Africa Internally Displaced Persons Voice (Africa IDP Voice)

Africa IDP Voice's mission is to promote and protect human rights of IDPs through state accountability where IDP rights are upheld.

Africa IDP Voice's vision is to have a world free from internal displacement.

The Africa Internally Displaced Persons Voice (Africa IDP Voice) works to raise awareness and promote effective protection of internally displaced persons and advocate the protection, assistance and development plight of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Africa.

The essential overriding mission is to foster links among state authorities and humanitarian actors and to make effective contributions to the improved response to IDPs and to monitor the protection of IDPs and humanitarian policies affecting them. This is achieved through advocacy and awareness raising, protection and
training, research and publication, promoting HIV/AIDS programmes for IDPs, emergency response and relief, promote rule of law and security, policy guidance, legal reform and institutional capacity building and enhancement. The organization also offers consultancies on IDP issues all aimed at poverty eradication.

The Africa IDP Voice was established in 2001 and began operations in 2002.
Africa IDP Voice monitors internal displacement in Africa and promotes the dissemination and application of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, works with governments in the sub-region, sub-regional and regional bodies, international organizations and civil society to create effective policies and institutional arrangements for IDPs.

The Africa IDP Voice, with headquarters in Lusaka, Zambia, advocates for the rights of IDPs and gives internally displaced communities, national authorities and other humanitarian actors, such as NGOs, opportunities for discussion and collaboration, as well as services which meet needs of their humanitarian actors.

Africa IDP Voice has also participated in the International Conference in the Great Lakes Region, a process in which core states have committed themselves to address the root causes of conflict and find lasting solutions to the protracted problems of displaced populations, notably with regard to their peaceful co-existence with resident populations, their voluntary repatriation and return or local
integration, with the full involvement of the local authorities and host populations, and within the framework of tripartite agreements where applicable.

Contact information:

Mr. Joseph Chilengi
Executive Director
Physical address: IDP House, 18 Buahinia Avenue, Avondale, Lusaka, Zambia
Postal address: 32368 Lusaka, Zambia
Tel/Fax : +260 211 281612
Mobile:+260 955 282792
or +260 966 773258
E-mail: africaidp@africaidp.org or joseph.chilengi@africaidp.org
Web: www.africaidp.org