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IRCT distributes 350,000 Euros from OAK Foundation for the rehabilitation of torture victims
12-09-2014
After an application process featuring almost 70 organisations, the IRCT is pleased to announce the distribution of 350,000 Euros in Centre Support Grants to 43 centres across the globe who deliver rehabilitation services in their region.
The grants, funded by philanthropic group the Oak Foundation, ensure that torture victims have access to professional and effective treatment in a range of centres from low-and-middle income countries.
Grants were awarded to more than half the applicants and each individual grant ranges from 5,000 to 15,000 Euros.
Fourteen centres in Sub-Saharan Africa received the largest portion of the grants, totalling 117,500 Euros (34 per-cent of the overall fund allocated by the Oak Foundation). Ten centres out of 17 applicants in Asia benefit from grants totalling 81,000 Euro, eight centres in Latin and Central America share 72,500 Euro, seven centres in Europe split 50,000, and four IRCT members in the Middle East and North Africa share 27,500 Euro.
Of all the recipients, 36 are IRCT members and seven are other organisations working in the torture rehabilitation and human rights fields. Each year the IRCT encourages applications for the funds, giving priority to centres providing effective rehabilitation on a small budget who operate in low to middle-income countries.
The grants, which cover a yearly period from April to March the following year, are directed to the provision of medical and psychological rehabilitation services, activities to document torture, and internal capacity development to ensure care for caregivers and effective centre management….