Citizen Action Program for Afro-Peruvian Youth: leadership, identity and human rights

Website Many Afro-Peruvians especially youth are not aware that they have rights and protections granted to them by their constitution and international laws.

Many also experience exclusion from public decision making and lack spaces to make their voices heard on issues they face such as violence and discrimination.

Our grantee partner Ashanti Per- Red Peruana de Jvenes Afrodescendientes (Ashanti Per) will establish an Afro-Peruvian Youth Citizen Action Center to empower future Afro-descendant leaders in metropolitan Lima to exercise their economic and social rights and strengthen their skills and abilities to advocate for inclusive public policies.

Ashanti Per will also establish Peru?s first Afro-Peruvian library within the Afro-Peruvian Youth Citizen Action Center to provide additional educational resources to the community.

Amendment FY24 This amendment provides an additional $140,000 and 24 months to enable Ashanti Peru to launch a series of activities to strengthen Afro-Peruvian youth leadership and civic participation; enhance its leadership development programs; document its experience and impact, and raise public awareness and support for Afro-Peruvian rights.

As part of the amendment, Ashanti Peru is mobilizing an additional $81,300 in counterpart resources to the grant agreement.