Gender and Development

The Gender and Development committee offers two types of grants

 GAD Grant (through PCPP)

This grant is funded by money raised and donated to the GAD committee and comes directly from this budget

•  Applications open throughout the year
• 200,000CFA cap per each volunteer listed on the application
• Approved by  GAD committee on a rolling basis
• Grants over 600,000 CFA are only approved at committee meetings, held once every 3 months
• Can include any activities that promote the development of gender issues in Burkina Faso

Small Project Assistance (SPA)

These grants are funded by USAID (a government organization) and are specific to Maternal/Child Health and Family Planning and use a different application than the GAD Grant

• Applications open throughout the year
• No cap on funding amounts
• Seperate Application through SPA must be completed
• Approved by GAD committee on a rolling basis
• Grants over 600,000 CFA are only approved at committee meetings, held once every 3 months
• Activites must have Maternal/Child Health or Family Planning focus

Men as Partners is a worlwide program that speaks to the need to engage men and boys to eradicate gender-based violence, to eliminate/reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS, and to promote gender equality in the community, in education, and in family planning.  The Burkina Faso GAD Committee had the opportunity to participate in a Men as Partners workshop in Togo in 2010 and now is hosting our very own workshop this April.