46 | BRIDGES UNDER THE WAVE
SOME NEWS FOR 2021 OUR TEAM IS GROWING After a long recruitment process beginning in December 2020, we have welcomed five new staff members to the ISDAO Family - Phidelia, Raymond, Anthony, Aye and Igor. Our new staff members bring to ISDAO a wealth of experience, skills and knowledge of the West African LGBTQI movement in the following roles: • Phidelia Imiegha – Communication Officer • Raymond Adadjisso – Policy and Advocacy Officer • Anthony Nkwocha – Program Officer, Focal Person Nigeria • Aïssétou Sawadogo – Program Officer, Focal Person Burkina Faso • Igor Koffi – Finance and Administration Officer
WE ARE LAUNCHING NEW FUNDING PORTFOLIOS In 2021, we are launching two new funding portfolios to support ISDAO’s mission of strengthening the West African LGBT+ movement. The ASANKA Creative Initiatives Pilot Fund aims to support, through the provision of grants, innovative creative activism developed and carried out by LGBTQI groups/organizations in the West African region as well as by individual West African LGBTQI activists living in the region and in the diaspora. We define creative initiatives as those that are other than initiatives typically included in traditional forms of activism, for example, the production of a mini-documentary, the editing of a book, design of a comic book, the creation of a web radio station, a photo project, etc. This fund will be granted through an open call.
