Guinea

Femmes pour le Développement Intégré (AGUIFEDI)
$44,063
To educate 25 women leaders from Coyah on their right and responsibility to participate in public affairs; inform local government, traditional, and religious authorities on the importance of women’s participation; and disseminate to 500 women in Coyah principles of good governance and democracy within their associations.

Avocats Sans Frontières Guinée (ASFG)
$36,555
To promote rule of law training and pro-bono legal assistance to indigents in Kindia, Faranah, and N’Zérékoré; and will guarantee equal representation under the law for prisoners, detainees, and indigents.

Centre du Commerce International pour le Développement (CECIDE)
$37,077
To research and advocate for a revision of legal texts that currently do not have provisions to protect and compensate mining communities. CECIDE build the capacity of mining communities and mining association leaders on social, economic, and cultural rights within the context of natural resource exploitation.

Les Mêmes Droits pour Tous (MDT)
$50,000
To promote a transitional justice model in support of the current interim government’s call for national reconciliation and compensation to victims and surviving relatives of past human rights abuses; disseminate recommendations for judicial sector reform; and create an observa­tory that will monitor the quality of prison sanitary and health standards as pre­scribed by national and international laws.

Rencontre Africaine pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme - GUINEE (RADDHO)
$80,608
To address the root causes of interethnic violence in Guinea and create offices throughout the seven regions that will organize dialogues among civil society organizations, political parties, government officials appointed to local posts, other local authorities including law enforcement and security personnel, traditional and religious leaders.

Search for Common Ground
$51,021
To promote non-violent presidential elections using community radio stations and strengthen understanding of democratic principles and processes. Working in the Forest Region, Search for Common Ground will produce weekly radio programs promoting civic education and rule of law, and organize roundtable discussions. With the anticipated presidential elections, the radio programs to air in five local languages will focus on the electoral process, accountability, and good governance.

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