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Six small grants projects were funded, US $ 3000 each for a period of five to six months by the Swiss Ministry of Foreign affairs. These projects are initiated by CEMARD- Bhutan, FFDA –India, CORD-India, National (Catholic) Commission for Justice and Peace- Pakistan, Odhikar-Bangladesh and CHA- Sri Lanka

The Projects at a Glance are as follows-

#	Sub-Project	Organization	Contact Details	Time Period
1	Training Programme on Minority Rights: Awareness Raising and Capacity Building for Bhutanese Refugees to Protect and Defend Minority Rights	Centre for Protection of Minorities and Against Racism and Discrimination in Bhutan (CEMARD) Exiled in Nepal	Mr. Chettri 00977-1-5529106	4 Months (Commencing on 1^st March 2004)
2	Capacity Building of Grassroots Cadres on Minority Rights in Chhattisgarh	Forum for Fact-finding Documentation and Advocacy (FFDA) India	Mr. Mohapatra ffda@mantrafreenet.com	Five Months (Commencing on 1^st March 2004)
3	Facilitating the Re-Establishment of Traditional Rights over Land and Forest Resources of the Tribal People	Coorg Organization for Rural Development (CORD) India	Mrs. Shammi David 91-8276-274091/273287	Five Months (Commencing on 1^st March 2004)
4	Capacity Building to Defend and Promote the Rights of Religious Minorities in Pakistan	National (Catholic) Commission for Justice and Peace, Pakistan	92-42-6668692	Four Months (Commencing on 1^st April 2004)
5	Training of Indigenous/ Ethnic Minority Peoples’ organizations in Bangaladesh on Human Rights: A Capacity Building and Networking Initiative	ODHIKAR Bangaladesh	Mr. Ahsan 88-02-9888 587	Five Months (Commencing on 1^st March 2004)
6	Capacity building training workshop on minority rights	Consortium for Humanitarian Agencies (CHA) Sri Lanka	Mr. Thiagarajah 4610943	Three and a half Months (Commencing on 15^th April 2004)