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As the program director of Best Solutions, 2014 Advocate Carol Dyantyi has been focusing on vulnerable children, adolescents, and youth as well as people who use drugs in Soweto. Activities of the organization’s Still We Rise/Ikamva Lethu program include access to medical services, psychosocial support, pediatric HIV/AIDS treatment, and access to medical services. The organization also provides meals free of charge to those in need three days a week. 

Advocate Elvira Constantina Pablo Antonio is participating in the 2021-22 HRAP. Elvira is an Indigenous lawyer from Oaxaca, Mexico. She is part of the Ayuuk Indigenous Peoples. Elvira collaborates with civil society organizations for the defense and promotion of human rights, especially women, youth, and Indigenous Peoples’ rights, on topics related to sexual and reproductive health and rights, violence prevention, political participation and Indigenous peoples’ collective rights. She conducts advocacy at the local, national, and international levels.