Raising Funds and Mobilising Resources for HIV/AIDS Work: A Toolkit to Support NGOs/CBOs

This toolkit and training resource shares practical technical support developed from the experience of the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, its partners, and other organisations. It aims to help non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and community-based organisations (CBOs) plan and carry out resource mobilisation strategically and systematically, to obtain maximum returns for the least effort, while remaining true to their mission. It includes activities such as identifying resource gaps, meeting resource providers, and writing proposals. These activities can help NGOs/CBOs to think imaginatively about different resource mobilisation approaches and to learn how to plan so that the work is needs-driven rather than donor-driven.

According to the publishers, this toolkit is for people and organisations that support NGOs/CBOs responding to HIV/AIDS in developing countries. These include NGO support programmes, training institutions and individual trainers. The toolkit can also be used by NGOs/CBOs themselves to implement training within their organisations. It is important that people using this toolkit already have some basic facilitation skills, for example in guiding large group discussions and small group activities. It is also helpful if they have some previous experience of resource mobilisation and work around HIV/AIDS (although the latter is not essential).

Sections of this toolkit include:

• Introduction to the toolkit
• Section 1: Introducing a resource mobilisation framework
• Section 2: Developing skills for planning resource mobilisation work
• Section 3: Building practical resource mobilisation skills