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 – Pakistan Chitral, Upper and Lower Chitral, Pakistan. Email: info@ttgd.org, Web: https://phcport.com/phcprojects/P370_TTGD_Pakistan_Chitral/
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 Pakistan Chitral, info@ttgd.org, +92 000 000 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
A comprehensive Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) initiative aimed at strengthening community resilience in Chitral through awareness, training, support structures, and referral pathways.
4. Where is your organisation based? E.g. Rural, urban, peri-urban
Rural and Semi-Urban – Upper and Lower Chitral, Pakistan
Rural and Semi-Urban – Upper and Lower Chitral, Pakistan
5. Number of womn working in the organization, including their age range, and positions held.
Focus on women, girls, and female caregivers through targeted sessions, support groups, and safe spaces.
6. List your current and previous sources of funding.
[Funding sources not specified – assumed internal support and local partnerships]
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 Health Department Representative – TBD]
[Partner Community-Based Organization – TBD]
TTGD Central Admin – contact@ttgd.org, +92 705 987 654
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?
Widespread mental health challenges and psychosocial stressors in vulnerable and crisis-affected communities in Chitral, exacerbated by stigma and limited access to services.
10. What makes this situation an opportunity for advancing womn’s human rights?
Leverage existing schools, CBOs, and social welfare systems to deliver structured, community-based MHPSS programs.
11.1. Power analysis: who (individuals/groups) has power and will benefit by maintaining the situation as it is?
Private mental health practitioners, media platforms, and non-integrated health service providers.
11.2. Who actually has power to make the change you seek? How will you influence them?
Health departments, TTGD ecosystem, school networks, CBOs.
11.3. How will your intervention contribute to the bigger picture of transforming power to advance womn’s human rights?
Reduces stigma, increases service reach, fosters community-based care models.
12.1. What are the possible risks associated with addressing this situation?
Cultural stigma, under-reporting of mental health issues, logistical challenges in rural outreach.
12.2. How can these risks be mitigated?
Use of culturally sensitive materials, engagement with respected community figures, mobile awareness units.
12.3. How do you intend to address the security, safety and wellbeing of colleagues engaged in this activism?
Promotes mental wellness, builds individual and community resilience, and reduces isolation among marginalized populations.
13. Why is your organization best placed to address the situation in 9 above?
Strong CBO network, existing education and health stakeholders, and pilot-safe geography.
THE URGENT ACTION/INTERVENTIONS
14. What do you want to do about the issue mentioned in number 9? Describe your activities/intervention.
Run awareness campaigns, train educators and CSOs, create adolescent-friendly spaces, monitor and refer high-risk cases.
15. What are the intended outcomes/changes you would like to achieve from your interventions?
Better mental health literacy, increased psychosocial support access, stronger local capacity for early intervention.
16. Why could this intervention not be planned for as part of your day-to-day work?
Heightened psychosocial distress post-crisis and the absence of formal systems to address adolescent and women-centered mental health needs.
17. Who are the people you plan to work with and how? Describe as appropriate.
Adolescents (ages 10–19), women and girls, persons with disabilities, and displaced or crisis-affected individuals.
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.
Educational campaigns, peer-support circles, mental health first-aid training, safe spaces for women and youth.
19. Are you part of any feminist/womn rights movement(s), coalition, or network?
Directly benefits women and girls; centers their access to emotional safety, education, and care networks.
20. Where and when will the intervention be carried out?
Upper and Lower Chitral, Pakistan.
21. How much are you requesting (in USD)?
[Budget details not provided]
22. What other sources of support are available for this effort?
[Training resources, awareness materials, psychological referral facilitators, youth center infrastructure]
23. Should the information about this request be kept confidential? If yes, why and for how long?
No confidentiality constraints noted.