Country: Uganda

Mission:

Witness Radio mobilizes, organizes, and empowers native communities to understand land laws and to take the central role in defending and protecting their lands using the same legal framework.

Our work in development finance:

Witness Radio investigates land investments projects with negative impacts on communities in Uganda, especially those financed by global entities like World bank and government financial agencies like DFID, FINNFUND and EXIM bank among others that are funding companies dispossessing communities through violent and excessive force.

Website: https://witnessradio.org/

Geographic Focus: Sub-Saharan Africa

Constituency/Partners: Children, Civil society organizations, Indigenous peoples, Land rights, LGBTQI…, Persons with disabilities, Rural communities, Urban communities, Women, Workers

Sector Focus: International Financial Institutions, Land Rights & Natural Resources

Financier Targets: AfDB, IFC, World Bank