AVPN Southeast Asia Healthcare Pooled Fund
We have closed the first round and are now fundraising for the second round of this fund.
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About the fund
The first of its kind in Southeast Asia, the AVPN Philanthropic Pooled Fund is focused on supporting healthcare systems in rural and hard-to-reach urban areas in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Through the first round of this fund, unrestricted funding was awarded to 4 inspiring Non-Profit Organisations working to strengthen primary healthcare systems and support communities through immediate COVID-19 relief. Learn more about them below.
Through the first round of this fund, unrestricted funding was awarded to 4 inspiring Non-Profit Organisations working to strengthen primary healthcare systems and support communities through immediate COVID-19 relief. Learn more about them below.
Who is eligible to apply?
Organisation Status
- Registered Charity or Non-Profit Organisation (Applicants may be registered outside of Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines as long as operations and use of grant is applied in those markets)
- Incorporated for at least 3 years
- Cleared from all global sanctions lists, nor blacklisted by any UN or international agency
- Full compliance to PCA (Singapore), FCPA (US) or any equivalent anti-corruption laws
Impact Areas
- Contribute to strengthening the access & delivery of primary healthcare. Examples:
- Building capacity of workers, facilities, equipment
- Developing data management systems and technologies for last mile provision
- Supporting intermediaries & capacity builders
- Build resilience against pandemics through response & recovery efforts. Examples:
- Increasing vaccine distribution capacity
- Distributing PPE, therapeutics, and/or COVID-related medication more equitably
- Building COVID-related healthcare infrastructure & equipment
- Mitigating the effect of COVID-19 on treatments of other diseases
- Scaling R&D around COVID-related medication, testing technology, or vaccinations
Governance & Ask
- Minimum 2 years track record of financial accounts
- Appropriate governance structure in place
- Minimum grant ask of USD 100,000 and maximum of USD 300,000
29th April 2021
Call For Applications Open
7th May 2021 - 18th May 2021
Application Information Sessions*
- 7th May 2021 (4-4:30pm GMT +8)
- 12th May 2021 (12-12:30pm GMT +8)
- 17th May 2021 (1-1:30pm GMT+8)
- 18th May 2021 (10-10:30am GMT +8)
Registration is now closed.
*native language speaker will be present
31st May 2021
Closing Date
August 2021
Grantees Announced
How to apply?
The application portal, EnQuire™, is powered by our digital partner Tactiv. An account needs to be created on the portal before starting an application.
GRANTEES
Pooled Fund Grantees for 2021/2022
ASSIST
CISDI
IIRR
IRC
ASSIST
PHILIPPINES
ASSIST (Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation)
Improving Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC) practices through implementing education curriculum, promotion of protocols and other tools across healthcare facilities nationwide.
Key Outcomes:
Key Outcomes:
- Develop a technology-enabled IPC learning, assessment, and peer consultation platform for free at government facilities and at a low-cost at private health facilities
- Incorporate updated IPC education curriculum into medical and nursing schools
- Localise content of IPC systems across different regions and engage with local communities
CISDI
INDONESIA
CISDI (Centre for Indonesia’s Strategic Development Initiatives)
Fuelling primary health care transformation through investment in community resilience, innovation of digital health approaches, and a community health model.
Key Outcomes:
Key Outcomes:
- Improved capacity of health workers and community workers on inclusive community-based surveillance (CBS)
- Improved implementation of inclusive community-based surveillance (CBS)
- Improved access of vaccination services to vulnerable and marginalised groups
- Develop digital tool to support behavioral nudge among vulnerable and marginalized groups
IIRR
PHILIPPINES
IIRR (International Institute of Rural Reconstruction)
Serving hard-to-reach rural communities through the pandemic by adopting integrated community-based development programs that take a holistic focus on primary health care, food security, nutrition and livelihoods, amongst others.
Key Outcomes:
Key Outcomes:
- Support the government’s Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERTs) to deliver and train on nutrition, home food production, and COVID-19 health practices and vaccination
- Building the capacities of community health leaders on preparedness, prevention, mitigation, and response on COVID-19, and protocols on nutrition in emergencies
- Conducting community awareness raising and campaigns on COVID-19 community management of risk and response, health practices and household food production
IRC
Thailand-Myanmar Border
IRC (International Rescue Committee)
Provision of primary health care and immediate COVID-19 needs to refugee communities in 9 camps that have had to bear a disproportionately greater brunt of the pandemic, and are also exposed to a higher risk of COVID-19 transmission.
Key Outcomes:
Key Outcomes:
- Ensure availability of basic essential medicines, COVID-19-related medication, diagnostic supplies and PPE supplies to refugee communities
- Improving capacity of refugee health workers to provide quality health services to refugees
- Support the standardised health information system (HIS) in refugee camps and collecting and monitoring the health status of refugees, disease surveillance and outbreaks for early detection and response
- Establish field hospitals in each refugee camp to facilitate treatment and establish referral pathways for severe cases
TESTIMONIALS
Hear from the grantees
The grant will add fuel to the already established transformation programme in West Java. The target is to achieve a transformed and strengthened health system that is feasible, cost effective, equitable, culturally-appropriate, and correspond to the community needs.
Diah Saminarsih
Founder, Center for Indonesia's Strategic Development Initiatives
With the addition of funding from AVPN Philanthropic Pooled Fund, IRC will be able to maintain and strengthen our primary healthcare systems to mitigate the effect of covid 19 on the treatment of other diseases as well as effectively respond on covid-19 pandemic through infection prevention that’s going through in refugee camps.
Dr. Zarni Win
Senior Clinical Manager, International Rescue Committee
The AVPN grant would allow IIRR to intensify its Covid response. It would enable us to develop and implement a more sustainable community-managed Covid risk reduction and response system that aims to reduce Covid 19 local transmission through promotion of health and nutrition practices; better access to primary health care and strengthened capacity of local health workers. The unrestricted nature of the grant would empower IIRR to prioritize and allocate resources where it is needed most; providing resources, assistance and trainings based on the need and identified required capacity gaps of the community; to strengthen and increase organizational and partners’ human resource that amplifies programmatic efforts to increase community resilience.
Emilita Monville Oro
Acting Director for Asia and Philippines Country Director, IIRR
GET IN TOUCH
Join other funders to amplify impact
Having received over 200+ indications of interest to apply and 85 strong applications with a collective ask of USD 40 million, there is now an impetus to raise more capital to mitigate the massive losses in the healthcare sector and the compounded impact in countries across Southeast Asia.
Reach out if you would like to join the pooled fund or ask us to customise an individual fund for you.
