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Previous Grants

2010

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

$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include human rights documentation and education, legal aid to rape survivors, and pressing traditional courts to enforce legal protections for women.

 

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

$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 / BVES (Volunteer Office in the Service of Children and Health) 

$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 eastern Congo.

 

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

$20,000 For general support for this organization, whose activities include documenting human rights violations in North Kivu and promoting greater transparence in the conflict minerals trading.

 

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

$30,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include monitoring, documenting, and reporting human rights violations and corruption and promoting judicial reform.

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

Groupe Hirondelles

$10,000 For ICJP's project to promote LGBT rights in South Kivu.

 

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 / ICJP (Congolese Initiative for Justice and Peace)

$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.

 

Réseau des Défenseurs des Droits Humains en Afrique Centrale / REDHAC (Network of Human Rights Defenders in Central Africa)

$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing support to human rights defenders in danger and educating national authorities on their obligation to protect them in Central Africa.

 

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

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

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

 

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

$25,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include education, training, documentation, and reporting to promote the rights of women and girls, the rights of prisoners, and to fight corruption.

 

2009

Arche d’Alliance
$20,000 For general support of this organization’s activities, including human rights documentation and education, legal aid to rape survivors, and monitoring of traditional courts for discrimination against women. 

 

Association des Jeunes Femmes du Maniema /AJFM (Maniema Young Women’s Association)
$15,000 For general support of this organization that promotes women’s and children’s rights through grassroots organizing, education and legal aid in Maniema province.

 

Bureau pour le Volontariat au Service de l’Enfance et de la Santé /BVES  (Volunteer Office in the Service of Children and Health)
$30,000 For support of this organization which promotes the rights of children affected by armed conflict and mentors grassroots organizations in monitoring, documenting, and reporting on children’s rights violations in eastern Congo.

 

Centre d’Etudes Juridiques Appliquées/ CEJA  (Center for Applied Legal Studies)
$20,000 For general support of this organization which promotes the rule of law by documenting, monitoring and reporting human rights violations and corruption, and promoting judicial reform.

 

Centre de Recherche sur l’Environnement, la Démocratie et les Droits de l’Homme/ CREDDHO (Research Center on Environment, Democracy and Human Rights)
$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include documenting human rights violations in North Kivu and grassroots organizing to hold elected officials accountable for protecting economic, social and cultural rights.

 

Centre National d’Appui au Développement et à la Participation Populaire, Antenne du Kivu/  CENADEP (National Center for Support of Development and Community Participation)
$10,000 For general support of this organization that seeks to promote the rights of people affected by the exploitation of natural resources.  

 

Conseil Régional des Organisations Non Gouvernmentales de Développement/ CRONGD (Regional Council of Non-Governmental Development Organizations)
$15,000 for CRONGD’s project to document the violations of economic and social rights of communities affected by the exploitation of natural resources in Mbuji-Mayi.

 

Femmes Juristes pour les Droits de la Femme et de l’Enfant/ FJDF (Female Jurists for Women’s and Children’s Rights) 
$15,000 For general support of this organization which promotes women’s rights through education, training, the media and legal aid.

 

Haki Za Binadamu Maniema (HBM)
$20,000 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/ ICJP (Congolese Initiative for Justice and Peace)
$40,000 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, and for its project, in collaboration with Protection International, to provide security training to Congolese human rights organizations. 

 

Réseau des Défenseurs des Droits Humains en Afrique Central/ REDHAC (Central African Human Rights Defenders Network)
$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing support to human rights defenders in danger and educating national authorities on their obligation to protect them.

 

Solidarité des Femmes de Fizi pour le Bien-Etre Familial/ SOFIBEF (Fizian Women’s Solidarity for Family Well-Being)
$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 Féminine pour la Paix et le Développement Intégral/ SOFEPADI  (Women’s Solidarity for Peace and Integrated Development)
$15,000 For general support of this organization which provides medical, social, and legal support to victims of sexual violence and works to improve the judicial system.

 

Solidarité pour la Promotion Sociale et la Paix/ SOPROP (Solidarity for Social Promotion and Peace)
$25,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include education, training, documentation, and reporting to promote the rights of women and girls to stop sexual violence, and to fight corruption.

 

 

2008

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

$30,000 For support of this organization which promotes the rights of children affected by armed conflict and mentors grassroots organizations in monitoring, documenting, and reporting on children’s rights violations in eastern Congo.

 

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

$15,000 For general support of this organization which promotes the rule of law by documenting, monitoring and reporting human rights violations and corruption, and promoting judicial reform.

 

Centre de recherche sur l’Environnement, la Démocratie et les Droits de l’homme/ CREDDHO (Research Center on Environment, Democracy and Human Rights)

$5,000 For CREDDHO’s project to promote citizens’ involvement in holding elected officials accountable for protecting their economic, social and cultural rights.

 

Centre National d’Appui au Développement et à la Participation Populaire, Antenne du Kivu/  CENADEP (National Center for Support of Development and Community Participation)

$5,000 For general support of this organization that seeks to promote the rights of people affected by the exploitation of natural resources.                                      

 

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

$15,000 For general support of this organization which promotes women’s rights through education, training, the media and legal aid.

 

Haki Za Binadamu Maniema (HBM)

$15,000 For this organization’s project to promote enforcement of existing laws by customary courts.

 

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

$15,000 For general support of this organization which seeks to challenge the culture of impunity in South Kivu by promoting justice reform, providing legal aid to rape survivors, and exposing public corruption.

 

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

$10,000 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 Féminine pour la Paix et le Développement Intégral/ SOFEPADI  (Women’s Solidarity for Peace and Integrated Development)

$10,000 For general support of this organization which provides medical, social, and legal support to victims of sexual violence and works to improve the judicial system.

 

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

$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include education, training, documentation, and reporting to promote the rights of women and girls to stop sexual violence, and medical services.

 

2007

Arche d’Alliance
$10,000 For general support of this organization’s activities, including human rights documentation and education, legal aid to rape survivors, and monitoring of traditional courts for discrimination against women in South Kivu.

 

Association des Jeunes Femmes du Maniema /AJFM  (Maniema Young Women’s Association)
$10,000 For general support of this organization which promotes women’s rights through grassroots organizing, education and legal aid in Maniema province.

 

Association des Jeunes pour le Développement Intégré-Kalundu/Uvira/ AJEDI-Ka (Youth Organization for Integrated Development-Kalundu/Uvira)
$15,000 For general support of this organization which seeks to end the use of child soldiers in South Kivu through human rights documentation, reporting and education.

 

Bureau pour le Volontariat au Service de l’Enfance et de la Santé /BVES(Volunteer Office in the Service of Children and Health)
$25,000 For support of this organization which promotes the rights of children affected by armed conflict and mentors grassroots organizations monitoring, documenting, and reporting abuses of children’s rights in eastern Congo.

 

Centre de recherche sur l’Environnement, la Démocratie et les Droits de l’homme/ CREDDHO (Research Center on Environment, Democracy and Human Rights)
$5,000 For CREDDHO’s project to promote citizens’ involvement in holding elected officials accountable for protecting their economic, social and cultural rights in North Kivu.

 

Centre national d’Appui au Développement et à la Participation Populaire, Antenne du Kivu/CENADEP  (National Center for Support of Development and Community Participation, Kivu Branch)
$5,000 For general support of this organization which seeks to promote the rights of people affected by the exploitation of natural resources in North Kivu. 

 

Femmes Juristes pour les Droits de la Femme et de l’Enfant /FJDF (Female Jurists for Women’s and Children’s Rights)
$10,000 For general support of this organization which promotes women’s rights through education, training, media campaigns and legal aid in the remote city of Butembo and the surrounding rural area.

 

Haki Za Binadamu Maniema /HBM
$10,000 For this organization’s project to promote enforcement of existing laws protecting women’s rights by customary courts in the isolated Maniema province.

 

Initiative Congolaise pour la Justice et la Paix /ICJP (Congolaise Initiative for Justice and Peace)
$10,000 For general support of this organization which seeks to challenge the culture of impunity in South Kivu by promoting justice reform, providing legal aid to rape survivors, and exposing public corruption.

 

Proxi Médias Libres (Proxy for a Free Media)
$5,000 For general support of this organization which seeks to train, protect and defend journalists and human rights activists in eastern DRC.

 

Solidarité des Femmes de Fizi pour le Bien-Etre Familial /SOFIBEF (Fizian Women’s Solidarity for Family Well-being)
$5,000 For general support of this organization whose activities include grassroots organizing and education to promote women’s rights as well as providing psychological, medical and legal support to women victims of sexual violence in Fizi, South Kivu.

 

Solidarité Féminine pour la Paix et le Développement Intégral /SOFEPADI  (Women’s Solidarity for Peace and Integrated Development)
$5,000 For general support of this organization which provides medical, social, and legal support to victims of sexual violence and works to improve the judicial system in North Kivu.

 

Solidarité pour la Promotion Sociale et la Paix /SOPROP (Solidarity for Social Promotion and Peace)
$15,000 For general support of this organization which promotes human rights through education (training, documentation, reporting), monitoring and medical support to victims of human rights violations in North Kivu.

 

2006

Arche d’Alliance
$10,000 for general support of this organization’s activities, including human rights documentation and education, legal aid to rape survivors, and law reform in support of women’s rights in South Kivu.

 

Center for Applied Legal Studies (CEJA -- Centre d’Etudes Juridiques Appliquées)
$10,000 for general support of this organization based in North Kivu, which promotes the rule of law by documenting, monitoring and reporting human rights violations, provides legal and psycho-social support to survivors of sexual violence, and promotes reform of the local judiciary.

 

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

$5,000 for general support of this organization based in Bukavu (South Kivu) which promotes access to justice to victims of human rights violations to challenge the culture of impunity in South Kivu.

 

Female Jurists for Women’s and Children’s Rights  (FJDF -- Femmes Juristes pour les Droits de la Femme et de l’Enfant) 
$10,000 for support of this organization’s project to promote women’s rights through education, training, the media and legal aid in North Kivu.

 

Fizian Women’s Solidarity for Family Well-being (SOFIBEF -- Solidarité des Femmes de Fizi pour le Bien-Etre Familial)
$5,000 for this organization’s project to provide legal support to women victims of sexual violence and to coordinate civil society efforts to improve the judicial system in Fizi, South Kivu.

 

Haki Za Binadamu Maniema (HBM)
$10,000 for this organization’s project to lead a human rights awareness campaign in central and south Maniema to reduce cases of arbitrary arrest and detention.


Maniema Young Women’s Association  (AJFM-- Association des Jeunes Femmes du Maniema)
$10,000 for this organization’s project to promote women’s rights through grassroots organizing, human rights training, and the media in the rural areas of Punia and Kailo in Maniema province.

 

Solidarity for Social Promotion and Peace (SOPROP -- Solidarité pour la Promotion Sociale et la Paix)
$15,000 for general support of this organization based in Goma (North Kivu) which promotes human rights through education, training, documentation, reporting, and the provision of medical assistance to victims of human rights violations.

 

Volunteer Office in the Service of Children and Health (BVES -- Bureau pour le Volontariat au Service de l’Enfance et de la Santé)
$25,000 for general support of this organization based in Bukavu (South Kivu) which promotes the rights of children affected by armed conflict and for its project to facilitate best practices among grassroots organizations in monitoring, documenting, and reporting on children’s rights in eastern Congo.


Women’s Solidarity for Peace and Integrated Development (SOFEPADI -- Solidarité Féminine pour la Paix et le Développement Intégral)
$5,000 for general support of this organization which provides social and legal support to victims of sexual violence, promotes women’s rights and works to improve the judicial system in North Kivu and Ituri.


Youth Organization for Integrated Development-Kalundu/Uvira (AJEDI-Ka-- Association des Jeunes pour le Développement Intégré-Kalundu/Uvira)
$15,000 for general support of this organization which seeks to end the use of child soldiers in South Kivu through human rights documentation, reporting and education.

 

2005

Arche d’alliance

$10,000 for general support of this organization in South Kivu whose activities include human rights documentation, human rights education, legal aid to rape survivors, and law reform in support of women’s rights.


Association des Jeunes Femmes du Maniema

(Maniema Young Women’s Association)

$10,000 for this organization’s project to promote women’s civil and political rights through grassroots organizing, human rights training, and media outreach in Maniema.


Bureau pour le Volontariat au Service des Enfants et de la Santé (BVES)

(Volunteer Office in the Service of Children and Health)

$10,000 for this group’s project to facilitate the exchange of best practices among grassroots organizations to establish consistent methods of documenting, reporting and monitoring children’s rights in South Kivu.

 

Femmes juristes pour la défense des droits de la femme et des l’enfants (FJDF)

(Female Jurists for Women’s and Children’s Rights)

$9,000 for support of this organization’s project to create a legal support center in Butembo for survivors of sexual violence in North Kivu.


Haki Za Binadamu Maniema

$10,000 for this organization’s project to lead a human rights awareness campaign in Maniema.


Solidarité pour la Promotion Sociale et la Paix (SOPROP)

(Solidarity for Social Promotion and Peace)

$15,000 for this organization’s project to train women on human rights and civic education in North Kivu.

 

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