Every figure has a source.
Concept note · Problem
Our work shows the demand. In 2025 we reached through counselling and peer support, up from . .
We are the largest youth mental health provider in the county.
One claim has no source. Nothing in your library supports “the largest”. Remove it, or add the document that shows it.
Where this figure came from
4,320 young people
Annual report 2025page 6
2. Who we reached
Demand for counselling rose again across Siaya and Homa Bay, most sharply among students in their final school years.
In 2025 our counsellors and peer supporters reached 4,320 young people.
Six health centres and fourteen schools now host weekly sessions.
Verified by Wanjiru, 3 Nov
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What it will not write
A general chatbot fills a gap with something plausible. In a grant application, plausible and wrong costs you the grant and your name with that funder.
- It will not invent a number
- If your documents do not hold a baseline, the draft writes [baseline to be set] and tells you. It does not estimate.
- It will not quote research from memory
- Outside studies are cited only when the document is in your library. A statistic nobody can trace is the fastest way to lose an assessor.
- It will not claim a policy you do not have
- A safeguarding or anti-fraud policy is mentioned only when the file exists. Otherwise it is listed as a gap to close.
- It will not praise your organisation
- “Well-established and credible” is replaced by the fact: registered in 2014, audited every year since 2017.
The documents funders ask for
Each starts from an instruction set you can read and edit, and each is written from the same fact sheet, so your logframe and your budget narrative do not contradict each other.
Concept note
Two to five pages for a first approach
Read the guideFull proposal
The funder's sections, in the funder's order
Logical framework
Goal, outcomes, outputs and activities in a table
Read the guideTheory of change
How the activities lead to the change
Monitoring and evaluation plan
Indicators, baselines, who collects what
Budget narrative
Each line explained, from your own budget
Work plan
Activities by month, with owners
Capacity statement
Track record, governance, controls
Letter of inquiry
A first approach to a foundation
Risk and safeguarding
A risk table and a safeguarding statement
Sustainability plan
What continues after the grant
Donor report
Drafted from the same facts after the award
Reviewer's check
2.8 of 5 · not ready to send
- Relevance to the callMatches theme 1; says so in the funder's words.
- Evidence of needCounty figures are missing. Two gaps are still marked.
- Clarity of resultsOutcomes are clear; targets have no baseline.
- Organisational capacity“Why us” is not written yet.
Fix first: write “Why us” with your registration, audit and one past result.
Read it the way the assessor will
Before you send, the Reviewer's check scores the draft against the call's own criteria, in the funder's words. It is strict on purpose.
- A score for each criterion, with the part of the draft it rests on.
- What is missing: required sections, broken limits, questions the draft does not answer.
- The three changes that would raise the score most, in order.
Questions about drafting
Can AI write a grant proposal for an NGO?
It can write a useful draft, if it is working from your organisation's real records. Afrant drafts each section from the facts in your own documents and links every figure to its source. A person still confirms the facts, reads the draft and decides what to send.
How does Afrant avoid inventing facts?
It writes only from your fact sheet, which is built from documents you uploaded and confirmed. When a fact is missing it leaves a visible gap, and a claim that no document supports is flagged before you can export.
Will the draft sound like us?
Afrant reads your past proposals and reports and writes a short description of your organisation's voice, which you can edit. Drafts follow it: your terms, your level of formality, British or American spelling.
Can we use the funder's own template?
Yes. When a call sets out its sections, limits or criteria, the document follows them, and the checklist records each requirement. You can export to Word and paste into a funder's form or portal.
Which languages does it write in?
English today. French is next.
On what the AI is sent and who can see your documents, see security and privacy.
Read next
- Eligibility checkEach call is tested against your country, registration and records before you see it. When you are not eligible, it says so and says why.
- Using AI in grant proposalsWhether funders accept it, what to disclose, what goes wrong, and how to use it without inventing facts or exposing people's details.
- Afrant and ChatGPTWhen a general chatbot is enough for grant writing, and where it stops.
Draft from what you can prove.
Afrant is in pilot and opens one organisation at a time. It is free during the pilot, and there is a sample workspace to explore before you upload anything.