International Committee of the Red Cross

The ICRC, established in 1863, works worldwide to provide humanitarian help for people affected by conflict and armed violence and to promote the laws that protect victims of war. An independent and neutral organization, its mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, it employs some 12,000 people in 80 countries; it is financed mainly by voluntary donations from governments and from national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.

The Clinton School of Public Service

The Clinton School is a graduate school offering its students a Master of Public Service degree. The programme is a “two-year graduate programme with a ‘real world’ curriculum”. The mission of the school is:  “To educate and prepare individuals for public service, incorporating a strategic vision, an authentic voice, and a commitment to the common good”.

Julie Meyer conducted a resource analysis and needs assessment to help efforts to expand the African Prisons Project from its base in Uganda to Kenya and Sierra Leone. The project works to address both the lack of infrastructure and resources in prisons by building educational, health and recreational centres.

University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world.

University of Nottingham

Alexander McLean studied law at the University of Nottingham, and the African Prisons Project (APP) was born as a student society at Nottingham University. Many of the students who were first involved with APP studied at University of Nottingham. For the work of APP Alexander was awarded the University of Nottingham Alumni Laureate award in 2007.

Hospice Africa

Hospice Africa is a UK-registered charity based on Merseyside, committed to providing the provision of palliative care to cancer and HIV/AIDS patients in sub-Saharan Africa. It operates principally as a fund-raising organisation, but also provides advice and support to its partners in sub-Saharan Africa including Uganda, Malawi, Nigeria and Cameroon. Hospice Africa Uganda is a model which demonstrates that palliative care is both affordable and appropriate in resource-poor settings in Africa.