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Upholding our Rights, Amplifying our Voices, Defending our Causes
Changing the world, one life at a time
Meet our founder: Dr. Bill Mlongetcha Jackson
A Message from our Founder
The idea that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights is a great principle, but far from reality. We live in a world where oppression and terror reigns, where people are marginalized and deprived of their rights daily. We can only fight for our rights, when we understand those rights and the consequences of being deprived of such rights.
Haki Yetu means “Our Rights” in Swahili, which is the language of the world. It is believed that all children in the world, when they learn to speak, start with Swahili words, for example: “dada” (sister), “baba” (daddy), “mama” (mom) and so on. As children utter these words, we understand that they have a need and are asking for help.
Haki Yetu believes in empowering individuals and communities to know their rights reclaim and protect these rights. As a human being who has suffered greatly for expressing my own rights, I understand and remain strongly committed to the ongoing struggle to promote the rights and equality of all individuals.
The vision of Haki Yetu goes back several years ago, in the country which would become the “rape capital of the world” and participate in the genocide of about 8,000,000 people: the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). It was in the DR Congo that I would understand war, torture, human rights abuses and the absence of individual rights. It was also in that country that my social soul would be molded and shaped, and years later, birthing this organization: Haki Yetu.
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Past Events
Justice for women and girls gang raped and killed in the DR Congo. Justice for the millions who have been killed.
Dr. Bill Mlongetcha Jackson Interview with IVOIRTV regarding the mass rapes in the DR Congo.
Meeting to Washington DC to the Department of State with human rights experts.
Award presentation to Dr. Bill Mlongetcha Jackson for outstanding work to the Congolese community of New York.
Dr. Bill Mlongetcha Jackson receiving the Afrika Brave Award for services to Africans in the diaspora.