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Previous Grants

2009

Association d’Appui au Développement des Initiatives Communautaires/ADIC (Organization to Support Community Initiatives)

$5,000 For its project to promote women’s access to documents that enable them to vote, open a bank account, travel freely and inherit property in Mandiana prefecture (Haute Guinée)

Association pour la Défense des Droits des Enfants et des Femmes en Guinée/ ADDEF (Guinean Children and Women’s Rights Organization)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include community organizing and education to challenge gender-based violence and discrimination in Guinea, and pressing for better policies to promote women’s rights.

Centre du Commerce International pour le Developpement (CECIDE)

$15,000 For CECIDE’s project to document and report violations of economic and social rights in communities affected by the exploitation of natural resources in Léro.

Centre Guinéen de Formation et d’Education pour le Développement/ CEGUIFED (Guinean Center for Development Training and Education)
$5,000 For its project to promote women’s rights in Guinée Maritime through education and grassroots organizing.

Mêmes Droits pour Tous/ MDT (Equal Rights for All)
$30,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include documenting violations of prisoners’ human rights, providing prisoners with legal aid, and pressing for justice reform in Guinea.

2008

Association d’Appui au Développement des Initiatives Communautaires/ADIC (Organization to Support Community Initiatives) $5,000 For its project to promote women’s access to identity cards, marriage and birth certificates to be able to vote, open a bank account, travel freely and inherit property.

Association pour la Défense des Droits des Enfants et des Femmes en Guinée/ ADDEF (Guinean Children and Women’s Rights Organization)
$5,000 For its project to challenge gender-based violence and discrimination in the counties of Coyah and Kindia in Basse Guinée.

Mêmes Droits pour Tous/ MDT (Equal Rights for All)
$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include documenting violations of prisoners’ human rights at Guinea’s largest prison and providing prisoners with legal aid.

Organisation Guinéenne de Défense des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen/OGDH (Guinean Human Rights Organization)
$10,000 For its project to hold its convention and provide financial support to its branches.

Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme/ RADDHO (African Organization for Human Rights)
$15,000 For its project to provide capacity building assistance to Guinean human rights organizations to strengthen their strategic planning, budget management and evaluation skills.

2007
Mêmes Droits pour Tous (MDT) (Equal Rights for All)
$5,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include documenting violations of prisoners’ human rights at Guinea’s largest prison, providing these prisoners as well as victims of female genital mutilation and gender based violence with legal aid.

2005

Organisation Guinéenne de Defense des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen (OGDH)

$15,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include documentation and reporting on human rights abuses, legal aid and human rights education.

2004
Organisation Guinéenne de Defense des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen (OGDH)

$15,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include documentation of human rights abuses and dissemination of their findings, human rights education, and building networks with other African human rights groups.

2003
Organisation Guinéenne de Defense des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen (OGDH)

$10,000 in general support of OGDH, which works to document and report on human rights violations throughout Guinea, to establish local sections throughout the country, and to train law enforcement personnel on their human rights obligations.