Africa Regional

Center for International Private Enterprise
$49,784
To improve the capacity of Harambe Endeavor Alliance to engage students in entrepreneurial activities and civic participation to strengthen democracy. Harambe will hold an entrepreneurship conference in Accra, Ghana, consisting of roundtable discussions and capac­ity building programs to enable Harambe members to interact with the public and private sector. CIPE will also work with Harambe leadership on developing sustain­able program activities for its stakeholders.

East & Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (EAHARDN)
$54,540
To protect and build the capacity of hu­man rights defenders in Africa, EHAH­RDN will use Endowment support to help cover the operational costs of its regional coordination office at the Hu­man Rights House in Kampala, Uganda. EHAHRDN will hold its first General Assembly meeting in order to enhance the Network’s capacity by identifying future activities and long term strate­gies for sustaining the relevance of its protection, advocacy, and training work.

Federation of African Journalists (FAJ)
$52,916
To enhance the quality of media and jour­nalism in Africa and strengthen national journalist unions. FAJ will hold a regional conference in Harare, Zimbabwe for 40 African Union leaders who will strategize to improve rights, professional freedom and standards in journalism and discuss general conditions of journalism and democracy on the continent in preparation for the World Congress of the International Federation of Journalists to in May 2010.

GLOBAL RIGHTS - Partners for Justice
$81,718
To strengthen the capacity of civil society in Guinea and the Republic of the Congo to defend local communities’ socio-eco­nomic rights. Global Rights will produce a handbook on the resource development process, host a training session on shared experiences of civil society involvement in natural resource extraction activities, and help civil society organizations engage local communities more in this process.

International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH)
$140,186
To contribute to the respect for the rule of law and fight against impunity by sup­porting eight human rights organizations in sub-Saharan Africa. FIDH will train human rights defenders in researching and documenting human rights viola­tions, advocating with victims to national, regional, and international institutions, using the latest technology including web sites and blogs for greater visibility, and the creation of regional networks.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
$350,000
To support constitutional reform pro­cesses and strengthen regional demo­cratic efforts. NDI will bring together civic activists from Angola, Kenya, Somalia and Zimbabwe to share lessons learned on civic engagement in the constitutional reform process. Through virtual meetings and a conference, civic organizations will discuss challenges and identify potential solutions. Lessons learned will be incor­porated into a guidebook to be shared with participants and international partners.

Reporters Without Borders/Reporters Sans Frontières
$59,370
To increase public attention on freedom of expression and access to information in Africa, contribute to the survival and de­velopment of independent media and press organizations and provide assistance to individual journalists under threat. RSF will conduct a campaign to focus attention on freedom of expression in Africa, carry out fact-finding missions to Guinea and Equa­torial Guinea, and provide support to media organizations and journalists in crisis.

The grant listings posted here are from the 2010 Annual Report, published in August 2011.