Champions of change: creating resilient communities for secure activism

Human rights defenders in East Africa protect the rights and freedoms of their communities in incredibly difficult, hostile conditions. The project will focus on strengthening community-based approaches to security and the safety of human rights defenders in the region. The goal is to empower a local community to support HRDs with their security needs in the absence of traditional security providers such as the state mechanism. We will look at security holistically, paying extra attention to psychosocial wellbeing and personal security.