Due to the winter holidays Emergency Support Fund for Key Populations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region will not evaluate applications for the period from December 17th to January 11th.
Do you work in Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine or Uzbekistan? Does your organization represent key populations and face an emergency situation in regard to HIV prevention? Are you searching for a funding opportunity? Then please apply to Emergency Support Fund for Key Populations!
“Thanks to HIV, I plunged into the world of spiritual and moral growth and realized that I am responsible for everything that happens in my life.”
Living in society and being a victim of all kinds of violence is unfortunately becoming the norm for
Emergency Support Fund for Key Populations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia supported the project “Prevention of HIV and COVID-19 among MSM sex workers” implemented by the Initiative MSM sex workers group #ChemBrothers with the technical assistance of HPLGBT.
Reasoning on HIV from Aida, a 13-year-old participant of the project “Mobilization of Adolescents and Young People Living with HIV through Implementing the TEENERGIZER Model in Kazakhstan”.
Lyudmila Polyakova, Executive Director of Peer-to-Peer Plus NGO, brought together dozens of youngsters with HIV in Kazakhstan.
Emergency Support Fund for Key Populations continues accepting applications for small grants to overcome emergency situations.
If we empower sex workers with HIV knowledge, skills and rights, each of them can become an “agent of change” for the general population, in particular for the men who use her services,” says Irina Maslova, head of the Silver Rose movement of sex workers and their allies in St. Petersburg.
“If you can help someone Here and Now, you should do it without postponing it or thinking what other people can do,” says Ekatherina Rusakova, Director of Sverdlovsk Regional Charitable Organization “Malaxit” supporting people in difficult life situations. “If every one of us helps at least one person, maybe it will drive changes in the society.”
