Grants for 2011

Association de Promotion et de Défense des Droits de la Personne Humaine en République Démocratique du Congo / Association for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Arche D'Alliance)

$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include human rights documentation and education, legal aid to rape survivors, and monitoring the return of refugees to the DRC

Association des Jeunes Femmes du Maniema / Maniema Young Women's Association (AJFMa)

$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include grassroots organizing, education, and legal aid in Maniema province to promote women's and children's rights

Bureau pour le Volontariat au Service de l'Enfance et de la Santé / Volunteer Office in the Service of Children and Health (BVES)

$30,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include pressing for the release of child soldiers; monitoring, documenting, and reporting on children's rights violations; and mentoring grassroots organizations to promote the rights of children affected by armed conflict in the Eastern DRC

Centre de Recherche sur l'Environnement, la Démocratie et les Droits de l'Homme / Research Center on Environment, Democracy and Human Rights (CREDDHO)

$25,000 For general support for this organization, whose activities include documenting human rights violations in North Kivu and reporting on human rights abuses related to mining in the conflict areas

Centre d'Etudes Juridiques Appliquées / Center for Applied Legal Studies (CEJA)

$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include monitoring, documenting, and reporting human rights violations and corruption and promoting judicial reform

Centre pour l'Education, Animation et Défense des Droits de l'Homme / Center for Education, Coordination and Defense of Human Rights (CEADHO)

$5,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include documenting and reporting on human rights violations in Fizi and Mwenga, South Kivu

Conseil Régional des Organisations Non Gouvernementales de Développement / Regional Council of Development NGOs (CRONGD)

$15,000 For CRONGD's project to promote the economic and social rights of communities affected by diamond mining in Eastern Kasai

Femmes Juristes pour les Droits de la Femme / Female Jurists for Women's and Children's Rights (FJDF)

$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include educating communities in North Kivu about women's right and providing legal aid to female victims of sexual violence and discrimination

Haki Za Binadamu Maniema (HBM)

$25,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include documenting and reporting human rights violations in Maniema province and educating local communities and customary courts about women's rights

Initiative Congolaise pour la Justice et la Paix / Congolese Initiative for Justice and Peace (ICJP)

$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include pressing the government to reform the justice system and providing legal aid to rape survivors in South Kivu

Initiative Congolaise pour la Justice et la Paix – CCJT 

$5,000 For ICJP's project with CCJT to organize a conference/workshop, which will provide momentum for the establishment of a specialized mixed chamber for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the DRC

Promotion et Appui aux Initiatives Féminines / Promotion and Aid for Feminist Initiatives (PAIF)

$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include advocacy and education to promote women's rights and providing psychological, medical, and legal support to survivors of sexual violence in North Kivu

Solidarité des Femmes de Fizi pour le Bien-Être Familial / Fizian Women's Solidarity for Family Well-Being (SOFIBEF)

$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include grassroots organizing and education to promote women's rights as well as psychological, medical and legal support to survivors of sexual violence in Fizi, South Kivu

Solidarité Echange pour le Développement Intégral / Solidarity Exchange for Sustainable Development (SEDI)

$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include documentation and reporting of women's rights violations in the haut plateau of South Kivu and educating communities on harmful practices that violate children's rights

Solidarité Féminine pour la Paix et le Développement Intégral / Women's Solidarity for Peace and Integrated Development (SOFEPADI)

$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing medical, social, and legal support to victims of sexual violence and promoting the enforcement of legal protections for women in North Kivu

Solidarité pour la Promotion Sociale et la Paix / Solidarity for Social Promotion and Peace (SOPROP)

$30,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include education, training, documentation, and reporting to promote the rights of women, girls, and prisoners, and to fight corruption