked public debate around the need for legal protections for LGBT people, and made important alliances with human rights and women’s groups in moving the country towards constitutional reform. To respond to the backlash to these successes, GALZ has ramped up their human rights trainings and holds safety trainings for LGBTI people.
To meet more of our grantees and learn about their important work, click here
Behind the Mask
(Johannesburg, South Africa)
Social Change Opportunity Fund $80,000 over 3 years beginning in 2008
mask.org.za
Coalition of African Lesbians
(Boksburg, South Africa)
Collaborative Fund $16,000
cal.org.za
Collectif Arc-En-Ciel (Quatre Bornes, Republic of Mauritius)
International Fund Panel $6,000
collectifarcenciel.org
Freedom and Roam Uganda (FAR-UG) (Kampala, Uganda)
International Fund Panel $10,000
faruganda.org
Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action (GALA) (Johannesburg, South Africa)
International Fund Panel $7,000
gala.co.za
Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe
(Harare, Zimbabwe)
Collaborative Fund $2,685
Movement Resource Fund $6,000
galz.co.zw
Gender DynamiX
(Athlone, South Africa)
International Fund Panel $5,000
genderdynamix.org.za
Horizons Community Association
(Kigali, Rwanda)
International Fund Panel $5,000
hoca4rwanda.9f.com
House of Rainbow (Lagos, Nigeria)
Emergency Fund $1,035
Lesbian and Gay Equality Project (LGEP) (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Emergency Fund $5,000
International Fund Panel $10,000
equality.org.za
Minority Women in Action
(Nairobi, Kenya)
International Fund Panel $5,000
minoritywomen.org
Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) (Kampala, Uganda)
Emergency Fund $5,000
Movement Resource Fund $2,500
sexualminoritiesuganda.org
The Independent Project for Equal Rights
(Ikotun-Egbe, Nigeria)
Emergency Fund $5,000
International Fund Panel $5,000
Movement Resource Fund $12,000
http://ysm-rightsorg.page.tl/
The Inner Circle
(Cape Town, South Africa)
International Fund Panel $6,000
Movement Resource Fund $5,000
theinnercircle.org.za