Introduction: The Brooke India aims to relieve immediate pain and suffering and improve substantially the health and welfare of working horses, donkeys and mules in areas where there is proven need, and to work with the communities who depend on those animals, so that they can properly care for them and sustain the improvements the Brooke India brings about.

 

The purpose of the Small Initiatives Fund is to have small scale interventions in areas where the equine numbers and densities are unlikely to justify a full unit or a long term intervention but where pockets of significant need exist and can be helped. SIF provides a means by which the Brooke India can offer a limited level of financial support to organizations which are working to improve the welfare of the working equines in the most needy parts of the country or have opportunity to test innovative approach, but lack of scale due to low density or equine numbers required for full-fledged intervention; hence do not qualify to receive a more substantial level of intervention from the Brooke India. Developing a category of such partnerships through a small initiatives fund helps the Brooke India to improve working equine welfare beyond its direct operations and partnerships, without placing significant demands on the capacity of the Brooke India. There may be the possibility of developing some of the partnerships in to more substantial projects in the longer term.

 

Purpose: The aim of the Small initiatives fund is to support small, practical initiatives that (i) assist in the improvement of the welfare of the working horses, donkeys and mules in areas where there is proven need, (ii) work with the communities who depend on those working animals and (iii) support learning by generating lessons learned based on the experiences within these initiatives.

 

Criteria:Who is eligible to apply for funds?

 

• Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) operating in areas where the Brooke India doesn’t have presence and capable of developing and implementing initiatives that contribute to the improvement of working equine welfare. The non-government organization must be able to provide proof that it fulfills all legal requirements viz., Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010 (FCRA)/ prior permission from Ministry of Home Affairs for accepting foreign funding.

 

•  Proposals for innovative approaches with great learning potential for the Brooke India from existing operational areas but from new partner NGOs may be considered.

 

What types of projects will be eligible for funding?

  

(Normally SIF funding is a one off grant. Usually SIF doesn’t fund the same organization for the same project, however exceptional/ innovative projects may be considered for new funding only.)

 

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