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Lifeline Embattled CSO Assistance Fund (Rapid Response Advocacy Grants) is sponsored by Freedom House (Consortium Lead). Offers rapid response advocacy grants to local CSOs to push back against closures of civic space.
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Lifeline Embattled CSO Assistance Fund | Freedom House Lifeline Embattled CSO Assistance Fund Protestors in Yangon shine their phone lights during a demonstration against Myanmar's military coup.
Image credit: Theint Mon Soe/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Freedom House administers several funds which offer emergency assistance to organizations and individuals around the world who are under threat because of their human rights work.
The Lifeline Embattled CSO Assistance Fund provides emergency financial assistance to civil society organizations (CSOs) under threat or attack and rapid response advocacy and resiliency grants to support CSOs in responding to broader threats against civic space. Lifeline supports a variety of human rights CSOs, including human rights organizations, journalist associations, student groups, labor unions, think tanks, and others.
Lifeline is comprised of a consortium of seven international NGOs, including: Freedom House (consortium lead) CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) The International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) Swedish International Liberal Centre (SILC) Lifeline is now supported by a Donor Steering Committee of 22 government and foundation donors including: Australia, Benin, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ford Foundation, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Open Society Foundations, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, and Uruguay.
We are highly thankful to the Lifeline team. You are amazing and you have not only saved our lives but also gave us more courage and power to help thousands of girls and women. Representative from a CSO in Pakistan Through Freedom House and Front Line Defenders, Lifeline provides small, short-term emergency grants to CSOs threatened because of their human rights work.
Emergency grants can address security, medical expenses, legal representation, prison visits, trial monitoring, temporary relocation, equipment replacement, and other urgently needed expenses. Lifeline rapid response advocacy grants give local CSOs the resources to push back against closures of civic space as they arise.
Lifeline advocacy grants are highly flexible, and can support a wide variety of activities, such as community mobilization, policy and legal analysis, civil society coalition building, strategic litigation, awareness raising campaigns, and advocacy capacity building. Lifeline rapid response resiliency grants provide support to threatened CSOs to avoid or mitigate the threats they face and help them continue to work.
These grants are flexible and support a range of activities including digital or physical security training; technical training on how to respond to restrictive legislation; building peer support networks, or establishing temporary collaborative spaces. For more information, please visit the Lifeline website: https://www. csolifeline.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Civil society organizations under threat because of their human rights work, including human rights organizations, journalist associations, student groups, labor unions, and think tanks. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows US$10,000 – US$20,000 for Advocacy Grants or Resiliency Grants. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Lifeline Embattled CSO Assistance Fund (Rapid Response Advocacy Grants) is funded by Freedom House (Consortium Lead). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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