jhr (Journalists for Human Rights)
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Our Supporters
  • Major Donors
  • Monthly Donors
  • Long-Term Supporters
jhr's Major Donors

$100,000 and Above:
United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF)
Department for International Development (DFID, UK)
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
US State Department
Sigrid Rausing Trust

$25,000 to $99,999:
Foreign Affairs Canada
J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
Skylink Aviation
R. Howard Webster Foundation

$5,000 to $9,999:
Department of Canadian Heritage
Hon. Jim and Heather Peterson
Canada Newswire

$1,000 to $4,999:
Canadian Commission for UNESCO
The Haynes-Connell Foundation at the Toronto Community Foundation
Canada Council for the Arts
Brennan Leffler
Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation
Pamela Jehman
Dedicated Association of Ping Pong Players
YMCA of Toronto
Coral and William Martin
Hon. David Peterson
Five Minutes to Midnight
Steam Whistle Brewery
Nichole Huck
The Picture Frame Factory
Torstar Corporation
Danette Mackay
David Keeley
The Margaret and Norman Jewison Foundation
The Simons Foundation
jhr's Monthly Donors

These committed donors provide scheduled monthly donations to jhr. To learn more about the benefits of donating monthly, click here.

Derek McBean
Deborah Matthews
Shelley Peterson
Candace Yanchyshyn
Sara Lee Irwin
Jeremy Dickson
Ryan Poissant
Simon McGrath
Lisa Pasquin
Paul Karanicolas
Amanda Lang
Jim Ellinger
Sarah Andrewes
Jessica Hewitt
Claudia Sherman
Anna Abouzeid
Garoma Wakessa
Ben Watsa
Casey Antolak
Lina Zannella
Pascale Marchand
Howard Brown
Carrie Buchanan
Beatrice Fanton
Rita Samson
Margaret Pak
Jonathan Ratner
Anwar Ali
Matt Binnington
Linda Crawford
Ali Richmond
Sia Gborie
Jed Fallis
Pearce Fallis
Barbara Holiff
Khalid Magram
Paul Thompson
David C Braun
Sandra Michelle Oye
Ming Lau
Steffen Kramer
Emma Leith
Ann Rauhala
Sarah Jarvis
Jennifer Brigden
Robin Ramcharan
Lovens Normil
Heidi Lansdell
Matt Blair
Jennifer Proudfoot
Nichole Huck
Jennifer Martin
jhr's Long-Term Supporters

The following major donors have made long-term commitments to support the work of jhr.

 
CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES
The jhr newsletter comes complete with stories from the field, upcoming event information, fascinating stories, facts and updates!.
CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES

Students Holler Against Congo's Sexual Violence
This November 4th, 2011, university students across Canada are choosing to Stand Up and Shout about sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for 16 hours straight. Each hour is dedicated to 100 000 of the 1.6 million sexual violence victims in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. To signify their participation, students will also sport blue lipstick. Read the full news release here or visit the Hollerday Site to find out how you can contribute!

jhr Elects Top Media and Human Rights Professionals to Board of Directors
Journalists for Human Rights is proud to announce the addition of five of Canada’s top media and human rights professionals to its Board of Directors: Michael Cooke, Wojciech Gryc, Helen Hambly Odame, Renu Mandhane, and Kirstine Stewart. Read the press release here.

jhr Partners with the BBC
Journalists for Human Rights is proud to introduce our formal partnership with the BBC World Service Trust. For the next year and a half, jhr trainers will work with BBC WST staff at nine community radio stations across Sierra Leone. Watch the website for news of this exciting new project!

Annual Report Now Available
jhr's 2010 annual report is now available on our website. Click here to get an in depth look at all of last year's work and success!

New Exchange Program launches between Sierra Leone and Ghana
jhr, in partnership with the Commonwealth Foundation, has recently launched an exchange program for Ghanaian and Sierra Leonean journalists. From May to December 2011 six journalists will visit Accra, Ghana and Freetown, Sierra Leone. They will discuss and share insights with fellow journalists, based in a different country, how to better cover elections.
FEATURED JOURNALIST
Emmanuel Wheinyue
Works for:
Star Radio, Monrovia
Country: Liberia
Age: 23
Trained by jhr: 2008-2009
Specialties: Human Interest Features, Documentary Radio

"I am so grateful to Journalists for Human Rights (jhr) for empowering us. Through jhr workshops at Star Radio, we build on the professional radio skills we have. My feature writing and reporting has improved and jhr helped me produce my first radio documentary on the problem of sea erosion on the coast of Liberia." - Emmanuel Wheinyue
FEATURED jhr CHAPTER
jhr McGill
City: Montreal, Quebec
Started: September 2006
President: Kartiga Thavaraj

jhr McGill is hosting the 3rd Annual jhr Rights Media Documentary Film Festival sponsored by the Canadian Museum For Human Rights, in Montreal from September 30 - October 1, 2011. The Rights Media Docfest aims to continue the jhr chapter success of being named McGill club of the year and jhr chapter president being elected as the president of the Students' Society of McGill University (SSMU).