Democratic Republic of Congo

Action for Reconciliation, Peace and Development (ACREPADE)
$51,730
To strengthen local governance and democracy education. ACREPADE will organize three workshops on running a civil society network and then create a peace and democracy network in Mban­daka, Gemena, and Bikoro towns. It will also have four three-day workshops for grassroots civil society groups in Bumbu and Basankusu on democratic education and decentralization and hold seminar workshops on electoral education.

Actions pour les Droits, l’Environnement et la Vie (ADEV)
$35,000
To encourage greater respect for en­vironmental and human rights in Bas Congo Province. ADEV will dispatch staff to identify potential participants and explain their work, followed by two three-day workshops in Tshela, Lukulu, and Muanda territories. The workshops will teach techniques for identifying and monitoring violations, lobbying, and advocacy. ADEV will also help create local committees to identify violations.

Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’Homme (AEDH)
$41,141
To reinforce the capacity of civil society in North and South Kivu to defend human rights. AEDH will support five civil society organizations to train women activists and local associations in the Kivus in monitoring, investigating, and reporting on human rights violations. In a sepa­rate training, the participants will learn lobbying and networking techniques.

Aide et Action pour la Paix (AAP)
$22,000
To promote peaceful land management in Masisi Territory by documenting and disseminating customary land principles. AAP will also advocate for the integra­tion of customary land principles and grassroots input into written land laws.

Alliance Feminine pour le Développement (ALFED)
$32,748
To reinforce civic responsibility and respect for women’s rights in the isolated Punia Territory of Maniema Province. ALFED will hold 12 awareness-raising sessions with female leaders, local and customary authorities on women’s rights and violence against women. It will also organize two three-day training sessions for 30 local leaders, including at least half women, on good governance and decentralization.

Ambassade Chrétienne pour la Paix au Congo (ACPC)
$33,971
To reduce tensions and improve conflict resolution skills of civilians and author­ity in Bas Congo Province. ACPC will organize five two-day workshops con­vening citizens and authorities to teach nonviolent techniques to resolve conflicts. To spread the workshop’s lessons in the broader community, ACPC will also produce ten radio programs and a booklet summarizing the workshops’ findings.

American Center for International Labor Solidarity (Solidarity Center)
$570,000
To build the organizational capacity of partners in three key sectors to effectively represent workers’ interests at the local and national levels. The Solidarity Center will work with unions and worker associa­tions in the sectors of mining, education, and the informal economy, with a special focus on women workers, to enhance their ability to organize new workers and represent existing members. As the orga­nizations build strength and capacity, their ability to utilize the principles of decen­tralization collectively will also improve.

Amis de Nelson Mandela pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme (ANMDH)
$65,750
To organize a national workshop to ex­change best practices on protecting human rights defenders, followed by workshop sessions in various provinces. ANMDH will continue to produce reports denounc­ing rights violations, will hold four public debates on citizenship and human rights, and will organize eight press conferences.

Association Africaine de Défense des Droits de l’Homme (ASADHO)
$47,185
To defend human rights in North Kivu, Kikwit and Kinshasa and to improve access to justice for civil society and media. ASADHO will continue conduct­ing field trips to investigate human rights abuses and also election-related abuses and attacks against human rights defend­ers. It will produce 20 press releases, organize six press conferences, and provide legal assistance in ten cases.

Association des Femmes des Médias du Sud Kivu (AFEM)
$29,226
To increase women’s representation in the South Kivu Province media. AFEM will organize a weeklong training ses­sion for budding female journalists to improve their craft. They will place three promising participants in a two- month long internship program at Burundian radio stations. Upon completion of the internship, AFEM will follow up with them and their supervisors to ensure they use the techniques learned in their work.

Association des Jeunes Femmes du Maniema (AJFMa)
$31,942
To promote the rule of law in Maniema Province. AJFMa will organize mo­bile courts in Kabambare and Kasongo territories. It will organize a three-day workshop in Kasongo town, and four one-day reflection sessions on demo­cratic education and good governance. It will also set up 17 good governance committees in these two territories.

Association pour le Développement des Initiatives Paysannes (ASSODIP)
$19,952
To defend the human rights of prison­ers in Masisi, Rutshuru, Nyiragongo, and Walkikale territories of North Kivu. AS­SODIP will investigate and document the existence of clandestine prisons in the province. ASSODIP will also examine the extent to which national and international standards for the treatment of prison­ers are respected in the four territories.

Association Paysanne pour le Développement Intégré au sud-Kivu (APDIK)
$39,984
To improve understanding of and respect for civic education and human rights and enhance exchange between the Minembwe community and surrounding communities. APDIK will train journalists, expand the capacity of its radio station, and develop a network of listening clubs. APDIK’s Radio Tuungane will also produce regular broadcasts on democracy, security, and related issues that affect the daily lives of Minembwe and surrounding area residents.

Bureau Islamique pour la Défense des Droits Humains (BIDH)
$27,718
To increase the civic participation of Muslims in Maniema Province. BIDH will organize two three-day workshops on Muslim engagement in Congolese civic life, facilitate 160 informal village debates on civic duties and political participation, and continue its bi-weekly radio show encouraging greater political participa­tion of Muslim communities in Maniema.

Centre d’Etudes Juridiques Appliquées (CEJA)
$36,051
To improve the human rights situa­tion in Beni and Luberg territories of North Kivu Province and provide citizens in those territories with means to de­fend their human rights. The group will report on human rights abuses, train para-jurists and local leaders on good governance principles, and provide legal assistance to victims of rights abuses.

Centre d’Etudes et d’Encadrement pour la Participation au Développement Endogène (CEPDE)
$35,194
To enhance participatory democracy and improve collaboration between leaders and ordinary citizens to combat violence and criminality in South Kivu. CEPDE will facilitate dialogue between lead­ers and citizens on issues of violence in select territories and provide civic education to 150 youth in South Kivu.

Centre de Recherche sur L’Environnement, la Démocratie et les Droits de l’Homme (CREDDHO)
$70,430
To help reduce instances of torture and illegal detention by security services and state authorities in Rutshuru and Nyiragon­go territories of North Kivu. CREDDHO will conduct legal advocacy, investiga­tions, monitoring, trainings, and radio programming. CREDDHO will also organize monthly conferences to help mobilize citizens against persistent rights abuses.

Collectif des Organizations des Jeunes Solidaires du Congo Kinshasa (COJESKI)
$38,900
To promote nonviolence and peaceful resolution of conflicts among youth in North Kivu. COJESKI will hold expression tribunals during which citizens will be encouraged to speak openly about their concerns surrounding a number of topics including land conflicts and community security. COJESKI will also maintain a network of peace clubs to help report on instances of violence in the province.

Congo en Images (CIM)
$34,160
To improve Congolese participation in local governance in Orientale Province. CIM will organize good governance forums convening authorities and citizens in Kisangani and rural areas to facilitate constructive dialogue on provincial public expenditures. CIM will also produce 12 paintings, publish its monthly newslet­ter, organize three workshops to educate participants on major political processes, and hold an exposition on the 50th an­niversary of Congolese independence.

Groupe LOTUS
$36,855
To improve budget transparency in Haut-Uele Province. Groupe Lotus will train 50 members of civil society in budget monitoring techniques and produce radio programs on budget planning and monitoring and the value of community participation in resource allocation.

Haki za Binadamu-Maniema asbl (HBM)
$37,270
To train police and military representa­tives in Punia and Lubutu territories of Maniema Province on avoiding illegal detention, torture, and other cruel and inhuman treatment. HBM’s team will monitor detention centers, provide legal assistance to torture victims, and train civil society leaders on monitoring and documenting human rights violations.

Institute for War and Peace Reporting - Netherlands (IWPR)
$45,163
To build the professional human rights reporting capacity of female journal­ists in North Kivu Province. IWPR will train and mentor 15 female journalists from the province. IWPR will increase local, national and international access to independent human rights report­ing produced by women journalists by providing the 15 women with opportuni­ties to report on human rights abuses.

Jeunes Paysans en Action (JPA)
$30,340
To encourage local communities to monitor and demand their human rights in Kasan­gulu Territory of Bas Congo Province. JPA will organize a human rights campaign in several villages, six training workshops to reinforce human rights monitoring and reporting techniques of its local com­mittees, and a two-day forum to review the state of human rights in the area.

Journaliste en Danger (JED)
$44,894
To defend the media in DRC. JED will conduct field trips to encourage greater respect for media in Bukavu, Lubumbashi, and a third city, followed by a report with recommendations to the media sector. It will also hold a roundtable on World Press Freedom Day in Kikwit, produce press re­leases and reports on attacks against me­dia, and translate its website into English.

Les Aiglons
$22,050
To educate local populations on relevant le­gal documents governing their territory and land rights, and train local community lead­ers in nonviolent conflict resolution tech­niques in five two-day trainings. Focusing on Boende, Mbandaka, Lisala, Gbadolite and Gemena towns, Les Aiglons will also advocate to authorities for more realis­tic land laws to respond to land disputes that have plagued parts of the province.

Mwanga Association
$34,165
To promote better respect of land rights in Maniema Province. Mwanga Associa­tion will continue its legal clinic to help rural citizens defend themselves in forest land disputes. It will also conduct five field trips, accompanied by local media, to review the use of forest land and a three-day seminar for judicial officials on human rights and the forest code.

Promotion de la Démocratie et Protection des Droits Humains (PDH)
$39,060
To improve transparency and fairness regarding land ownership and allocation in North Kivu and prevent and resolve land conflicts in Nyiragongo, Masisi and Rutshuru territories and Goma. PDH will carry out trainings and campaigns on land conflict management, the im­portance of land titles and the roles and responsibilities of land officials.

Radio Canal Révélation (RCR)
$47,150
To enhance rural citizen access to informa­tion and news and bolster their participa­tion in governance in Ituri District. RCR will support radio clubs to produce and air radio programs on democracy and human rights, as well as broadcast its own radio programs on similar subjects.

Radio Maendeleo
$49,425
To strengthen rural citizen access to information in South Kivu and to raise awareness about democratic principles. Radio Maendeleo will maintain the op­erations of its South Kivu headquarters as well as a location in Southern South Kivu. The radio station will broadcast shows on a variety of democracy-related themes, making a point of featuring the points of view of rural citizens.

Réseau d’Education Civique au Congo (RECIC)
$27,885
To increase the power of local residents in three Kinshasa communes in the demo­cratic management of local Government. RECIC will create different mechanisms to increase citizen input in local issues and bring together local officials with civilians to discuss ways to improve governance. It will organize brainstorm­ing sessions, workshops, and support advocacy initiatives in these communes.

Search for Common Ground (SFCG)
$56,040
To expand SFCG programs in Sud Ubangi Territory of Equateur Province to strength­en radio programs of two Gemena-based stations. SFCG will also organize at least four civil society trainings in the area to introduce nonviolent conflict resolution techniques and organize joint activities between uniformed personnel and civilians to build trust between the two groups.

Securitas-Congo
$31,300
To hold three seminars for police on police reform and their role in protecting human rights, the creation of pamphlets on the police’s role, and various meetings with authorities in Kasangulu, Kinshasa, and Bunia to discuss the security situation and ways to strengthen police behavior.

Solidarité pour la Promotion Sociale et la Paix (SOPROP)
$63,442
To promote good governance, par­ticipatory democracy and human rights in Kinshasa and North Kivu. SOPROP will organize debates and community gatherings to discuss how best to dispense public funds in Kin­shasa. SOPROP will also investigate and report on human and land rights abuses in North Kivu, as well as open a mini-library by which to educate the public about its human rights.

Solidarité-Echange pour le Développement Intégral (SEDI)
$24,811
To strengthen monitoring and reporting of human rights in southern South Kivu Province. SEDI will train its human rights monitors on investigative techniques during a three-day workshop, conduct regular field trips, and compile verified information on abuses in four reports, communiqués, and other documents.

Union pour l’Émancipation de la Femme Autochtone (UEFA)
$24,424
To improve relations between pygmies and non-pygmies in Kalehe Territory. UEFA will train pygmy and non-pygmy women and local leaders to resolve conflicts and promote peaceful co-habitation between their communities.

Voice of the Voiceless (VSV)
$83,671
To encourage citizen participation in the Congo’s democratization and improvement of its legal system. VSV will investigate the impact of the work of local and national parliamentarians in three provinces and present these findings to citizens. VSV will also continue its advocacy work and investigations into human rights abuses as well as promoting a regional frame­work for human rights advocacy. 

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