Grantee-Partners Map

In the 10 years since our launch in 2012, Red Umbrella Fund has given 279 grants to 180 organisations in 68 countries. Every year we share our list of grants including the names of the grantee-partner organisations that request to be published on our website. Organisations that wish to stay anonymous do not have their name or country publicly available. Please contact us if you would like to contact any of our former-grantees or discuss their work.

In 2022 Red Umbrella Fund’s PAC awarded €1,300,000 – our first time giving more than a million in a single year – bringing total grants to €7,886,500!

Organisation Name	Country	Region	Years
Africa Sex Worker Alliance Africa Sex Worker Alliance Country: Kenya Geographic scope of work: international Communication Language: English This sex worker-led African regional network was created in 2009 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya. The Africa Sex Worker Alliance (ASWA) has sex worker-led organisations as members in 35 African countries. The network amplifies the voices of their sex worker members and advocates for the health and human rights of the diverse community of sex workers working and living in Africa. ASWA intends to use its grant to continue its advocacy in the region and continue to strengthen itself as a network. Learn more Focus Groups: Men Trans Women Keywords: Decriminalisation Human Rights Harm Reduction Migration HIV/AIDS People Who Use Drugs SRHR Violence security Year: 2022 Region: Africa	Kenya	Africa	2022
Bar Hostess Empowerment & Support Programme (BHESP) Bar Hostess Empowerment & Support Programme (BHESP) Country: Kenya Geographic scope of work: Local, National Communication Language: English This Kenyan national sex worker-led organisation was created in 1998. BHESP runs three community-led clinics providing free and comprehensive health and legal services to sex workers. The group successfully reaches street sex workers who are considered particularly vulnerable. This organisation identifies county laws oppressing sex workers across Kenya and repeals them through legal actions, demonstrations, media campaigns and petitions. BHESP works closely with other sex worker groups in the country and region. Learn more Focus Groups: Women Keywords: Harm Reduction HIV/AIDS People Who Use Drugs SRHR LGBTQAI+ Political Advocacy Year: 2018 Region: Africa	Kenya	Africa	2018
Bar Hostess Empowerment & Support Programme (BHESP) Bar Hostess Empowerment & Support Programme (BHESP) Country: Kenya Geographic scope of work: Local Communication Language: English BHESP was created in 1998 and runs 3 clinics in Nairobi providing health and legal services to Kenyan women sex workers. In 2020, the organisation had reached more than 20,000 individuals. To reach its aim of providing quality services to sex workers, BHESP works with over 180 sex worker peer educators. BHESP was instrumental in the creation of the Kenya Sex Workers Alliance. Learn more Focus Groups: Women Keywords: Harm Reduction HIV/AIDS SRHR LGBTQAI+ Political Advocacy Year: 2020 Region: Africa	Kenya	Africa	2020
Kenya Sex Workers Alliance (KESWA) Kenya Sex Workers Alliance (KESWA) Country: Kenya Geographic scope of work: National Communication Language: English This national network of sex workers works with and connects 35 sex worker-led organisations in Kenya to improve their skills and knowledge on topics such as organisational development, fundraising and human rights policy advocacy. KESWA organises campaigns to influence law and policy makers at national level to decriminalise sex work and improve living and working conditions for sex workers and end the high levels of violence against sex workers. Learn more Focus Groups: Men Trans Women Keywords: Migration HIV/AIDS People Who Use Drugs Violence LGBTQAI+ Political Advocacy Year: 2014 Region: Africa	Kenya	Africa	2014
Kenya Sex Workers Alliance (KESWA) Kenya Sex Workers Alliance (KESWA) Country: Kenya Geographic scope of work: National Communication Language: English This national network unites and represents sex worker-led organisations in all 47 counties of Kenya. KESWA organises media boot camps and builds leadership skills of its members. The network trains sex workers as paralegals and human rights defenders to improve sex workers’ access to justice. KESWA is working towards a strategic litigation case to decriminalize sex work in the country and is developing a security plan to address violence against sex workers. Learn more Focus Groups: Men Trans Women Keywords: HIV/AIDS Violence LGBTQAI+ Political Advocacy Year: 2019 Region: Africa	Kenya	Africa	2019
Men Against Aids Youth Group (MAAYGO) Men Against Aids Youth Group (MAAYGO) Country: Kenya Geographic scope of work: Local Communication Language: English Created 2008, this sex worker-led organisation in Kisumu, a port city on Lake Victoria, advocates for the rights of communities with multiple stigmatised identities (e.g., sex worker, LGBTQI+, and/or living with HIV). MAAYGO’s mission is to provide men sex workers and men having sex with men, especially those living with HIV, with access to quality health services. The group runs a safe space where young LGBTQI+ can meet, exchange experiences, access free condoms, receive HIV counselling and simply be themselves. Learn more Focus Groups: Men Trans Keywords: HIV/AIDS SRHR LGBTQAI+ Year: 2017 Region: Africa	Kenya	Africa	2017