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 – Kenya Trans Nzoia, Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya. Email: info@ttgd.org, Web: https://phcport.com/phcprojects/P362_TTGD_Kenya_TransNzoia/
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 Kenya Trans Nzoia, info@ttgd.org, +254 000 000 000
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 community initiative aiming to combine sustainable agriculture with early childhood education in Trans-Nzoia County under the TTGD EcoSociety framework.
4. Where is your organisation based? E.g. Rural, urban, peri-urban
Rural – Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya
Rural – Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya
5. Number of womn working in the organization, including their age range, and positions held.
[Details on women’s participation to be provided]
6. List your current and previous sources of funding.
[Previous funding information not available]
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).
[Endorser 1 not yet specified] - [Endorser 2 not yet specified] - TTGD Central Admin – contact@ttgd.org, +254 705 987 654
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?
Limited access to structured early childhood education and sustainable farming opportunities in rural areas.
10. What makes this situation an opportunity for advancing womn’s human rights?
Leveraging available land and community participation to integrate agricultural productivity with child-focused development.
11.1. Power analysis: who (individuals/groups) has power and will benefit by maintaining the situation as it is?
Local suppliers and informal markets in Kitale and surrounding villages.
11.2. Who actually has power to make the change you seek? How will you influence them?
TTGD Foundation, local educational stakeholders, agriculture extension agents.
11.3. How will your intervention contribute to the bigger picture of transforming power to advance womn’s human rights?
Empowers rural families, boosts agricultural output, supports child development in early years.
12.1. What are the possible risks associated with addressing this situation?
Potential lack of materials, low initial turnout, need for training in sustainable farming methods.
12.2. How can these risks be mitigated?
Provision of TTGD starter kits, community mobilization, training support from central coordination unit.
12.3. How do you intend to address the security, safety and wellbeing of colleagues engaged in this activism?
Will increase food availability, community knowledge, and early stimulation for children.
13. Why is your organization best placed to address the situation in 9 above?
Fertile land and strong cultural cohesion in Trans-Nzoia County, proximity to markets.
THE URGENT ACTION/INTERVENTIONS
14. What do you want to do about the issue mentioned in number 9? Describe your activities/intervention.
Deployment of community demo plots, initial education hubs, progressive farming schedules.
15. What are the intended outcomes/changes you would like to achieve from your interventions?
Better health and income among families, improved school readiness for young children.
16. Why could this intervention not be planned for as part of your day-to-day work?
Gap in educational infrastructure and need for diversified income sources post-COVID-19 recovery.
17. Who are the people you plan to work with and how? Describe as appropriate.
Community families, local educators, lead farmers.
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.
[Crop and intervention-specific information to be added upon availability]
19. Are you part of any feminist/womn rights movement(s), coalition, or network?
[To be confirmed – presumed alignment with feminist principles]
20. Where and when will the intervention be carried out?
Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya.
21. How much are you requesting (in USD)?
[Budget amount not specified]
22. What other sources of support are available for this effort?
[Details on equipment, training or infrastructure support to be added]
23. Should the information about this request be kept confidential? If yes, why and for how long?
No confidentiality constraints noted.