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The project helps to increase EHRC''s reach, bringing together people from all over Estonia for whom it is important to stand up for human rights. The existing program of human rights ambassadors will be expanded so that it grows and operates sustainably and supports the awareness-raising about the need for human rights protection at the grassroots level in different regions of Estonia.
Human rights ambassadors are people operating in different regions all over Estonia who care about the sense of security of their community and respect the equal human dignity of every person. In order to better integrate the ambassadors, existing basic training will be expanded and complemented, and joint events and meetings will be held. To empower the ambassadors, a toolbox will be developed, which every ambassador can use to raise awareness of human rights. In order to achieve a wider regional coverage, the network of ambassadors will be expanded and a program will be developed to create new ambassadors. In order to raise awareness of human rights, the ambassadors organize activities in various regions of Estonia and keep the EHRC team informed of the human rights related concerns and joys, challenges and opportunities of the people in the community.
The target group of the project is the leaders of the human rights movement, who will be given the resources, knowledge and opportunities to contribute to the protection of human rights in their community, and the residents of different regions of Estonia, who will be better informed about human rights issues. The final beneficiaries are vulnerable groups, who will be able to seek help as a result of awareness-raising, the Estonian Human Rights Centre, which will be better able to mobilize volunteers and involve local communities, and Estonian society as a whole, which will be more aware of human rights issues.