“la Caixa” Foundation Call for Applications: Child Survival 2025

The “la Caixa” Foundation is calling for applications to the Child Survival Call 2025 to help Through the Child Survival Call we help to improve child survival in sub-Saharan African countries with a high burden of maternal and child mortality.

The Call is in line with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #3 which aims, among other targets, to end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age by 2030 and to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio, as well as SDG #17 which encourages and promotes partnerships to achieve the SDGs.

Requirements of the call: 

• The call is aimed at networks of three to five entities that include Spanish, Portuguese and/or international non-profit organisations. 
• All projects must have at least one entity from the country of implementation.
• The organisations leading the proposals must meet the following requirements:
  • Be non-profit organisations. • Have an audit report.
  • Have at least five years’ experience in combating poverty, in global health (especially in maternal and child health), research or training before the closing of the Child Survival 2025 call.
  • In the case of Spanish, Portuguese or international organisations, they must be always accompanied by at least one entity from the country of action.
  • In the case of Spanish, Portuguese or international organisations, they must demonstrate experience in the country of action in the last three years’ (2022-2024).
  • Be legally constituted and entered in the corresponding register.
  • Have, among their institutional aims, the carrying out of activities related to training, cooperation or research in the field of health.
  • Have sufficient capacity and structure to guarantee the project’s goals. In this respect, only projects not exceeding 50% of the total annual budget managed by the applicant organisation may be submitted. If this criterion is not met, the organisations may join together in a network (in which case the sum of the budgets managed by the rest of the entities in the network will be taken into account).
• The proposal’s partner organisations must meet the following requirements:
  • Be legally constituted and entered in the corresponding register.
  • Be non-profit making. • Have, among their institutional aims, the carrying out of activities related to training, cooperation or research in the field of health. 
  • Demonstrate a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the implementation of training and/or health actions.
  • Have sufficient capacity and structure to guarantee the project’s goals.

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