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 – Nigeria Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria. Email: info@ttgd.org, Web: https://phcport.com/phcprojects/P367_TTGD_Nigeria_Lagos/
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 Nigeria Lagos, info@ttgd.org, +234 000 000 0000
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
The Space Oven Bakery is an innovative, community-driven social enterprise that fuses culinary creativity with local empowerment through uniquely shaped breads, training programs, and sustainable micro-industry methods.
4. Where is your organisation based? E.g. Rural, urban, peri-urban
Urban-Fringe – Lagos, Nigeria
Urban-Fringe – Lagos, Nigeria
5. Number of womn working in the organization, including their age range, and positions held.
Women will be involved as bakery workers, local suppliers, trainees, and mobile oven operators.
6. List your current and previous sources of funding.
[Initial investment/funding details to be provided]
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 food association or cooperative – TBD]
[Community leader or urban council – TBD]
TTGD Central Admin – contact@ttgd.org, +234 705 987 654
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 access to affordable, nutritious baked products and limited employment pathways for youth and women.
10. What makes this situation an opportunity for advancing womn’s human rights?
The bakery model utilizes creative production, mobile delivery, and barter-friendly sourcing strategies to reach urban and peri-urban populations.
11.1. Power analysis: who (individuals/groups) has power and will benefit by maintaining the situation as it is?
Existing bread suppliers, retail chains, and informal food vendors.
11.2. Who actually has power to make the change you seek? How will you influence them?
TTGD Foundation, Lagos urban councils, youth employment networks.
11.3. How will your intervention contribute to the bigger picture of transforming power to advance womn’s human rights?
Fosters food innovation, youth training, localized trade, and household self-sufficiency.
12.1. What are the possible risks associated with addressing this situation?
Adoption of unconventional bread formats, dependency on charcoal fuel, logistical barriers to rural outreach.
12.2. How can these risks be mitigated?
Product sampling, hybrid energy use, local partnership development, and strong branding.
12.3. How do you intend to address the security, safety and wellbeing of colleagues engaged in this activism?
Promotes nutrition, supports artisanal enterprise, fosters intergenerational knowledge transfer and pride.
13. Why is your organization best placed to address the situation in 9 above?
Combines artistry and nutrition; has ready community interest and prototype designs for branded moulds and mobile ovens.
THE URGENT ACTION/INTERVENTIONS
14. What do you want to do about the issue mentioned in number 9? Describe your activities/intervention.
Launch fixed bakery site, deploy mobile ovens, partner with vegetable suppliers, run local training and DIY kits.
15. What are the intended outcomes/changes you would like to achieve from your interventions?
Creation of local jobs, extended community access to nutritious food, and replicable income-generation model.
16. Why could this intervention not be planned for as part of your day-to-day work?
Youth unemployment and food insecurity are pressing issues; the Space Oven leverages immediate infrastructure and demand.
17. Who are the people you plan to work with and how? Describe as appropriate.
Local bakers, youth mentees, vegetable traders, delivery workers, village elders.
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.
Bread baked in star, moon and space-themed shapes; fillings include home-grown vegetables and continental spices.
19. Are you part of any feminist/womn rights movement(s), coalition, or network?
Supports female entrepreneurs and working mothers through employment and flexible engagement opportunities.
20. Where and when will the intervention be carried out?
Lagos State, Nigeria.
21. How much are you requesting (in USD)?
[Budget information to be specified]
22. What other sources of support are available for this effort?
[Baking equipment, mobile ovens, delivery carts, mould licensing setup, promotional support]
23. Should the information about this request be kept confidential? If yes, why and for how long?
No confidentiality constraints noted.