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Funded Groups 2006: Minority Rights

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MAJOR GRANTS

Amera
London, UK
Core grant and support for Refugee Law Project, Uganda
£95,000
www.amera-uk.org

ASTRAEA Lesbian Foundation for Justice
New York.
Support for their international granting fund for sexual minorities.
£50,000
www.astraea.org

Asylum Aid
UK
Support for the Refugee Women's Resource Project and asylum appeals case work
£140,000
www.asylumaid.org.uk

Bail for Immigration Detainees
London.
Legal help for detainees not eligible for legal aid.
£50,000
www.biduk.org

CREA
New Delhi, India
Core support
£45,000
www.creaworld.org

European Roma Rights Centre
Hungary.
Roma research and advocacy group
£150,000
www.errc.org

Forest Peoples Project
UK
For the legal and human rights programme in South America & Africa
£100,000
www.forestpeoples.org

Gaia Amazonas (COAMA)
Colombia
Support for indigenous rights in the Amazon basin
£75,000
www.gaiaamazonas.org

Information Centre about Asylum & Refugees in the UK (ICAR)
London.
Core funding.
£55,000
www.icar.org.uk

International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission
San Francisco.
Core support and Africa program.
£75,750
www.iglhrc.org

International Lesbian & Gay Association (ILGA), European Region
Brussels.
Advocacy and rights work across Europe, including Central Asia, Turkey and much of the Middle East.
£130,000
www.ilga-europe.org

Jewish Museum, The
London.
Holocaust education.
£36,000
www.jewishmuseum.org.uk

Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHRP)
London.
Core costs and funds for developing their women's human rights work.
£75,000
www.khrp.org

Mental Disability Advocacy Center
Hungary
Advocacy & litigation in Central Eastern Europe
£60,000
www.mdac.info

Minority Rights Group (MRG)
UK
Support for their Roma Advocacy Programme - training young Roma activists in Central and Eastern Europe.
£100,000
www.minorityrights.org

Protimos
UK
To provide pro bono legal advice to indigenous groups
£45,000
www.protimos.org

Refugee Therapy Centre
London, UK
Counselling for refugees and asylum seekers
£50,000
www.refugeetherapy.org.uk

Sikkuy
Israel
To support local advocacy for civic equality between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel
£40,000
www.sikkuy.org.il

Zimbabwe Association
London, UK
Core support
£30,000
www.zimbabweassociation.org

Total Donations - £1,401,750

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