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Welcome to the +1 Global Fund for Food Security! You have been invited to submit up to 3 nominations for locally-led, earlier-stage organizations improving food insecurity anywhere in Sub-Saharan Africa. For more context on how the +1 process works, please see the +1 Overview page. And, for examples of organizations/enterprises already supported, please see the +1 Food Security Directory.
If one of your nominated organizations is selected, they will receive a USD 12,000 grant and a suite of non-financial support, and you will receive a USD 1,000 honorarium (per selected organization, up to USD 3,000). When nominating organizations, please keep the following requirements and preferences in mind, in order to improve your chances of making a successful nomination.
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⚠️ Please note that self-nominations are NOT allowed. If you believe you are a good fit for +1 support (per the requirements and preferences noted below), please email Gurpreet Singh ([email protected]) instead of nominating yourself.
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Required (all)
- Strengthening food security—physical or economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet dietary needs—for vulnerable communities anywhere in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Annual organizational budget or revenue less than USD 500,000
- Locally-led—i.e. majority of the organization's executive leaders were born and/or raised in, or are otherwise reflective of communities in, Sub-Saharan Africa
- Headquartered anywhere in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Non-profit, for-profit, or hybrid organizations with a charitable purpose, excluding government entities
Preferred (one or more)*
- Not already well-connected with Western or Global North funders or partners
- Ambition to influence the food system at a regional or national level, and influencing governments, markets, or other system actors to that end (such as through advocacy, coordination, or capacity building)
- Targeting historically underserved communities facing significant food insecurity
- For example, serving communities in countries like Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, CAR, Chad, DRC, Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe