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
Action Humanitaire pour la Sante et le Developpement (AHUSADEC) Action Humanitaire pour la Sante et le Developpement (AHUSADEC) Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Geographic scope of work: Local Communication Language: French The Bukavu branch of AHUSADEC is a sex worker-led group that operates in Kivu province. It provides a safe space for sex workers where it offers health information and documents cases of violence which it brings to police and court. Through radio shows the group aims to promote its work and educate the public about human rights. Focus Groups: Women Men Trans Keywords: Human Rights SRHR Violence Year: 2012 Region: Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	2012
Advocacy Normalizing Sex Work through Education and Resources (ANSWERS) Advocacy Normalizing Sex Work through Education and Resources (ANSWERS) Country: Canada Geographic scope of work: Local Communication Language: English ANSWERS envisions a community of sex workers that is fully integrated, accepted, and safe so that they can enjoy equal opportunities within Canadian society. To achieve their mission, ANSWERS supports sex workers and their rights through outreach, education, and support services while working to end violence and stigma towards sex workers. Learn more Focus Groups: Men Trans Women Keywords: Decriminalisation Harm Reduction Violence Year: 2021 Region: North America/Caribbean	Canada	North America/Caribbean	2021
Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network Country: Canada Geographic scope of work: Local, National, International Communication Language: English This sex worker-led organisation based in Toronto provides support to and advocates for the rights of Asian and other migrant sex workers in several cities in Canada. Butterfly builds leadership skills and capacities of migrant sex workers through a peer-to-peer programme. Its members visit migrant sex workers in detention centres, prisons and court. The group provides legal support and interpretation services, assists with arranging bail and supports deported workers. Butterfly advocates for changes in anti-trafficking policy and immigration laws to make them less harmful for migrant sex workers. Learn more Focus Groups: Men Trans Women Keywords: Decriminalisation Human Rights Harm Reduction Migration Political Advocacy Artivism Year: 2018 Region: North America/Caribbean	Canada	North America/Caribbean	2018
Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network Country: Canada Geographic scope of work: Local, National, International Communication Language: English This sex worker-led organisation formed in 2014 as a support network for Asian and migrant sex workers in several cities of Canada. Through legal support, interpretation services and advocacy activities, the organisation fights for sex workers’ entitlement to respect, dignity, equality, basic human rights and justice, regardless of their gender, race and immigration status. Learn more Focus Groups: Men Trans Women Keywords: Migration Political Advocacy Artivism Decriminalisation Human Rights Harm Reduction Year: 2020 Region: North America/Caribbean	Canada	North America/Caribbean	2020
Hommes pour les Droits et la Santé Sexuelle (HODSAS) Hommes pour les Droits et la Santé Sexuelle (HODSAS) Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Geographic scope of work: National Communication Language: French HODSAS is an organisation for sex workers operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo. HODSAS supports its members in managing their health. With this grant, HODSAS will organise trainings on sexual health and rights, distribute sanitary pads and organise radio shows on sexual health and rights and family planning in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Learn more Focus Groups: Men Trans Women Keywords: SRHR Human Rights Migration HIV/AIDS People Who Use Drugs Year: 2021 Region: Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	2021
Maggie’s Toronto Sex Workers Action Project Maggie’s Toronto Sex Workers Action Project Country: Canada Geographic scope of work: Local, National Communication Language: English This organisation supports sex workers in Toronto to live and work in safety and with dignity through education on safer sex and drug use. Maggie’s provides drop-in spaces, counselling and referrals to health and social services. The Red Umbrella Fund grant supports its efforts to reach out particularly to and address the needs and rights of sex workers from indigenous communities through hosting dedicated drumming groups and talking circles. Learn more Focus Groups: Women Keywords: Harm Reduction People Who Use Drugs Year: 2014 Region: North America/Caribbean	Canada	North America/Caribbean	2014
Projet LUNE Projet LUNE Country: Canada Geographic scope of work: Local Communication Language: French This organisation of sex workers operates in the city of Quebec. The group reaches mostly women sex workers who use drugs and those working on the streets with practical support and advice, including peer-led trainings about condom use, accessing health services, self-defence, and human rights. Through their journal ‘Les voix de la RuELLES’ (The Voice of the Streets) sex workers are able to speak out and share their experiences and demands. Learn more Focus Groups: Trans Women Keywords: Human Rights Harm Reduction People Who Use Drugs SRHR Year: 2013 Region: North America/Caribbean	Canada	North America/Caribbean	2013
SafeSpace London SafeSpace London Country: Canada Geographic scope of work: Local Communication Language: English This community drop-in centre is run by and for women – including trans – and non-binary sex workers and allies. SafeSpace focuses on improving the living conditions of sex workers in their community. The group provides harm reduction supplies, hygiene products, educational resources and peer support. Through their ‘Not Your Rescue Project’ theatre production, SafeSpace educates students at colleges and universities about sex workers’ human rights. At national level, the group participates in the Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform. Learn more Focus Groups: Men Trans Women Keywords: LGBTQAI+ Harm Reduction People Who Use Drugs Year: 2019 Region: North America/Caribbean	Canada	North America/Caribbean	2019
SafeSpace London SafeSpace London Country: Canada Geographic scope of work: local Communication Language: English SafeSpace is a drop-in centre and community collective operated for, by and with sex workers (past and present), allies, and women and gender-nonconforming individuals in London, Canada. Through its work, SafeSpace supports sex workers by fostering relationships of trust, transparency, and empowerment, and mitigating the impacts of criminalisation, discrimination, violence and stigma in the lives of sex workers. The group provides harm reduction supplies, hygiene products, educational resources and peer support. Learn more Focus Groups: Men Trans Women Keywords: People Who Use Drugs SRHR LGBTQAI+ Harm Reduction Year: 2022 Region: North America/Caribbean	Canada	North America/Caribbean	2022
Sex Workers Advisory Network of Sudbury (SWANS) Sex Workers Advisory Network of Sudbury (SWANS) Country: Canada Geographic scope of work: Local Communication Language: English This group, located in northeastern Ontario, provides frontline services and community building to women sex workers (cis and trans), many of whom are Indigenous people, in an area removed from major city centres. Mainstream service providers in rural areas have limited awareness of sex workers’ realities and needs, and SWANS fills this gap. SWANS’ core activity is a drop-in centre in Sudbury, which offers capacity building opportunities to sex workers through a peer education model on legal, health, economic, and personal issues, while also offering direct psychosocial support and health services. Learn more Focus Groups: Trans Women Keywords: Harm Reduction SRHR LGBTQAI+ Year: 2017 Region: North America/Caribbean	Canada	North America/Caribbean	2017
UMANDE UMANDE Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Geographic scope of work: Local Communication Language: French Created in 2010, UMANDE works through solidarity committees gathering information from different provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo and organises capacity building and advocacy activities. With this grant, UMANDE will organise trainings on financial skills for sex workers, support sex workers living with HIV in continuing their treatment and develop materials to increase sex worker visibility. Learn more Focus Groups: Trans Women Keywords: Harm Reduction HIV/AIDS Year: 2020 Region: Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	2020