GFF x CIVIC VOICES: Call for proposals

Civil society and youth-led organizations are essential partners in improving health and nutrition outcomes for women, children, and adolescents. Yet too often, barriers to participation limit their influence.

The World Bank Group’s GFF × CIVIC partnership—a joint initiative of the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents (GFF) and the CIVIC: The Civil Society and Social Innovation Alliance—works to help close that gap.

Through its first pillar, the initiative is supporting a consortium led by PATH—in partnership with the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) and the Organisation of African Youth (OAY), working together as VOICES (Voices Organizing for Inclusive Civic Engagement and Sustainability)—to strengthen civil society engagement, coalition-building, and youth leadership around domestic resource mobilization for women’s, children’s and adolescent health and nutrition. To advance these objectives, the VOICES consortium will award subgrants to local CSOs and youth-led organizations in up to 22 African countries.

• Up to USD 3,350,000 in financial support will be awarded across up to 22 African countries.
• Recipients must be local CSOs or youth-led organizations and/or community-based organizations.
• Each partnership must include at least 2 and no more than 3 organizations, with at least 1 being a youth-led organization.
• Up to 18-month grants, along with advocacy training, budget analysis technical assistance, and mentorship.

Applications close Wednesday, October 7th, 2026 at 23:59 East Africa Time. For more information, including submission details and launch event materials, visit our resource page.

The VOICES Consortium is committed to equitable engagement with communities. If you have any questions or concerns, please email voices@path.org. If you wish to file an anonymous grievance, please use PATH’s secure reporting website.