Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) Grants

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) is excited to announce its open call to support emerging civil society organisations in Southern Africa through small organisational development grants.

📖 About Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC)

The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC), established in 2005, aims to promote and advance human rights, democratic governance, the rule of law, and access to justice in Southern Africa through strategic litigation, advocacy, and capacity strengthening.

SALC focuses on supporting marginalised communities facing legal, social, and environmental justice challenges. Their mission is to promote democratic values, human dignity, substantive equality, social justice, and non-discrimination.

The long-term goal of this project is to build stronger, more resilient organisations with greater capacity to advocate for human rights and social justice in Southern Africa. The funding will also include technical support from SALC to enhance organisational development and financial resilience.

🌟 Benefits of SALC Grants

• The maximum grant amount is USD 15,000 for a year.
• Grants are accompanied by technical support to strengthen organisational capacity.

🌍 Eligible Locations

Community-based organisations (CBOs) based in the following countries are eligible to apply:

• Botswana
• Eswatini
• Lesotho
• Malawi
• Namibia
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

✅ Eligibility Criteria

To qualify for the SALC Grants, organisations must meet the following requirements:

• Must be a grassroots organisation.
• Management must represent the community served.
• Organisation must have been in operation for more than 3 years.
• Organisation's annual income must be less than USD 100,000.

🎯 Targeted Organisations

This call is limited to the following types of community-based organisations:

1. Disability-Led Organisations

• Promote the rights of persons with disabilities.
• Challenge discrimination against persons with disabilities through advocacy and legal empowerment.
• Seek to improve the interaction between persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities and the criminal justice system.

2. Trans-Led Organisations

• Promote the rights of trans and gender-diverse persons through advocacy and legal empowerment initiatives.
• Support trans and gender-diverse persons in changing the gender marker on their identity documents.
• Provide legal defence to persons arbitrarily arrested based on their gender identity or expression.
• Challenge abusive policing practices.

3. Sex Worker-Led Organisations

• Promote the rights of sex workers through advocacy and legal empowerment initiatives.
• Engage with police to ensure policing practices respect sex workers’ rights.

4. Women’s Rights and Women-Led Organisations

• Work at the community level to promote women’s customary land rights and legal empowerment.
• Use advocacy and legal empowerment methods to improve the interaction between survivors of gender-based violence and the criminal justice system.

📅 Key Dates

• Date Published: June 28, 2025
• Application Deadline: July 04, 2025

📝 Application Process

• Apply directly through the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) Grants Portal.

📌 Contact Information

For more details, visit the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) Grants Page.

Take advantage of this opportunity to strengthen your organisation and advocate for human rights and social justice in Southern Africa!

• The maximum grant amount is USD 15,000 for a year.