Forum for Activists Against Torture (FACT) Rwanda, creates human rights clubs for youth in the Rwandan school system in order to raise awareness and mobilize young people around human rights issues, focusing on torture and sexual and gender based violence with an emphasis on children’s’ rights. FACT strives to take a conflict sensitive approach to program design. After an initial planning phase, FACT undertakes a situation/stakeholder analysis, organizing meetings and conducting interviews with key actors in the community, such as the ministry of education, schools, and local authorities. In addition to assisting organizers in developing the program itself, this analysis serves to actively engage members of the community with the program. This phase is informed by a Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) methodology, which encourages and emphasizes the value of the input of local people in the development of the projects that target them. They are invited to work together with the organization, to provide insight into how they perceive the issues that FACT addresses, as well as input into the elements of an effective program. By engaging stakeholders at the time of the tactic’s conceptual planning, FACT builds support from the beginning, to create project ownership among the its intended beneficiaries. In the second phase, FACT trained both teachers and parents with back-up from FACT staff and operational support during this period, encouraging collaboration with the schools, as well as open communication with community stakeholders. The goal behind this training is to empower the program’s beneficiaries, many of whom are influential in education and with youth, with the knowledge and skills to share with and benefit schoolchildren beyond the intervention of an outside organization to work towards the potential long term, sustainable social benefits of the project. Moreover, teachers play a particularly important role, because they are part of the schools, and, as such, much closer to the students than organization staff can be. Youth Human Rights Clubs in the schools include a number of different activities, such as theatre and poetry, and encouraging children, through their human rights clubs, to develop their own proposals for the dissemination preventive messages by artistic innovations through which children can learn and educate others. Although each school has its own unique activities, FACT provides support in a number of areas, including a toll free line, which youth themselves often call. These support lines offer help to youth in setting up the leadership structure for their Youth HR Club.The program operates through a decentralized framework, granting a degree of autonomy to local administrators. While FACT does not offer much financial assistance, the organization does provide paper, pens and paid compensation for secretarial work. Also, FACT is always available to provide counseling support for those who request it, and is currently working to expand these services through satellite centers throughout the country. After the initial implementation of human rights clubs in four secondary schools, FACT saw the rapid expansion of the program across the country. So far, FACT’s youth program has worked with 227,417 school going youth, and has continued to reach out to new schools. However, despite the enthusiasm from the enthusiasm of teachers and students involved, and successes of the program, after 12 months, FACT had to curb the project for lack of funding. However, an evaluation undertaken by program donors revealed impressive results. Evaluators made note of the quality of students’ creative expression, impressed with students’ essay writing, and performance in drama. FACT continues to receive action plans from various human rights clubs, demonstrating the potential for the continued development and implementation of the project. Additionally, the number of clients seeking counselling services has increased, and many schools have asked to form closer ties and collaboration with FACT Rwanda. In addition to advocacy work, FACT also strives to enhance the capacities of health service providers in meeting the needs of affected communities. FACT’s rehabilitation programs are supplemented by referral services that assist clients in accessing services from partner providers, and the organization’s prevention efforts are designed to target different groups, including the police, the local defense, female ex-combatants, and youth in school.