Part of our project and funding history

     

Local: Over the years, the CDHR has generated fund from membership subscription/levies and donations from a few philanthropists some of who insists on confidentiality.

International: The CDHR also received support in form of grants from several international organisations for specific projects

Others supports has been rendered like travel assistance to the officers of the CDHR, organizational capacity enhancement through donation of vehicle and office equipments like computers, photocopy machine, stationeries etc.

Some Past Projects

  1. Organisational strengthening Activities; consolidating past works; advocacy; provision of legal services; investigating and exposing cases of violations of rights – publication of newsletter and annual report on Human Rights violation in Nigeria.
      2. Amount: $44,500
      Effective date of grant: February1, 1996 – Jan 31, 1997
      Sponsored by National Endowment for Democracy


  2. Organisational strengthening Activities; consolidating past works; advocacy; provision of legal services; investigating and exposing cases of violations of rights – publication of newsletter and annual report on Human Rights violation in Nigeria.
      3. Amount: $45,000
      Effective date of grant: February 1, 1997 – Jan 31, 1998
      Sponsored by National Endowment for Democracy


  3. Project on Civic Education through Print Media
      4. Date: June1, 1997. Duration: 1 year
      Sponsored by International Centre for Human Rights and Democracy


  4. Procurement of a 10KVA power supply in 1997
      5. Sponsored by Canadian High Commission through the Democratic Development Fund.


  5. Project for the Strengthening of CDHR’s Institutional Capacity
      6. Sponsored by Scott Bader Commonwealth Ltd. U.K. Date: 1997


  6. Project for Political Detainees Support Fund
      7. Sponsored by Brend for the World Stafflen bergstrasse 76 70184 Stuttgart. Germany
      Date: 1997


  7. Organisational strengthening Activities; consolidating past works; advocacy; provision of legal services; investigating and exposing cases of violations of rights – publication of newsletter and annual report on Human Rights violation in Nigeria.
      8. Total Amount: $44,990
      Effective date of grant: April,1999 – March 31, 2000
      Sponsored by National Endowmwnt for Democracy [NED]


  8. A three – day Workshop on Leadership Training for Students of tertiary institutions in Nigeria (April, 1998) held in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile –Ife, Osun State.
      9. Sponsored by Westminster Foundation for Democracy [WFD] and the National Lottery Charity Board [NLCB]


  9. A two-day Workshop organized for students to help Nigeria tertiary institutions out of the state of violence in which it is embroiled. Held at University of Lagos between February 11 and 13, 1999.
      10. Sponsored by Westminster Foundation for Democracy [WFD]


  10. A three-day conference on the Crises in the Oil producing Communities in Nigeria held at Gateway Hotel, Ota, Ogun State Between September 20 and 23, 1999.
      11. Sponsored by Ford Foundation


  11. A three–day conference on Constitutionalism, Democracy and Rule of Law organized for Nigerian Students and Youths held at the conference centre of the University of Ibadan between February 17 and 20, 2000.
      12. Sponsored by Ford Foundation


  12. A two–day Workshop on the entrenchment of Human Rights agenda in Nigeria tertiary educational system held between April 17 and 19, 2000 at the Conference Centre of Oakland Hotel, Ilorin.
      13. Sponsored by Westminster Foundation for Democracy [WFD]


  13. A Three–day Sub–Regional Conference on Constitutionalism and State Reconstruction in West Africa held in Abuja, Nigeria, between September 13 and 15, 2000.
      14. Sponsored by Ford Foundation


  14. Three–day Workshop on Constitutionalism, Governance and Nation Building, for Youth and Students from tertiary institutions in Nigeria held at the University of Ibadan between October 9 and 12, 2002.
      15. Sponsored by Ford Foundation


  15. Received a set of Computers from East–West Foundation based in the USA and a photocopy machine from the British High Commission in Lagos.


  16. A project of Civic Education through the monthly publication and circulation of pro-democracy campaign leaflets [freedom watch].
      17. project No: 029/97
      Amount: 10,000.00 Eu
      Sponsored by European Human Rights Foundation


  17. Project for the strengthening of CDHR’s LEGAL AID SCHEME
      18. Sponsored by Bruck Der Bruderhilfe Postfact, Zurich Switzerland.