My name is Patricia Curmi and I am communications officer at AfricaAdapt (www.africa-adapt.net). We are launching our second AfricaAdapt innovation Fund aimed at African researchers, local and civil society organisations, cooperatives and community networks working on climate change adaptation and I am writing to ask if you could share this information with any people in your networks who might find it useful.
Important dates:
First round of submissions open 9 – 20 August, 2010.
Shortlisted applicants will be notified by 6 September, 2010.
How does the AfricaAdapt Innovation Fund work?
In 2009, the AfricaAdapt Innovation Fund helped nine African projects supporting climate change adaptation. These ranged from a community centre using multimedia in Lukwanga, Uganda, to the ‘Radio Citizen’ Club in Senegal.
This year the AfricaAdapt Innovation Fund is offering grants of up to US$6,000 to projects that seek to overcome barriers to share knowledge with ’hard-to-reach’ or marginalised African communities. These barriers may be related to language, access to information and marginalisation due to gender or disability. Theatre performances, songs, radio broadcasts, visual arts, videos and comics are just a few ideas about how they could be overcome. The key is to ensure these groups can learn and share.
More information about the fund, as well as the expression of Interest application form can be requested by contacted T4A.
