US embassy cable - 05DJIBOUTI1132

UNCLAS DJIBOUTI 001132 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR AF/RSA, AF/EPS, AF/E 
 
USAID WASHINGTON FOR AFR/SD/DG 
 
NAIROBI FOR AID 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON, EAID, DJ 
SUBJECT: FY2005 ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT DHRFII 
- DJIBOUTI 
 
 
1. Organe de Presse Diifu completed their 
project on Independent Journalism in June 
2005.  The two other grantees for the 
projects funded in FY04 are expecting to 
finish their activities by February 28, 
2006. 
 
2. In FY05, two projects were funded: 
 
A. Grantee: Center Aicha Bogoreh for the 
Protection of the Mother and Child 
DHRF number: DHRFII-05-603-01 
 
DESCRIPTION: The Center would like to 
contribute to the creation and continuity of 
a community in which children from poor 
origins or handicapped could have access to 
professional or basic education and take 
control of their future.  The right to 
education is a fundamental right for any 
child of school age.  The lack of 
specialized schools and trained teachers has 
dramatic consequences on the psychological 
well being of the handicapped children in 
Djibouti.  So it is important to grant this 
right by remedying the existing shortcomings 
in this matter.  The Center, which has 
already opened the first classroom for deaf 
children in the country, would like to bring 
the fate and difficult living conditions of 
the handicapped children to the awareness of 
the public and government.  Handicapped 
children include the deaf, the blind and the 
physically handicapped. 
Amount Obligated: US$ 25,000 
Unliquidated Balance: US$ 25,000 
 
B. Grantee: Ministry of Justice, 
Penitentiary and Muslim Affairs, in charge 
of Human Rights 
DHRF number: DHRFII-05-603-02 
 
Description: Making the information 
available to those who need it is part of 
the democratization of information. 
Computer information allows a large 
dissemination of information that reaches 
beyond national borders.  For the purpose of 
popularizing and providing easy access to 
the Constitution, fundamental laws and the 
ratified International Conventions, the 
creation of a website is of utmost 
importance.  The Ministry of Justice plans 
to put in place a website for the 
propagation of judicial and judiciary 
information and the collection in a database 
of all the conventions and treaties that the 
country is committed to.  It is important to 
restore confidence in the justice by giving 
the public the tools to know better about 
their rights and duties. 
Amount Obligated: US$ 25,000 
Unliquidated Balance: US$ 8,684.32 
 
3. Post appreciates Department and AID 
assistance in making the funding available. 
Regards. 
 
BALL