East Africa Regional
American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$585,000
To continue to strengthen the capacity of the Eastern Africa Journalists Association (EAJA) to develop the internal capacity of the national journalists’ unions to foster regional collaboration, to allow EAJA leadership to reevaluate their strategic five year plan (now in the third year), to advocate for increased media protections during a time of national parliamentary and presidential elections, to increase organizing and collective bargaining capacity, to empower female journalists through improved gender parity in journalist unions, and to increase the role that journalists’ unions play in furthering the democratization of the region.
Freedom House
$85,000
To empower civil society organizations (CSOs) to develop long term strategic plans, coordinate activities and communicate effectively. Freedom House will work with CSOs in South Sudan, Somaliland and Somalia (Puntland). Freedom House will conduct strategic planning retreats, and trainings in political participation and communication for 10 organizations in each region and employ a scenario analysis tool so each organization can generate policy recommendations and joint plans of action.
The grant listings posted here are from the 2010 Annual Report, published in August, 2011.
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