This project is an extension of the previous project funded by CISU entitled “Supporting the Rule of Law and Defending the Rights to Freedom of Assembly and Association through Civil Society Engagement in Sri Lanka” (see below) and intends to provide much needed capacity building support to CSOs, civil actors, and local communities to understand the serious interconnection between the failure of rule of law and rampant corruption at all levels, as a way of addressing corruption.
The objective of the intervention is to strengthen democracy and respect for human rights in Honduras by supporting processes leading to empowerment and protagonism of young women and men of Choluteca in the southern part of the country. This will meet demands related to the protection and defence of their rights as legitimate actors before the state, training young people in political advocacy and promoting psychosocial interventions that strengthen physical, mental and emotional well-being of activists and their families.
The objective is to contribute to the prevention of violence against women through awareness-raising activities. Despite the country has passed new laws to address this problem, it has only had little impact and not led to increased sentencing of those committing the assaults. The aim is to strengthen popular participation by promoting a critical dialogue between social organizations, public institutions and others through empowerment of various social actors. The partner is the Foundation for Integral Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence (PRIVA), which works closely with the Secretariat of the independent Human Rights Institution and Civil society. The activities take place in the province of Ambato.
Building on the work of three previous projects initiated by Nunca Mas, Ukuthula Trust and Tree of Life and funded by CISU, this project is intended to secure ethically and professionally sound village hearing to be documented and saved securely for restorative justice.
There have been challenges implementing the village hearing due to the government. However, the government has at last given a go to start the hearings.
Over the past few years civil society organizations (CSO) are increasingly under attack in the Philippines. The partnership of Nunca Mas and Centre for Disaster Preparedness Foundation (CDP) address the shrinking democratic space in the Philippines. The law on counterterrorism and the national disaster response law, planned during the pandemic, is of particular alarming concern.
Nunca Más is fighting for the empowerment and emotional support of survivors of the 1980’s Massacres in Matabeleland. This will be done mostly through testimonial therapy, an approach that has proven to have the potential to offer victims emotional healing, empowerment and even justice.
The project aims to support legal reform in Sri Lanka through offering an urgent advocacy & policy intervention that calls for the repeal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, enabling respect for the right to Freedom of Assembly and Association, the replacement of the regressive 1978 Constitution and maintenance of the Voluntary Social Service Organizations' Act to enable the rule of law to flourish.
Nunca Más is fighting for the empowerment and emotional support of survivors of the 1980’s Massacres in Matabeleland. This will be done mostly through testimonial therapy, an approach that has proven to have the potential to offer victims emotional healing, empowerment and even justice.
Indigenous peoples belong to the most marginalized group of people in Honduras, living under constant pressure to maintain control over their land. Nunca Mas seeks to strengthen indigenous peoples in their struggles through taking psychosocial and advocacy strengthening measures.
Nunca Más intends to spread information on the Honduran indigenous minority group known as the Lencas, and their current situation to Danish children and adults through the medium of music and video. The political struggle will be covered in a song and video developed with reputable human rights activist and artist Alberto Laínez, in collaboration with our local partners CIPREVI and MILPAH.
Honduras was seriously hit by Hurricane Eta 5th November 2019 followed by Hurricane Iota two weeks after hundred thousands of Honduran lost livelihood, dwellings and the like. Encouraged by the Honduran diaspora in Denmark, Nunca Mas initiated a collection of funds to pay for food and fresh water to people in need in one of the hardest hit areas of Eta around the town of La Lima.
The testimonial therapy has the potential to heal and empower indigenous people like the Lencas in Honduras to overcome the mental stress that they are facing due to their marginal situation and struggle for social justice. 14 health professionals and 23 indigenous people leaders from MILPAH were trained.
