Micro-Grants to develop and place Social Media Advocacy Campaigns

Deadline: 3-Jul-23

The Caribbean Vulnerable Communities is seeking applications for the micro-grants to develop and place social media advocacy campaigns to increase demand for the uptake of self-testing and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)

Themes

The social media campaign should focus on the following themes:
- PrEP-specific health literacy (e.g., awareness, knowledge of how to seek PrEP);
- low HIV risk perception and HST;
- empowerment inherent to PrEP as a highly efficacious and acceptable prevention method; anti-gay stigma and benefits of HST; and
- PrEP and the fear that family or friends might assume that they were taking medications because they are living with HIV.

Funding Information

Maximum Amount: US$15,000 over two (2) years (US$7,500 per year)
Implementation Period: Two (2) year grant commencing July 2023 (contingent upon a satisfactory progress evaluation after the first quarter of the grant has been completed).
Number of Grants: One

Deliverables: This grant is an activity-based contract; therefore funding is contingent upon the achievement of certain deliverables.

Target

To promote the reduction in new HIV transmissions among MSM through the development of a social media campaign to increase uptake of:
- self testing (HST); and
- Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP).

Activities

Increased coverage of essential and differentiated services for KP and PLHIV through:
- Development and implementation of social media advocacy campaigns on HST and PrEP; and
- Sensitization sessions targeting MSM engaged through social media campaign – off-line support e.g. hotline, one on one/group counselling, podcasts, etc.

Eligibility Criteria

Civil society and community-based organizations in Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad working with the MSM population.
The organization must be legally constituted or have an experienced fiscal sponsor through which to receive money.

For more information, visit Caribbean Vulnerable Communities.

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