Sudanese network of volunteer aid groups wins Norwegian human rights award
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Sudanese network of volunteer aid groups wins Norwegian human rights award
OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian human rights foundation gave its annual prize on Wednesday to the Emergency Response Rooms, a Sudanese network of community groups providing aid, for "their courageous work to preserve the most fundamental human right
Agencies – Darfur24 A Norwegian human rights foundation awarded its annual award on Wednesday to the “Sudanese Emergency Rooms,” in recognition of their “courageous work in preserving the most important human right... the right to life.” The Norwegian Rafto Foundation for Human Rights said in a statement that the emergency rooms “are comprised of thousands of volunteers who participate in collaborative community efforts to meet the needs of the …
Rafto Prize for Grassroots Network in Sudan The Emergency Response Rooms of Sudan (ERR) was established when the civil war broke out in April 2023 and consists of thousands of volunteers. – The strength of the Emergency Response Rooms is rooted in the Sudanese culture of helping each other in the local community, says the Rafto Foundation's justification. The network is no ordinary humanitarian organization, but through grassroots mobilization …
Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms win Norwegian human rights award
Image credit: ReutersA Norwegian human rights foundation gave its annual prize to the Emergency Response Rooms, a Sudanese network of community groups providing aid, for "their courageous work to preserve the most fundamental human right - the right to life". Four past laureates of the Rafto prize — Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi, East Timor's Jose Ramos-Horta, South Korea's Kim Dae-jung and Iran's Shirin Ebadi — went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize…
Thousands of volunteers make up the Emergency Response Rooms (ERR) in war-torn Sudan. They have now been awarded the Rafto Prize.
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