Start Fund COVID-19
Start Fund COVID-19 enables Start Network members to anticipate and respond to critical virus-related humanitarian needs in low-income countries.
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About Start Fund COVID-19
The Start Fund COVID-19 was launched in April 2020, when the need for humanitarian support beyond the Start Fund’s remit was communicated by our members. This mechanism sits within the Start Fund and provides rapid funding to address neglected or underfunded aspects of the broader COVID-19 crisis at a local level. This funding is not accessible on an ad hoc basis, but in response to a Call for Alerts being opened by the Start Fund team. The frequency of Calls for Alerts being opened, as well as the number of projects that can be funded through them, depends on levels of funding being made available.
Following an initial call for alerts at the start of April, in response to which 85 alerts from 69 countries were submitted, a prioritisation exercise has delimited the number of countries eligible to access funding in subsequent calls. One of the sources which helped to prioritise these countries (among other criteria) is the INFORM index, and can be accessed here.
Support the Start Fund COVID-19
The fund has received support from the IKEA Foundation, UK Aid, Jersey Overseas Aid, the German Federal Foreign Office and private donors. However, as the types of crises produced through primary and secondary impacts of COVID-19 continue to diversify, the Start Fund is urgently seeking more donors. To reach affected communities as effectively as possible, it’s vital that NGOs are funded directly, and that donors do not react to funding concerns by reverting to former practice and channelling funds through multilateral mechanisms. The first Call for Alerts generated evidence of a funding gap of over £20M, which is a figure that is likely to have increased. If you are able to support us in any way at this critical time of global need, please get in touch with us at fundraising@startnetwork.org
Guidance for members on accessing the Start Fund COVID-19
A new call for Start Fund COVID-19 alerts was launched in November 2020. Each time funding is available, Start Network members are notified by email and on Skype – the countries eligible for submitting an alert are also communicated at that time.
The Start Fund COVID-19 has already funded 35 projects in 22 countries, with mid- and end-term projects providing learning and feedback for future rounds of funding. We appreciate that needs generated from COVID-19 are well beyond those of the funding capacity available. If members have questions about the first or second call for alerts, please contact startfund@startprogrammes.org
The Start Fund COVID-19 is still seeking further funding. If new funds become available, we will communicate the process to access this funding again. This might differ slightly from the usual Start Fund process in order to adapt to the specific needs of this global pandemic and considering the operational capacity of both the membership and the Start Funds team.
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NB: For Start Fund COVID-19, anticipation and response have been combined so that there is only one alert template.
Please refer to the above documents for more information. If you cannot find the answer to your question in those, please get in touch with the team via startfund@startprogrammes.org
| Alert | Alert date | Country | Crisis type | Alert type | Status of alert | Amount awarded | Agencies Funded | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| test covid 2 | 24 Nov 2020 - 12:00 | Congo [DRC] | Disease Outbreak | Pre-Alert | Read more | |||
| Test covid alert | 20 Nov 2020 - 12:00 | Afghanistan | Disease Outbreak | Pre-Alert | ACTED | Read more | ||
| CV19 089 Afghanistan | 17 May 2020 - 12:00 | Afghanistan | Disease Outbreak | Reporting | £250,000 | Action Against Hunger (ACF), Islamic Relief, Tearfund | Read more | |
| CV19 046 Haiti | 8 Apr 2020 - 08:00 | Haiti | Disease Outbreak | Reporting | £250,000 | Mercy Corps | Read more | |
| CV19 030 Tanzania 1 | 6 Apr 2020 - 19:00 | Tanzania | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 015 Zambia | 6 Apr 2020 - 12:00 | Zambia | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 016 Occupied Palestinian Territories | 6 Apr 2020 - 12:00 | Palestinian Territories | Disease Outbreak | Reporting | £237,319 | Islamic Relief, Oxfam | Read more | |
| CV19 017 Mozambique 1 | 6 Apr 2020 - 12:00 | Mozambique | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 018 Albania | 6 Apr 2020 - 12:00 | Albania | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 019 Philippines | 6 Apr 2020 - 12:00 | Philippines | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 020 India 1 | 6 Apr 2020 - 12:00 | India | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 059 Liberia 2 | 6 Apr 2020 - 12:00 | Liberia | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 021 Vietnam | 6 Apr 2020 - 12:00 | Vietnam | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 022 Sri Lanka | 6 Apr 2020 - 12:00 | Sri Lanka | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 023 India 2 | 6 Apr 2020 - 12:00 | India | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 024 Dominican Republic | 6 Apr 2020 - 12:00 | Dominican Republic | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 025 Gambia | 6 Apr 2020 - 12:00 | Gambia | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 026 Venezuela 2 | 6 Apr 2020 - 12:00 | Venezuela | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 087 Pakistan | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Pakistan | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 088 DRC | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Dominican Republic | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 094 Yemen 2 | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Yemen | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 042 Niger 1 | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Niger | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 067 Benin | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Benin | Disease Outbreak | Implementation | £134,000 | Oxfam | Read more | |
| CV19 069 Honduras | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Honduras | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 090 Yemen | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Yemen | Disease Outbreak | Reporting | £223,725 | Islamic Relief, Oxfam, War Child | Read more | |
| CV19 071 Guatemala | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Guatemala | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 004 Venezuela 1 | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Venezuela | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 005 Colombia 1 | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Colombia | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 073 Brazil | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Brazil | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 006 Iraq | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Iraq | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 074 Ecuador | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Ecuador | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 007 Ethiopia | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Ethiopia | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 075 Jordan 1 | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Jordan | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 008 Paraguay | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Ethiopia | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 076 Nepal | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Nepal | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 012 DRC | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Congo [DRC] | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 077 China | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | China | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 013 Liberia 1 | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Liberia | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 078 Thailand | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Thailand | Disease Outbreak | Implementation | £178,700 | ACTED, Save the Children | Read more | |
| CV19 014 Mali | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Mali | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 027 Burkina Faso | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Burkina Faso | Disease Outbreak | Implementation | £250,000 | ACTED | Read more | |
| CV19 036 Somalia | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Somalia | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 028 Pakistan | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Pakistan | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 037 Armenia | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Armenia | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 038 Senegal | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Senegal | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 031 Rwanda | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Rwanda | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 039 Afghanistan | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Afghanistan | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 032 Yemen | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Yemen | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 033 Ivory Coast | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Côte d'Ivoire | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more | |||
| CV19 035 Bolivia | 6 Apr 2020 - 09:00 | Bolivia | Disease Outbreak | Not allocated | Read more |
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