Forum for Human Rights, Environment and People's Awareness (HUREP)

An organisation working with groups of local people in the Koshi zone of Nepal to raise awareness of social justice and promote peace throughout the wider community.

Overview

HUREP is a non-governmental and non-profit social development organisation. It mainly works in the development and social justice sectors, but has expanded into the peace sector due to the continuing impact of the armed conflict. The organisation has trained and mobilised different groups of local people to raise awareness in the district about social justice, human rights, peace, and the current peace process.

By working with these groups, HUREP aims:

• To raise awareness and respect for social justice;
• To establish a sustainable peace in the district;
• To develop a culture of peace;
• To develop working strategies for the post-conflict peace-building period; and
• To investigate further ways of supporting and strengthening the current peace process.

What Services are Provided?

• Seminars and conferences;
• Awareness campaign;
• Training sessions; and
• Interaction amongst stakeholders in the district on the theme of peace, human rights and the current peace process, as well as discussion of the other services.

Geographical Area of Operation

Sankhuwa Sabha district in Koshi zone

Funding Resources

• Volunteers;
• District Development Council (DDC);
• Rural Access Program (RAP);
• Rural Reconstruction in Nepal (RRN); and
• Informal Sector Service Centre (INSEC).

What Further Information would you like?

Information about sources of funding and income generation programmes.

What New Contacts would you like to make?

• Peace organisations;
• Capacity building organisations on conflict transformation and peace-building;
• National and international human rights organisations who support local organisations with funding, organisational development, etc.;
• Environmental conservation organisations; and
• Small-scale infrastructure organisations.

Associated Organisations

• NGO Federation of Sankhuwa Sabha district;
• Coordination Committee for the Promotion of Human Rights, Peace and Development; and
• District Development Council (DDC) - Sankhuwa Sabha.