YEI was founded in July 2004 by youth volunteers in Kasese district, western Uganda, who were concerned about the lack of effective information and services related to HIV/AIDS in their community.

Many people were at the time dying of what was then called 'a mysterious disease' which was often blamed on witchcraft.

The realization of the true outlook of the disease made it clear to the founders that several people were dying of AIDS because of lack of information about the disease and available treatment options. This motivated them to start YEI with the intention of sensitizing the community about the scourge, and extending prevention and care services to those who need them most.

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In this project, MRG will tackle the lack of minority opinion in mainstream media by ensuring that Western based journalists have access to material from partners and staff in the field via a minority voices webhub. 

Helping People Denounce Violence

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Forgotten Diaries is an international award winning innovative project raising awareness of forgotten conflict zones (those which are hardly covered by the media) and empowering young people in them to bring about positive community development and build a culture of peace. 50 young people from conflict zones participate like citizen journalists blogging about life in conflict zones and helping raise awareness of issues on the ground.  FD offers training and funding to help them and other youth bring about change at the grass roots.

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     On the Twitter account our goal is to present little known facts (ex: the formation of America including the addition of the phrases of "In God We Trust" and "One Nation Under God" in 1954/1956 during the Red Scare of the McCarthy era and against the wishes of the founding fathers).  We have news updates from Human Rights organizations, Major News providers and Environmental Agencies. 

Our website is constantly updating and has articles relating to Human Rights issues such as Equal Rights for Women, Online (and off) Stalking and Harassment, Donations for National disasters, Links and information on organization where you can receive help or volunteer, etc.  

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The goal of Face the Change is to mobilize support to tackle climate change by highlighting its social impacts. By putting a human face on global warming, we aim to elevate the current debate on science and energy policy to one that includes key human rights issues of natural disasters and forced migration. The web-based platform will primarily use video and other multimedia to document the current and future impacts and facilitate a global dialogue with the intention of shaping policy.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the culmination of a 50-year movement to create the first permanent court established to prosecute perpetrators (no matter how powerful) of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide.   But in its first cases the ICC urgently needs cooperation from the international community to fulfill its justice mandate as it confronts an entrenched culture of impunity.   Currently 108 countries are members of this treaty-based court, but powerful nations China, Russia and the U.S. have not ratified the treaty, known as the Rome Statute.