Challenge Facility for Civil Society

Challenge Facility for Civil Society (CFCS)—an inspiring initiative by the Stop TB Partnership. The CFCS serves as a grant mechanism specifically designed for community-based and civil society organizations working in the field of tuberculosis (TB). Its mission - to transform the TB response into something that’s not just clinical but also deeply rooted in human rights, gender equality, and community empowerment.

Here are the key points about CFCS:

1. Purpose and Impact:
   • The CFCS aims to strengthen TB-affected community and civil society actors. Why? Because their involvement is both an ethical imperative and a programmatic necessity.
   • By supporting grassroots organizations, the CFCS contributes to a more people-centered, accountable, and gender-transformative TB response.
2. Grant Awards:
   • Since its inception in 2007, the CFCS has had multiple rounds of grant awards.
   • These grants have been awarded to a diverse range of organizations across 44 countries, including both local and global community networks.
3. Recent Rounds:
   • In Round 11, the CFCS continued its commitment to community, rights, and gender in TB. Grassroots and affected TB community organizations received funding to drive positive change in their communities1.
   • Even more recently, in Round 12, 114 organizations from 38 countries and 6 regions including Tajikistan were selected to receive CFCS funding. These organizations are on the frontlines, making a tangible difference in the fight against TB.

   CFCS R 12

  Increased community awareness and engagement through geographic scale up of OneImpact 
14 cities/districts engaged in OneImpact CLM and VST: Sh.Shohin, Baljuvon, Panj, Khuroson, Buston, Dushanbe, Khorog, Ishkoshim, Vanj, Rushon (Bartang valley), Vahdat, Istaravshan and Kushoniyon district and Bokhtar city.
  People affected by TB from the 14 regions are aware about opportunities given by the OneImpact app and are able to report challenges they face daily.
Daily monitoring and responding to issues raised by people with TB, e.g., medicine side effects, care and support, quality of services, stigma and discrimination (via “Get Involved” section of Oneimpact mobile application) is secured by 14 TB Support Group members, 13- Response Team members: 3 Case managers, 3 TB doctors, 1 psychologist, 1 lawyer, 1 Coordinator, 1 NTP consultant, 1 Media specialist, 2 Zero TB (Afghan community) members.

  Strengthen coordination and advocacy for programmatic and policy changes. Build new partnerships with legal and mental health services to expand the OneImpact CLM response team support to people that face barriers. 
Development of partnership (MoU) with: 
1. Legal aid, legal professional society or individual experts.
2. Professional mental health services/national professional societies e.g., family psychologists, counselling and psycho-emotional experts or individual experts.