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MISSION

The Advocacy Project seeks to produce social change by helping marginalized communities to become advocates for social justice and claim their rights

Democratization

This section contains all Advocacy Forum members working on democratization.

Association de Lutte Contre l'Inégalité Sociale (ALIS)

Founded in 2002, the Association de Lutte Contre l'Inégalité Sociale works to promote peace and reconciliation among various ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).  ALIS advocates for non-violence by conducting workshops and seminars that engage youth and other sectors of the rural population. Recognizing that poverty is a central cause of ongoing conflict, ALIS seeks to reverse the underlying discriminatory laws and practices that lead to economic inequality. In addition, ALIS combats violence against women by promoting gender equality and providing support to victims of rape and abuse. Ultimately, ALIS seeks to unite villages, communities, and members of diverse ethnic groups in a commitment to finding non-violent solutions for ending the conflict in the DRC.

Contact: Mbirima Ketekete
Q.Kimanga, Av. du Congo No 07
Uvira-Sud Kivu
Tel. 243 784553974
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Centre National d'Appui au Developpement et la Participation Populaire (Nationa Support Center for the Development and Contribution of the Disadvantaged)

Since its creation, le Centre National d’Appui au Développement et à la Participation Populaire (CENADEP) has worked to improve the well-being of the most disadvantaged classes by promoting these populations’ democratic expression, popular participation, and self-sufficiency. It also reinforces popular and grass-roots institutions, voluntary economic and social organizations, and the population’s capacity to impose an alternative to unfavorable development policies.  CENADEP advocates for a participative, sustainable, and transparent management of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s natural resources. CENADEP supports social, economic, and ecological durability and sustainability.

Contact:
Tel: 243-9-98-62-58-95
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Initiative Congolaise pour la Justice et la Paix (Congolese Initiative for Peace and Justice)

ICJP was established in 2002 to strengthen the capacity of actors in the field to promote the respect of human rights, justice, peace, and democratic culture in the non-violent struggle against impunity.  The organization also aims to strengthen the networking associations and defenders of human and children’s rights through the use of the Internet and other modern communications technology.

Contact: Raphaël Wakenge Ngimbi, Coordinator
Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tel: + 243 9 97 71 68 78
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Global Conscience Initiative (GCI)

The Global Conscience Initiative works to promote and to protect human rights by reawakening the conscience of government and empowering civil society to actively secure fundamental rights and democratic freedoms. GCI exposes human rights abuses, educate the public and work with diverse partners to lobby for change. Based on the belief that lasting peace must come from within a people and their own culture, GCI works with individual citizens as well as the media, government bodies, local councils, law enforcement and judicial systems, all the while creating networks of conscientious organisations and individuals who work together to promote democracy and human rights.

Contact: Samba Churchill,
Opposite High Court, Krammer Avenue
PO Box 269
Kumba, SWP, Cameroon
Tel: +237 33030613
Fax: +237 33354009
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Lion Peace and Human Development (LPHD)

LPHD works to ensure the sustainable development of the Niger Delta on the community's own terms, to disengage youth from militancy and then rehabilitate them meaningfully and to ensure that government-allocated funds are appropriately used. 

Contact: Smokey Gold,
11 Idiaregbe Street off Enughe Street
Okumagba Layout,
Warri - Delta State, Nigeria
Tel: +08033644202
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National Foundation for Democracy and Human Rights in Uganda (NAFODU)

The Foundation's mission is to promote and to strengthen democracy, human rights, good governance and development in Uganda through election monitoring, lobbying and advocacy, civic education, training, information dissemination and conflict resolution.

Contact: Orikiriza Donantus,
Plot 6 Bwankosya Road
P.O. Box 977
Kabale, Uganda
Tel: +256 4864 26191/0 382276169
Mobile: +256 774 105988
Fax: +256 486 23200
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Police Community Partnership Forum (PCPF)

The Police Community Partnership Forum of Nigeria works to reduce, if not eradicate, the antagonistic relationship between civil society and law enforcement agencies and to encourage a collective problem solving approach in controlling and preventing crime as well as in promoting respect for human rights, the rule of law and peace and in campaigning against all forms of corruption and trafficking.

Contact: Saviour Akpan, Esq.,
44, Ikot Abasi Road
P.O.Box 861 Abak 532001
Akwa Ibom State
Niger Delta Region of Nigeria
Tel: +234-85-501112
Mobile: +234-802-3811786/806-6680864/705-5787802
Fax: +234-09-8725534
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Research Center on Environment, Democracy, and Human Rights (CREDDHO)

The Research Center on Environment, Democracy, and Human Rights (Centre de recherche sur l’Environnement, la Démocratie et les Droits de l’Homme/CREDDHO) advocates for peaceful co-existence, good governance, and human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  CREDDHO now works to hold the elected government officials accountable for their promises to end corruption and end human rights violations.

Contact: Delly MAWAZO SESETE, Executive Director
Tel:  243-811-714-128
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Solidarite pour la Promotion Sociale et la Paix (SOPROP)

Solidarité pour la Promotion Sociale et la Paix (SOPROP) works in Goma, Béni, Butembo, and Kitshanga.  SOPROP promotes awareness of and respect for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through education and promotes peace and good governance through sensitizing the population to non-violence, the virtues of democracy, peaceful coexistence, and tolerance. 

SOPROP supports vulnerable persons through activities aimed at promoting and guaranteeing their socio-economic status within the existing development institutions. They also accompany refugees from the Great Lakes region during their rehabilitation in Europe and the rest of the world and thus promote good relations between the peoples of the Great Lakes region and the rest of the world.

Contact: Arnold DJUMA
Coordinateur Régional de SOPROP/GOMA
Défenseur des droits Humains et TDC


Zimbabwe National Youth Symposium

The Zimbabwe National Youth Symposium is an organization striving for a just society in which the inherent dignity of the human person is respected and where liberty and freedom flourishes.  The Symposium advocates for a democractic society that respects the human rights of all generations equally and that considers divergent views healthy and indispensable.

Contact: Pedius Sikisa,
No. 1 Duiker Crescent Borrowdale
Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: +263 91 2 888 816/3 001 778
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Membership in the Advocacy Forum constitutes neither a claim to legitimacy nor an endorsement by AP. AP has not vetted the members, but the relevant embassy may assist in the vetting process.