The program goal is to improve the observance of fundamental rights and freedoms in Ukraine. Drawing on its network of 23 member organizations throughout the country, the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union will work to protect victims of rights abuse through a network of legal advice centers and a program of strategic litigation. It will regularly monitor and report on the state of rights protection in Ukraine. The grantee will work to raise public awareness of human rights through a range of educational activities targeting young people and grassroots activists and will continue hosting an annual human rights documentary film festival. In 2008-2010, the grantee provided over 13,000 consultations through its legal advice centers and provided training to 350 educators and activists on key rights issues in Ukraine. Established in 2004, the union works to promote practical observance of the range of international human rights instruments to which Ukraine is a party.

The Trust for Community Outreach and Education is a national organization that is made up of seven regional affiliates working mainly with rural communities in Limpopo and the Eastern, Northern, and Western Cape provinces of South Africa. It has a long history of facilitating the development of local leadership and self-organization from the grassroots, with a particular focus on livelihoods, good governance, and access to food security. Past support enabled the trust to build more effective community engagement with local government around basic service delivery, especially water, sanitation, land, and electricity. This grant will support the Trust for Community Outreach and Education to continue strengthening the voices of the rural poor to engage government and other stakeholders around their development needs and interests. Focus areas will continue to be local government, land reform and rural livelihoods, food security, water, and strengthening local organizations and leadership.

The project goal is to increase the participation of young refugees and displaced people in all aspects of decision making and social life in Serbia. To this end, Group 484 will promote the rights of forced migrants and engage young people in communities to work actively with young forced migrants. During 2010-2011, Group 484 will develop systematic volunteer opportunities for young people to work directly with vulnerable, minority communities and refugees and engage young people in advocacy for minority rights. In 2008-2009, Group 484 worked with universities in the cities of Belgrade, Nis, and Kragujevac to organize practical field-based work experience for students. Through various other projects, more than 500 trained volunteers provided direct assistance to vulnerable groups throughout Serbia. Group 484 also supported the development and implementation of the government's National Youth Strategy by monitoring and providing technical assistance to 11 resource centers across Serbia. Group 484 is based in Belgrade and cooperates with various European networks of organizations assisting refugees.