Emergency Fund

According to official data, the Sverdlovsk Region is among the leaders in the number of HIV-positive people in

On November 18, the final virtual meeting of the Emergency Support Fund for Key Populations in the EECA region (ESF) Advisory Board was held. During the meeting, the ESF team presented the main outcomes of the fund’s work, discussed its impact on civil society organizations representing key populations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and shared a strategy for the future.

After 3 years of fruitful work Emergency Support Fund for Key Populations in the EECA region (ESF) is closing.

“We applied to the Emergency Support Fund* when we ran out of HIV and other viruses prevention materials that help to stop the spread of infections among the key populations, including people who use drugs” – Yulia Lomachenko, Invisible People Project Director from Naberezhnye Chelny, says. “We used the Fund’s grant to restore the reserve of instruments, continue preventive work among the key population groups in our city and help dozens of people.”

Aidsfonds and AFEW International are looking for a researcher to assess the impact of the Emergency Support Fund for Key Populations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

2021 is the final year of ESF operations. Based on the amount of remaining funding, as well as the reporting timeline, the ESF Operational Committee has agreed that applications will be received and judged on the rolling basis up until July 20, 2021, or until the funds are exhausted.

In 2020, the Emergency Support Fund for key populations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia supported 85 applications from 9 countries. One of them was a project to support the Revansh drop-in centre in Kazakhstan, which at the time of filing the application was facing the threat of closure.