Call for Applications for Implementing Partners 

Background

Health Development Initiative (HDI) is an independent, Rwandan civil society organisation working to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) through advocacy, movement-building, research, and rights-based service provision. For nearly two decades, HDI has worked alongside communities, activists, healthcare providers, and policymakers to expand access to SRHR information and services, challenge harmful laws and social norms, and strengthen the collective power of civil society to influence change.

Our Approach

HDI's work is grounded in the belief that sustainable progress on SRHR is driven by communities themselves. Grassroots organisations, feminist movements, youth-led groups, LGBTQIA+ collectives, sex worker organisations, and other community-based actors play a critical role in shaping public discourse, resisting restrictive policies, and holding institutions accountable.

These groups are often closest to the realities of injustice and exclusion, yet face the greatest barriers in accessing flexible funding, political space, and long-term institutional support.

The Catalyst Fund Initiative

With support from AmplifyChange, HDI is implementing the Catalyst Fund for Community-Led SRHR Advocacy, a regional partnership initiative working across Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burundi. The partnership aims to strengthen the power, resilience, and sustainability of grassroots civil society organisations working to advance SRHR, particularly in contexts where rights are contested, political space is shrinking, and anti-rights movements are increasingly organised and well-resourced.

Support Provided

Through this partnership, HDI will provide the following to community-led organisations engaged in SRHR advocacy:

• Financial support for projects and initiatives
• Technical accompaniment and capacity-building
• Learning opportunities and knowledge-sharing platforms
• Support for collective strategies and movement-building

The Catalyst Fund is designed not only to resource individual projects, but to contribute to broader movement-building by supporting collective strategies and knowledge-sharing.