Guinea

Association d'Appui au Développement des Initiatives Communautaires (Community-Based Development Support Association) (ADIC)
$22,610*
To improve understanding of and respect for legal rights and access to justice in Upper Guinea. ADIC will provide legal aid training and human rights sensitization to disseminate legal information in rural areas. Paralegals will conduct trainings on human rights advocacy and interpretation of national legal texts through literacy education in the Maninka language and N'ko script.

Association pour la Défense des Droits des Enfants et des Femmes en Guinée (Association for the Defense of Children's and Women's Rights in Guinea) (ADDEF)
$22,000*
To increase civic participation, especially among women, in human rights protection and the electoral process. ADDEF will organize training-of-trainers workshops on human rights, democracy, elections, and the judiciary. Following the workshops, participants will lead democracy and human rights trainings in their rural communities.

Search for Common Ground (SFCG)
$25,000*
To increase the capacity of Guinean citizens and civil society to participate in local and national policy debates and to develop an accountable and representative democracy in Guinea. SFCG will establish an independent radio production studio in the capital and develop a radio program for radio stations in rural Guinea.