Our Values

Our organization is built on a foundation of respect, empathy, and inclusivity. We believe that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their background or beliefs. Our programs and initiatives are designed to promote these values and help create a more just and peaceful world.

11 Quotes we believe in

1. “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.”

Nelson Mandela, South African civil rights activist

2. “Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.”

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani education activist

3.”The candle burns not for us, but for all those whom we failed to rescue from prison, who were shot on the way to prison, who were tortured, who were kidnapped, who ‘disappeared’. That’s what the candle is for.”

Peter Benenson, founder of Amnesty International

4.“I encourage young advocates to stand up for peace and human rights in this turbulent Arabic world. There is much to be done in the global fight for human rights, and youth participation is critically important to achieving sustainable development and positive social change.”

Zakaria El Hamel 

Director of Youth For Peace And Dialogue Morocco

5. “It means a great deal to those who are oppressed to know that they are not alone. Never let anyone tell you that what you are doing is insignificant.” 

Desmond Tutu, South African civil rights activist Greta Thunberg, who started the school strike for climate movement.

6. “Activism works. So what I’m telling you to do now, is to act. Because no one is too small to make a difference.”

Greta Thunberg, Swedish climate change activist and Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience

7. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

Martin Luther King, African-American civil rights activist

8.“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home – so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; the neighbourhood he lives in; the school or college he attends; the factory, farm or office where he works. Such are the places where every man, woman and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerned citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world.”

-Eleanor Roosevelt, “Where do universal human rights begin?”, statement on 27 March 1958 at the presentation of the book “In your hands: a guide for community action” to the UN Commission on Human Rights; sometimes called “The Great Question” speech.

9. “Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don’t give up the fight.”

Bob Marley, Jamaican singer

10“The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.” – John F. Kennedy

11“Local activists are changing the power dynamics in their communities—that’s what creates change over time.” 

Regan Ralph, Founding President and Former CEO of the Fund for Global Human Rights.