Standing With Survivors of Human Rights Abuse
The Yelef Initiative supports victims of human rights abuse with advocacy, legal aid, healing, and a community that refuses to let their stories go unheard.
Survivor-Centered. Trauma-Informed.
Every program is co-designed with the people it serves — built on accountability, dignity, and the belief that survivors are the experts of their own experience.
Advocacy
We amplify survivor voices and push for accountability through reports, campaigns, and partnerships with civil-society organisations worldwide.
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We connect survivors to vetted legal partners and help navigate redress, asylum processes, protective orders, and documentation support.
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Trauma-informed peer support, counselling referrals, and survivor-led gatherings that centre dignity, agency, and long-term wellbeing.
Learn moreStories. Justice. People.
Conversations on human rights, justice, and the people working to protect them. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.
There Are Many Ways to Stand With Survivors
Pick what fits your time, skills, and capacity.
Volunteer
Translation, legal research, design, social media, event support, and trained peer-support roles.
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NGOs, law firms, clinicians, and academic researchers — we collaborate on referrals, training, and programs.
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Every dollar funds direct survivor support and the people doing the work. Yelef runs lean.
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Yelef runs lean. The majority of every donation goes directly to survivor support — emergency funds, legal fees, and the staff who keep everything running.