GHETTO GO GREEN MICRO-GRANTS

Call for Applications 2024

Network for Active Citizens (NAC) is pleased to launch its first Ghetto Go Green Micro-Grants to support youth-led or focused organizations in Nakawa and Kawempe Divisions of Kampala to pilot, replicate, and scale climate adaptation solutions to enhance the adaptive capacity and resilience of Kampala’s vulnerable ghetto communities to flooding and heat waves.

About the Micro-Grants

NAC welcomes applications from youth-led or focused organizations operating in the Nakawa and Kawempe Divisions. The Micro-Grants will support at least 8 community-based adaptation initiatives (climate adaptation solutions) from 1st November 2024 to 31st April 2025, offering funding up to UGX 4,000,000 per solution. The solution MUST be completed within six (6) months.  

Requirements

1. Applicants MUST submit their proposals using the Application Form and Implementation Plan and Budget templates provided by 14th October 2024, at 11:59 pm EAT.
2. The Ghetto Go Green Micro-Grants Review Committee will not review applications submitted after the deadline. All applicants must submit their applications in English.
3. All applicants are required to submit their registration documents along with the application form.  

Eligibility, Evaluation, and Selection

Before submitting your application, please read the micro-grant guidelines (link) for more details.

Timelines

1. NAC will host an information session in one Youth CSOs Villa Kawempe Division, Kampala to answer interested applicants’ questions on Wednesday 30th October 2024, at 9:00 Am to 1:00Pm EAT.
2. Selected climate adaptation solutions for the award of the Micro-Grants as well as rejected solutions will receive notification by 1st November  2024.

Contact Information

For further inquiries, please contact:

The Ghetto Go Green Team via gggmicrogrants@gmail.com or activecitizenuganda@gmail.com 

Note: Please download the ZIP folder for the application form, guidelines and the implementation plan.