The Australian Government is committed to disability inclusive development to enable people with disability to find pathways out of poverty and realise their full potential.
As part of its alumni engagement activities, Australia Awards – Nepal has managed the Alumni Disability Initiative Grant (ADIG) since 2018. Continuing the initiative, Australia Awards – Nepal announces ADIG-2022, which aims to support activities or pilot initiatives implemented by Australia Awards alumni in Nepal that positively impact and improve human rights and dignity of people with disability.
The grants are designed to encourage and support alumni initiatives that promote innovation and collaboration for awareness building, capacity development, promoting equal opportunities, and reducing/ removing barriers for people with disability in Nepal.
ADIG-2022 will follow the ‘nothing about us without us’ principle, which acknowledges that people with disability benefit more from initiatives where they are full collaborators and active participants.
ADIG-2022 welcomes applications from individual alums or groups of alumni to apply for up to NPR 90,000 to implement a disability inclusion initiative. Group applications are encouraged. The five most deserving applications will be selected to receive a grant.
Interested alumni are requested to read the details below in conjunction with the Grant Guidelines – User Guide, complete the application form and relevant attachments (combined into a single PDF), and submit online through the application portal by 10 January 2022, 5:00 p.m. Nepal time.