What are we trying to achieve through this grant programme?
Our primary objective in providing these grants is to make the information in the 'Palliative care toolkit' as widely available and as inexpensive as possible. We want to:
- support community based organisations as they seek to develop and maintain sustainable hospice and palliative care services
- initiate and support training programmes seeking to raise the standards and quality of palliative care through improved education delivery
- promote and maximise information sharing across the countries of Latin America
- empower existing health workers in these countries to practice palliative care.
What is the toolkit?
The 'Palliative care toolkit: improving care from the roots up in resource-limited settings' is a practical manual to equip, empower and encourage health workers in resource-limited settings to integrate palliative care into their work and their communities.
It brings a holistic and "can do" approach to delivering care for those suffering with life-limiting diseases and is an important contribution to increasing the spread of palliative care globally.
Spanish and Portuguese printed versions of the toolkit are available and the toolkit in English is available to download from the Help the Hospices website.
Available funding
Total available funding in this round is 20,000 US dollars. We are looking to make ten grants of up to
$2,000 to community based health organisations working in eligible countries in Latin America.
Deadlines
Deadline for applications is
Thursday 29 July 2010. It will take up to two months to inform you of the funding decision.
Further information
For more details on this grant programme please read the:
PDF versions of the
information and criteria, the
eligible countries list,
guidance for completing the application form and an
overview of the questions in the application form are also available.
Please contact the grants team for any further information or help.
The Asociacion Latinoamericana de Cuidados Paliativos (ALCP) is the regional association promoting the development of palliative care in Latin America and the Caribbean.
