- Program Civil Society
- Program Area Increasing Access to Justice
- Grant Amount $150,000
- Grant Period July 1, 2006–June 30, 2008
- Location Cape Town, South Africa
- Geographic Focus South Africa
About this grant
The Black Sash Trust is dedicated to the promotion and defense of human rights. Through its network of offices, it provides hands-on paralegal services to rural and poor communities. This grant is aimed at addressing major challenges facing the community-based paralegal sector by supporting a process directed at finding solutions for the sustainability of the sector and strengthening its role of assisting poor and marginalized communities in accessing their rights.