A Voice For the Voiceless

MISSION

The Advocacy Project seeks to help community-based advocates produce, disseminate and use information, and so become more effective advocates for human rights and social justice

Jonathon Homer and UNDUGU

Jonathan Homer is an Advocacy Project Peace Fellow working with the Undugu Society in Nairobi Kenya. Jonathan is a student at George Washington University Law School with an interest in international human rights law. Jonathan is a native of Idaho and a graduate of Utah State University where he studied history and international economics. While at Utah State University, Jonathan participated in an international service organization that focused on humanitarian work in Mexico and South America.

Jonathan also took a two year break from his undergraduate studies to perform service in the islands of Micronesia, which introduced him to the importance of humanitarian work and international law. Before beginning law school, Jonathan interned at the US Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs and worked for US Senator Mike Crapo on issues related to international affairs.

Jonathan is an AP Peace Fellow with the Undugu Society, a well-established organization that has been helping Kenyan street children for over 30 years. The Undugu Society is currently broadening its mission to include issues related to HIV/AIDS.

Undugu is partnering with HOPE/HIV – an organization dedicated to battling HIV/AIDS in Africa – to create a strategic plan for addressing the needs of street children affected by HIV/AIDS. Jonathan is assisting the Unudugu Society in this important endeavor.