Urgent Action Fund - Africa
Rapid Response Grant Application
ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION
1. Name, physical address, email, website/social media pages, telephone contacts of the organisation (s) making the request
TTGD EcoSociety – South Africa Winterveld. Email: info@ttgd.org, Web: https://phcport.com/phcprojects/P361_TTGD_South_Africa_Winterveld/
2. Name and title of the contact person (s). Kindly provide names, titles and contact details (email and phone numbers) of two other staff/ team/ board members of the applying organization/ group
Project Lead – TTGD South Africa, info@ttgd.org, +27 000 000 000
3. Brief description of the organisation’s mission or main focus of work and when it was formed. Include the type of organization, e.g grassroot, national, regional, Community Based Organization (CBO) etc
A sustainable farming and early childhood education initiative in Winterveld, focused on holistic development of families through community-based agriculture and preparatory education.
4. Where is your organisation based? E.g. Rural, urban, peri-urban
Rural – Winterveld, South Africa
Rural – Winterveld, South Africa
5. Number of womn working in the organization, including their age range, and positions held.
Women serve as primary farmers and caregivers; daily farm activities are shared with young children present on site.
6. List your current and previous sources of funding.
Self-initiated with support from TTGD EcoSocieties Foundation and local volunteers.
7. Provide at least three names and current contact information for organizations or funders who can recommend/endorse your work (Including phone numbers and e-mail addresses of the contact person).
Local Community Leader – Winterveld (Name and contact TBD)
Head of Early Childhood Development Centre (Name and contact TBD)
TTGD Central Admin – contact@ttgd.org, +27 705 987 654
8. How did you learn about Urgent Action Fund-Africa?
TTGD Central Coordination Unit
THE SITUATION
9. What is the issue you want to address and when did it start?
Lack of structured early childhood education and underutilized agricultural capacity in Winterveld.
10. What makes this situation an opportunity for advancing womn’s human rights?
Using existing farmland and TTGD support to grow nutritious crops and introduce play-based early learning.
11.1. Power analysis: who (individuals/groups) has power and will benefit by maintaining the situation as it is?
Local informal food markets and school supply vendors.
11.2. Who actually has power to make the change you seek? How will you influence them?
TTGD Foundation, local community educators, agricultural outreach coordinators.
11.3. How will your intervention contribute to the bigger picture of transforming power to advance womn’s human rights?
Empowers women, improves childhood stimulation, supports local food production.
12.1. What are the possible risks associated with addressing this situation?
Limited land area, lack of funding for early learning materials and irrigation systems.
12.2. How can these risks be mitigated?
Staggered crop planning, local fundraising, integration of natural play zones using low-cost materials.
12.3. How do you intend to address the security, safety and wellbeing of colleagues engaged in this activism?
Improves maternal and child health, enhances nutrition, promotes dignified rural livelihoods.
13. Why is your organization best placed to address the situation in 9 above?
Established plots, motivated team, and integrated ECD-agriculture concept tailored for community growth.
THE URGENT ACTION/INTERVENTIONS
14. What do you want to do about the issue mentioned in number 9? Describe your activities/intervention.
Expand vegetable planting, introduce tomato farming, establish physical play and preparatory learning areas.
15. What are the intended outcomes/changes you would like to achieve from your interventions?
Better childhood development outcomes, food supply diversification, and replicable community model.
16. Why could this intervention not be planned for as part of your day-to-day work?
Children are currently left unstimulated during farm activities; critical developmental windows are being missed.
17. Who are the people you plan to work with and how? Describe as appropriate.
Mothers, children, local youth volunteers, community educators.
18. Will you partner with other groups in this action? If yes, explain roles and contact info.
PHC Service - governance oversight, reporting, and accountability, PHC support
TTGD Central - logistics, funding channeling, and branding support.
Currently cultivating kale, spinach, and tomatoes with plans to diversify further.
19. Are you part of any feminist/womn rights movement(s), coalition, or network?
Women lead all fieldwork and childcare, making them central to both productivity and child development.
20. Where and when will the intervention be carried out?
Winterveld, South Africa.
21. How much are you requesting (in USD)?
[To be specified – budget details not in document]
22. What other sources of support are available for this effort?
Requires seeds, irrigation, ECD equipment, child-safe play materials, and mobile shade structures.
23. Should the information about this request be kept confidential? If yes, why and for how long?
No confidentiality constraints noted.