Why Contribute - Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba

Why Contribute - Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba

Foundation for Human
Rights in Cuba (FHRC)
FHRCuba
Foundation for Human
Rights in Cuba
1312 SW 27th Avenue
3rd Floor
Miami, FL 33145
Phone: 305-592-7768
Fax: 305-592-7889
E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
For more information please visit : www.fhrcuba.org
FHRC Contribution Catalog 2010
• Information on the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba
• Information on Civil Society Organizations in Cuba
• Where does your contribution go?
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Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba
Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba
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What is the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba?
How does FHRC use my contribution?
The Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba (FHRC) is a non-profit, 501c3
organization established in 1992 to: a) promote a transition to democracy in
Cuba through the support of non-violent, independent civil society groups
and actors including, among others, political dissidents, human rights activists,
and independent journalists; and b) educate the international community on
the Cuban regime’s egregious human rights abuses.
In Cuba
Because dissidents and their families are often barred from employment, FHRC
is committed to providing the necessary aid and provisions to dissidents, political
prisoners, and their families, in order to support and maintain activism in Cuba.
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Computers
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Instructional DVDs and DVD players
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Cell phones and other Communication Equipment
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Training Materials
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Remittances
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Food
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Medicine
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Clothing
FHRC is a firm believer that change must originate on the island, and as such
carries out its main activities within Cuba. FHRC trains and educates activists on
various non-violent strategies that have been adapted (or translated from) successful campaigns and models used in democratically transitioned nations.
FHRC also provides direct aid to Cuban dissidents, independent civil society
groups and families of political prisoners. Dissidents and independent civil society actors are often barred from employment in Cuba and, without access to
income, these brave men and women are unable to meet their family’s most
basic needs. Direct aid to these individuals is crucial in countering the Cuban
government’s tactics of political intimidation.
The dissidents and independent civil society members lack even the most rudimentary tools required to promote democracy or sustain Cuba’s incipient civil
society. To address this barrier, and compliment their training, FHRC provides
civil society members in Cuba with communication equipment, campaign materials, basic supplies, humanitarian aid, and remittances.
Who does FHRC work with in Cuba?
Hurricane & Disaster Relief
In 2008, during a very active hurricane season, hurricane Ike caused severe
damage to Cuba and its infrastructure. In order to provide hurricane relief,
FHRC mobilized a massive assistance campaign that collected and then
distributed $200,000 to hurricane victims in a 3 day period.
In Miami and the United States
In the US, FHRC uses its expertise, experience, and connections to create and
sustain awareness around the efforts of dissidents and civil society members in
Cuba. FHRC does this by updating its website daily, conducting media and
community outreach programs, and even lobbying politicians and related NGOs.
FHRC collaborates with a large and diverse set of groups including: FLAMUR
(Federation of Latin American Rural Women); Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White);
Red Libertad (Freedom Network); Jóvenes sin Censura (Youth without Censorship);
Partido Republicano Cubano (Cuban Republican Party); Corriente Agramontista
(Group of independent lawyers); Consejo de Relatores para los Derechos Humanos
(Council of Human Rights Rapporteurs); Cuban Independent libraries; Cuban
Independent journalists; Cuban blogosphere; Comision de Derechos Humanos y
Reconciliacion Nacional (National Commission on Human Rights and Reconciliation); Centro de Derechos Humanos y Salud—Juan Bruno Zayas (Center of Human Rights and Health—Juan Bruno Zayas); Movimiento Cristiano de Liberacion
(Christian Liberation movement); Comite Madres Leonor Perez (Leonor Perez
Mothers Committee); Asociacion Afrocubana (Afrocuban Association);
Movimiento Opcion Alternativa (Alternative Option Movement); Comunicadores
Sociales (Social Communicators); and Municipios de Oposición (Municipalities in
opposition).
In the International Community
Outside Cuba, FHRC’s work is focused on building awareness and highlighting
the work of independent human rights activists and political dissidents in order
to provide some level of protection from the Cuban regime’s repressive practices.
To that extent, FHRC has detailed hundreds of cases where the regime has
harassed, detained, abused, and imprisoned individuals for simply exercising their
most basic human and civil rights.
For more information visit our website: www.fhrcuba.org
For more information visit our website: www.fhrcuba.org
FHRC acted as a delegate in the United Nations Human Rights Commission and
participates in various international conferences including the CIVICUS World
Assembly, where the foundation’s leaders called for international solidarity with
Cuba’s human rights activists. Furthermore, the Foundation projects its expertise
through communication and outreach, in both national and international media
spheres, in order to ensure that the message of the dissidents in Cuba is heard
worldwide.