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.
