Legal Resources Centre

Legal Resources Centre

"The LRC is a human rights organization in South Africa. We use the law as an instrument of justice for the vulnerable and marginalised, including poor, homeless, and landless people and communities who suffer discrimination by reason of race, class, gender, disability or by reason of social, economic, and historical circumstances.

"The LRC started in Johannesburg in 1979."

In 1995 the Legal Resources Centre received a grant from the Westminster Foundation to work with Interights in South Africa.


 * Director - Janet Love

Former Directors
Accessed February 2010:


 * Arthur Chaskalson
 * Geoff Budlender
 * Bongani Majola
 * Vincent Saldanha
 * Steve Kahanovitz

Trustees
Accessed February 2010:


 * Jody Kollapen (Chairperson)
 * Lee Bozalek
 * Arthur Chaskalson, former Chief Justice
 * Harvey Dale
 * Yusuf Ebrahim
 * Michael Katz
 * Janet Love
 * Raisaka Masebelanga
 * Bongi Mkhabela
 * Dunstan Mlambo
 * Lex Mpati
 * Mahomed Navsa
 * Thandi Orleyn
 * Richard Rosenthal

Patrons
 * Sir Sydney Kentridge QC SC
 * Desmond Tutu

Funders
However, below is a list of some of the organizations that have financially supported our efforts:


 * Atlantic Philanthropies Foundation
 * Australian High Commission
 * Banyan Tree Foundation
 * Belgium Embassy
 * Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
 * Claude Leon Foundation
 * Comic Relief
 * Danida
 * David Potter Foundation
 * Discovery Health ICJ Sweden
 * EED
 * ELMA Foundation
 * FARM Africa International
 * Finnish Embassy
 * First Rand Foundation
 * Felicia Kentridge Fellowship
 * Felix Schneider Foundation
 * Ford Foundation
 * Foundation for Human Rights
 * Frank Robb Charitable Trust
 * Global Opportunity Fund
 * Goldfields Foundation
 * Hilden Charitable Trust
 * Investec
 * Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship
 * Kaiser Foundation
 * Legal Aid Board of South Africa
 * Michael Mones Trust
 * National Lotteries Development Trust
 * Open Society Foundation
 * OXFAM
 * Raith Foundation
 * Rockefeller Brothers Fund
 * Save the Children Sweden
 * Sigrid Rausing Trust
 * Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation
 * Urgent Action Fund
 * Wallace Global Fund

Benefit Committee
Accessed February 2010:


 * Ahmed Kathrada, Arthur Chaskalson, Audrey Coleman, Max Coleman, Bongi Mkhabela, Cheryl Carolus, Clinton Bamberger, Desmond Tutu, Diana Aviv, Dunstan Mhlambo, Gail Starling Marshall, George Bizos, Gill Marcus, Harvey Dale, Jody Kollapen, Joel Joffe, Judity Ogden Thomson, Kader Asmal, Lee Bozalek, Lex Mpati, Mahomed Navsa, Maria Ramos, Michael J. Benza, Michael Katz, Nadine Gordimer, Nathaniel Jones, Noluthando Orleyn, Paul Verryn, Pravin Gordhan, Pregs Govender, Raisaka Masebelanga, Reuben G. Clark III, Reuben Clark, Jr., Richard Goldstone, Richard Rosenthal, Sheila Avrin McLean, Sydney Kentridge, Tung Chan, Wendy Luhabe, Yolanda Cuba, Yusuf Ebrahim, Zacky Achmat

Contact
URL: http://www.lrc.org.za

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