What will my donation support?
Your donation will support such programming as:
Afghan Women Speak: a project in conjunction with the European Network of Migrant Women, to open a space for Afghan migrants and refugees to express their hopes, ideas and experience through creativity.
Direct Action: ongoing support for artists-at-risk and on the run, such as Mbizo Chirasha (Zimbabwe), Razack Buwaso Ibrahim (Uganda) and American political prisoners such as Daniel Hale and Reality Winner, both of whom were jailed for the legal sin of telling the truth.
Tomorrow’s Leaders Today: IHRAM’s expanding youth component supports Youth Fellowships, a Youth Literary Anthology, a Youth Drama Festival, a Youth Art Festival and the receipt of more than 70 literary award applications from around the world, from creators as young as six years old!
World Voices for Change: IHRAM has worked with and amplified the voices of
Mbizo Chirasha
Poet-in-Exile, Zimbabwe
Mbizo first contacted us in late August 2017. His activist poetry has caused him to be pursued from Zimbabwe to South Africa, then to Zambia, Kenya and Mozambique. Currently, Mbizo is in hiding in southern Africa.
My global activities in Zimbabwe cause me to be regarded as a state opponent. My work angers both the previous and the current regime. It’s a big threat for me. The current regime is also not happy with my writings against corruption and injustice. I am facing threats in most of southern Africa. Somebody followed me from Zambia to South Africa and wanted to know my location. It’s hectic brother man. I don't have a PC, no internet and no food. Now I am on the deep end. I am draining spiritually and creatively. My social stature is slowly falling apart. I am in bad state. I am not sustainable. You know exile is not good, my brother.
We have continued to offer Mbizo transparency through our publishing and digital media platforms, as well as direct-action grants to support him with room, board, medicine and Internet access. Recently, he noted:
Thank you greatly. I owe you a life. IHRAM has stood with my welfare, communication, talent and artistic career development since 2017. I salute the amount of care, support and development. Thank you to the board, staff, artists and festival organizers for the trust. ALUTA CONTINUA!!!