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 Sudan Juba. Email: info@ttgd.org, Web: https://phcport.com/phcprojects/P366_TTGD_South_Sudan/
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 Sudan, info@ttgd.org, +211 000 000 000
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 dual-focused project promoting early childhood education and sustainable agriculture, operating in partnership with an existing school in Juba, South Sudan.
4. Where is your organisation based? E.g. Rural, urban, peri-urban
Urban-Fringe – Juba, Central Equatoria State, South Sudan
Urban-Fringe – Juba, Central Equatoria State, South Sudan
5. Number of womn working in the organization, including their age range, and positions held.
[To be confirmed – assumed involvement of women in family care and farming roles]
6. List your current and previous sources of funding.
Basic supplies like mosquito nets already distributed. Partnership school already in place.
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).
[Headteacher or School Authority in Juba – TBD]
[Community Development Partner – TBD]
TTGD Central Admin – contact@ttgd.org, +211 705 987 654
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 preparatory education and community farming integration for low-income households in Juba.
10. What makes this situation an opportunity for advancing womn’s human rights?
Leverage existing school infrastructure and 1 acre of land with water source to minimize startup costs and demonstrate scalable impact.
11.1. Power analysis: who (individuals/groups) has power and will benefit by maintaining the situation as it is?
Private education contractors and urban food distributors.
11.2. Who actually has power to make the change you seek? How will you influence them?
School management, TTGD leadership, and local education authorities.
11.3. How will your intervention contribute to the bigger picture of transforming power to advance womn’s human rights?
Bridges school access gaps, introduces farming to urban-fringe communities, builds household resilience.
12.1. What are the possible risks associated with addressing this situation?
Infrastructure dependency, fluctuating security in the region, and farming inputs availability.
12.2. How can these risks be mitigated?
Partnership-based delivery, phased growth using existing land, inclusion of local stakeholders.
12.3. How do you intend to address the security, safety and wellbeing of colleagues engaged in this activism?
Healthier, better-prepared children; improved household nutrition; education continuity in low-income settings.
13. Why is your organization best placed to address the situation in 9 above?
No new school building required; secure access to water-supported land for agricultural use.
THE URGENT ACTION/INTERVENTIONS
14. What do you want to do about the issue mentioned in number 9? Describe your activities/intervention.
Activate early learning within partner school; train families in food cultivation and simple agro-processes.
15. What are the intended outcomes/changes you would like to achieve from your interventions?
Education readiness, family food security, community models replicable across urban-periphery zones.
16. Why could this intervention not be planned for as part of your day-to-day work?
Rising urban migration stresses food and education systems; this model plugs urgent gaps with minimal investment.
17. Who are the people you plan to work with and how? Describe as appropriate.
Children, parents, school staff, farming mentors.
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.
Use of 1 acre of land with water source for educational farming and food support programs.
19. Are you part of any feminist/womn rights movement(s), coalition, or network?
[To be confirmed – project likely benefits mothers and female caregivers]
20. Where and when will the intervention be carried out?
Juba, South Sudan.
21. How much are you requesting (in USD)?
[Funding needs not specified]
22. What other sources of support are available for this effort?
[Agricultural inputs, teaching materials, water system reinforcement, mosquito net expansion]
23. Should the information about this request be kept confidential? If yes, why and for how long?
No confidentiality constraints noted.