The ESPERANZA HUMURA is established in 2017 in order to create a space where members that wished to provide legal assistance to vulnerable families with mothers in detention could share experience and best practices for providing to them  legal and psychological assistance, and to their families, a capacity building. Through a commitment and close collaborative of 12 experienced members, ESPERANZA HUMURA was born.

Our first prioritized project is a baseline survey and needs analysis, which has to be conducted in partnership with the Ministry of Justice and RCS. The survey must identify the challenges faced by indigent and vulnerable families with mothers in detention, in accessing legal services. The findings of this survey will provide guidance to the elaboration of a three-year strategy plan of ESPERANZA HUMURA, which will be more focused on improving the quality and accessibility of legal services to all.

Actually, ESPERANZA HUMURA is now registered by Rwanda Governance Board (RGB) as a Non-Governmental Organization and a fully independent entity. It is now composed of 12 experienced members who will, in partnership with other actors, provide or support legal and psychological assistance to the indigent and vulnerable families with mothers in detention in Rwanda.

The ESPERANZA HUMURA will support the Government through research, and evidence-based advocacy and the provision of legal assistance services. ESPERANZA HUMURA supports the Government of Rwanda’s commitment to universal and timely access to justice, and the steps it has taken to realize this goal at a policy level through the establishment of local access to justice offices. However, much more still needs to be done to realize the goal of universal access to quality legal services.