Beneficiaries - Resilience Fund

Who we support

Community resilience groups

Characterized by their direct engagement with communities, local NGOs and foundations, youth and women collectives, faith-based organizations, and other grassroots initiatives. These organizations are supported to enhance their responses to organized crime.

Counter-crime advocates

Represented by activists, community leaders, independent journalists, human-rights defenders and violence interrupters. The Resilience Fund supports individuals in their efforts to build peaceful communities. Individuals are also supported through the Resilience Fellowship.

Journalism initiatives

Embodying the efforts of investigative journalism to expose and investigate organized crime, the Resilience Fund supports media houses, journalism organizations and initiatives, journalism networks and independent publications.

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Guayaquil, Ecuador

Xavier Moreira

Founded in 2019, La Batucada Popular began with neighborhood activities, using damaged barrels to create music. The project follows a Popular Education approach, emphasizing a cycle of action-reflection-action. This method involves designing activities to address current challenges, initially COVID-19 and now violence and insecurity. The strategy includes constant moments of reflection, allowing participants to build knowledge from their experiences in the workshop, using percussion elements to create rhythms. These rhythms serve as a way to take to the streets and bring visibility to shared community issues.

sabah, Malasya

Reef Check Malaysia

This project aims to support and provide resources to a newly formed local community conservation group on the island to conduct community-led sea patrol activities. The goal is to complement local authority efforts in patrolling and enforcement. The patrols, conducted 12 days a month using boats and drones for efficient monitoring, will enhance surveillance and response capabilities. While the community has previously taken voluntary initiatives to chase away illegal fishermen, inconsistent resource availability has hindered sustained efforts. This project will address that gap, enabling the community to conduct regular sea patrols.

Serenje, Zambia

Centre 4 Zero Waste and Development in Africa

The project aims to address illegal logging and organized crime by safeguarding, restoring, and encouraging natural regeneration of terrestrial ecosystems, as well as by promoting sustainable forest management. Its broader objectives include halting and reversing land degradation and biodiversity loss in Serenje and adjacent.

Uganda

Ocean One Social Research Centre

A total of 17,083 square kilometres of grazing land belonging to Karamojong Indigenous Nomadic pastoralist is licensed for mineral exploration and extraction activities, according to official data. Twenty-six companies currently have exploratory or mining rights in the region let alone powerful individuals who are garbing the land. There is a lot of illegal mining and land conversion and given the magnitude of the illicit business and its negative impacts, one might expect government to accord higher importance to this environmental crime. But in actual fact, relatively little is being done.

Commune de Pissa , République Centrafricaine

Gobal Eco-village Net work (GEN-RCA)

The area of implementation for this project is the commune of PISSA, located 60 km from Bangui, in the Lobaye Prefecture, Mbaïki Sub-Prefecture, a forested commune. This project specifically aims to contribute to reducing the pressures of crime on biodiversity, particularly floristic biodiversity, including caterpillar trees, medicinal plants, and other non-timber forest products. It seeks to enhance the community's capacity to implement smart forestry practices in order to combat the financing of criminal or terrorist activities, corruption, money laundering, and murder, thereby providing socio-economic benefits to the local area.

gender-based violence

environmental crimes

Vietnam

Vietnam Wildlife Action Center (WildAct)

Like elsewhere in Vietnam, women are rarely given opportunity to speak up and/or involved in conservation planning and implementation. They also suffer from violence and hostility from family members and enforcement due to IWT, especially if their family member was caught. The Yes long term goal of this project is to engage the local women to effectively conserve the critically endangered Large antlered muntjac and other endangered species in CYSNP through designing their own awareness raising activities and materials in their own community.

gender-based violence

forced displacement

Chiapas, México

Fundación Chiapaneca para Mujeres Migrantes A.C.

Reduce the risk factors of violence and discrimination experienced by refugee and forcibly displaced women, victims of violence, in the municipality of Tapachula, Chiapas. This will be achieved through the implementation of an integrated intervention that includes technical training workshops, business management, and personal development, enabling them to empower themselves and other women by developing their productive and psychosocial skills, as well as their self-esteem and economic autonomy, which will improve their individual and family quality of life.

São Paulo, Brazil

Instituto Terra, Trabalho e Cidadania (ITTC)

Strengthen the network by promoting a more solid organizational structure, facilitating articulation between countries, and promoting collective advocacy to confront criminal structures. This strengthening will be oriented explicitly towards countries where the impact of criminal networks, drug trafficking, drug circulation, as well as gender and social inequalities have caused a significant increase in the number of women imprisoned for crimes related to drug use, drug trafficking, and extortion.

Kigali, Rwanda

Survivors in Rwanda and Civil Societies

The project aims to examine ways in which we can assist with law enforcement training, survivor support program at the community, UNTOC and trafficking in persons protocol training, policy review processes, and the development of a new Rwanda human trafficking civil society network. The engagement will focus on: Stakeholder training on UNTOC and Trafficking in persons protocol from government to community level Continuation of the research on the level of community engagement with the counter human trafficking action plan 2022-2025 Establishing the community centers with already identified two CBOs. Integrate government procedures and international human trafficking toolkit procedures to both local and border regulations to help identify and reduce available avenues of human trafficking. Develop a survivor led institution. Increase community and online advocacy through social media, radio and podcast. Finish on the data collection toolkit in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice.

Oicha, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Action Globale Intégrée pour la Réhabilitation (AGIR)

This project primarily aims to strengthen the resilience capacities of local protection actors in monitoring and early warning systems to prevent and reduce the risks of violence related to organized crime networks in the Beni territory, particularly in the rural commune of Oicha. Secondly, the project aims to enhance the capacities of beneficiaries through training that offers employability opportunities to targeted community groups (10 children aged 14 to 17 affected by conflicts and 30 internally displaced at-risk youth). This project plans to reintegrate them into the community by providing income-generating activities (IGA), support, and mentorship to help them develop their autonomy, inclusion, and socio-economic reintegration. In this way, they will be able to rebuild their lives shattered by violence and organized crime.

Malete, Kwara State, Niger

One African Child Foundation

Our Education for Resilience program addresses education inequality and the vulnerability of nomadic communities like Gaa-Alanu to organized crime. By equipping learners with critical thinking skills and lifelong learning opportunities, our comprehensive education programs aim to empower them to resist exploitation, counter extremist ideologies, and challenge discriminatory practices. Through project-based learning and community empowerment initiatives, we foster resilience and social responsibility, contributing to a secure and empowered future for the GaaAlanu community.

Altata, Navolato, Sinaloa

Yanett Miranda Castro Medina

This initiative seeks to train 15 women living in fishing communities near Altata, Sinaloa, Mexico, through a program that addresses the development of teaching skills and legality. They aim to impact 200 children using playful tools to teach them to identify environmental crimes and their relationship with the sustainability of ecosystems.

Lome , Togo

Youth Awake

The project includes an assessment of households and income-generating activities to identify vulnerable women who will receive financial support and participate in educational sessions on financial management and family economics. Following this, members of women's cooperatives will undergo training to improve their agricultural production techniques. Lastly, an awareness session will be held to enhance the capacity of women in the community to combat crime, with a focus on understanding terrorist group operations.

Nariño, Colombioa

PAZame el Balón

Facilitating and promoting mixed rural football teams to foster the protection of civilians in rural areas through sports, occupying the free time of children and adolescents, and providing another life option through sports. Additionally, we rehabilitate and reconstruct schools affected by war Yes in the region, promoting dignified rural education.

Tanzania

Population and Development Initiative

The initiative involves community gatherings to raise awareness on illegal logging, influencing community based incident reporting mechanism on illegal logging, local media engagement in reporting on illegal logging and promoting cooperation between conservation authorities and villagers living adjacent to protected areas in reporting and addressing illegal logging in their 3 villages in Kasulu District of Tanzania.

Kota Kupang, Indonesia

Katong NTT

To tackle the problem of people smuggling from two key transit points: Batam island a major entry point to Malaysia and Singapore, and Rote Island, stopover to Australia

wildlife trafficking

environmental crime

Pasighat, India

Aaranyak

The core objective is to strengthen the already established Community Surveillance and Monitoring Team (CSMT) in Arunachal Pradesh to combat the illicit trade of wildlife. The primary purpose is to empower local communities to actively participate in the prevention, reporting, and disruption of wildlife crime activities. This initiative directly addresses the critical problem of illegal wildlife trade, which poses a significant threat to the region's biodiversity.

Xiengletha Village, Laos

Laos Conservation Trust for Wildlife

This project aims to reduce the illegal wildlife trade in Laos by raising public awareness about nature crimes, empowering communities to prevent and report these crimes, and improving data collection through an expanded National Wildlife Crime Reporting Hotline. It targets communities across Laos, focusing on education and economic benefits for low-income, ethnically diverse villages near the project site, as well as leveraging social media to reach a broader audience for long-term impact on wildlife conservation.

Zambezia, Mozambique

Organização para o Fortalecimento Económico da Comunidade (OFEC)

The project proposal aims to involve disadvantaged grassroots communities in the exploration of coconut derivatives and production of oil and sugar and conversion of coconut waste into smokeless fuel 'briquettes' in an effort for the local valorization and protection of orchards, guided and combined for the creation of alternative means and livelihoods, conservation of natural resources, reduction of coconut wood exploitation, reduction of illegal exploitation of mangroves for firewood or charcoal and reduction of environmental pollution.

Province Lampung and Province Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia

Women’s Solidarity For Human Rights (Solidaritas Perempuan)

Establish women-led and community paralegals in four villages in Lampung Province and NTT Province to address trafficking traps at the grassroots level.

environmental crime

wildlife trafficking

Cameroon

APADIME

Contribute to conservation policy thinking in Cameroon by providing accurate legal insights and practical recommendations to ensure a sustainable future for the country's biodiversity.

Siem Reap province, Cambodia

First Step Cambodia

Develop materials, build capacity of children and youth, community awareness raising by children and youth, advocacy at sub-national on the prevention of online sexual exploitation and abuse.

Chihuahua, Mexico

Raíchali Independiente

The project offers the displaced communities of Coloradas de la Virgen strategic instruments that allow them to influence criminal, agrarian and justice processes, with different narratives.

Kathmandu, Nepal

Greenhood Nepal

Expanding community awareness of legislation on nature crime to help control local recruitment for transnational criminal networks, and supporting frontline enforcement agencies working on border check posts and trade routes in controlling illegal wildlife shipments.

Petaling Jaya, Malasya

Tenaganita

Enhancing community resilience by deepening the understanding of human smuggling among two communities with lived experience. Through mapping and consultations, it will uncover the complexities of human smuggling, empowering individuals to protect themselves and others. By sharing this knowledge with potential victims, in turn this fosters community resilience and proactive prevention efforts.

India

National Workers Welfare Trust (NWWT)

The goal of this project is to increase awareness among Women in distressed conditions (Single, divorced, widowers or financially backward), educated but unemployed youth, and potential migrant workers about false recruitment schemes and forced labor. Additionally, the project aims to aid in the identification and rehabilitation of missing migrants who have fallen victim to trafficking. This will be accomplished through the strategic use of both social traditional media platforms and diaspora networks.

Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala

Periódico Digital Plaza Pública

Strengthen the capacities of the journalist community to address violence, with a focus on community resilience.

Penang, Malaysia

Persatuan Komuniti Berdikari

Advocating for the recognition of refugees by the government and working with other stakeholders for a consolidated lobby to address issues related to human trafficking. To raise more awareness about human trafficking through information and tools to protect themselves from human traffickers.

Andhra Pradesh, India

Confederation of Free Trade Unions of India

Raise awareness among the grassroot fisheries including young women through intensive campaigns on how to avoid illegal human trafficking.

Cilacap, Indonesia

LKTS

Contribute to human security and human rights efforts by strengthening community participation and action to prevent trafficking in person and smuggling of migrant cases and protect the law enforcement and CSO/FBO/NGOs, ensuring a timely and consistent application of protection standards in policy advice, prevention measures; cooperation with law enforcement and establishment of referral mechanisms and assistance to victims.

Aceh, Indonesia

Geutanyoë Foundation

Strengthen the role and responsibilities of provincial government task forces in initiating mechanisms to handle/govern issues related to trafficking in persons and refugee rights in accordance with international laws. Maximize cross-sectoral coordination at the provincial level and encourage the improvement of community roles (including youth, college students, and women) and community-based support in understanding and raising awareness to fight against smuggling/trafficking in the community.

proliferation of small arms

drug related violence

Kiberia, Kenya

RUSEP

Curbing systemic assimilation of children into crime, while inversely increasing their social, economic, and political empowerment. The program is tailored to target children in both informal urban and rural areas across Kenya, facilitating reforms and psychosocial support within informal settlements that are exposed to proliferation of small arms and drugs, and high rates of gang-related crime.

Tanzania

Tanzania Women Miners Association (TAWOMA)

Conducting a situational analysis on gender-based violence in mining areas of Geita and Shinyanga Regions. Conducting a validation workshop to present finding to stakeholders and set up the basis to improve the working conditions of women in the mining sector and prevent harms associated to illegal mining.

gang related violence

youth delinquency

Cape Flats, South Africa

Where Rainbows Meet

Empowering troubled, disadvantaged, and abused youth in Vrygrond and surrounding settlements, by equipping them with new life, professional, and interpersonal. Preventing youth participation in gangs, criminal activities, and drugs abuse by enhancing safe spaces and promoting educational support for youth.

drug trafficking

stigmatization of drug users

Kwale County, Kenya

Teens Watch Centre

Raising awareness about the challenges posed by illicit drugs and promoting community-based intervention towards harm reduction services for people who use drugs in Kwale county, Kenya. Increasing responses to drug abuse through the creation of dialogue platforms for civil society organizations, and a policy brief on the solutions that could be used to tame it.

illegal mining

criminal organizations presence

Riosucio, Colombia

Resguardo Cañamomo Lomaprieta

Reinvigorating the indigenous Own Justice rights protected under the Colombian constitution as a key tool to fight the reconfiguration of armed conflict in indigenous territories. Strengthening Own Justice systems to halt the advance of illegal mining and criminal actors’ presence through community participation strategies.

gang related violence

micro-trafficking

Cali, Colombia

Fundación Color Esperanza

Providing safe spaces, new learning scenarios and citizen skills through youth leadership and educational support that can expand youth's capacities to be agents of change. Delivering effective tools to address growing sociocultural conflicts, aggression, and criminal behaviour by developing the identity of at-risk youth in personal, familial, community and professional environments.

Cali, Colombia

Fundación Paz y Bien

Training women in Cali as family advisers to promote community building and the protection of children and youth, in territories highly affected by gang violence and criminal activity. Mitigating community conflicts and supporting juvenile reinsertion processes through the intervention of women as agents of change.

disappearances related to organized crime

Puebla, Mexico

Técnicas Rudas

Expanding awareness of disappearance cases in the state of Guerrero through the construction of new narratives and the visibility of victim’s voices. Prioritizing and highlighting victims’ demands to various society and government actors using art and collective creation as a tool.

stigmatisation of drug users

drug related violence

Nairobi, Kenya

Voices of Community Action and Leadership (VOCAL)

Supporting people who use drugs in accessing treatment and healthcare services, safe spaces, and information platforms. Creating awareness and empowering this community to overcome drug abuse challenges through alternative sources of income.