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Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHHR)
www.chrrmw.org
P.O. Box 2340, Lilongwe, Area 47, Sector 3, Opp. Annie’s Lodge
Tel: +265 (0)1 761 700
Email: chrr@chrrmw.org
Contact Person: Mr. Undule Mwakasungura, Executive Director
The Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation was established in 1995 to promote respect for human rights in Malawi through education, training, research, legal assistance, advocacy, and networking. The following are the specific objectives of the Centre: to provide adequate objective, balanced and unbiased human rights information in the rural communities and among the general public; to mobilize and empower rural and urban communities to defend their rights and freedoms and demand what they are entitled to; to consciously build its internal capacity in order to effectively implement the activities.
In order to accomplish its mission statement and overall objectives CHRR conduct certain activities including: proactive human rights monitoring and reporting, public awareness programmes, community empowerment, research and documentation, training, advocacy and lobbying and litigation.
LGBTI ORGANISATIONS IN MALAWI
CEDEP – Centre for the Development of People
P.O. BOX 31733, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi, Tel: +265888509732
Director: Gift Trapence
Email: cedep_org@yahoo.com or gtrapence@yahoo.co.uk
Administrative contact: Dunker Kamba
Email: cedep_org@yahoo.com
Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP) is a registered human rights organisation under the Trustees Incorporation Act of 1962. The organization was established in order to address the needs and challenges of minority groups in Malawi in the context of human rights, health and social development. Such minority groups are LGBT people, Prisoners, Sex workers, Street Children and any other such minority groups whose rights are often neglected.
The main goal of CEDEP is to create a legally and socially accepting environment where minority groups have an improved livelihood. The organization objectives are; to advance the human rights of minority groups through advocacy and lobbying, to promote human rights and health of minority groups through civic education, training, capacity building, networking and research, and provide support services for the improvement of the welfare of minority groups in accordance with their needs.