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Founded | 1985 |
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Focus | Healing, Training, Research, and Advocacy |
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Area served | Global |
Leader | Dr. Simon Adams |
Website | cvt |
The Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) is an international non-profit headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota, that provides direct care for those who have been tortured, trains partner organizations in the United States and around the world who can prevent and treat torture, conducts research to understand how best to heal survivors, and advocates for an end to torture.
CVT's mission is to heal the wounds of torture on individuals, their families and their communities, and to end torture worldwide and it has won the APA International Humanitarian Award from the American Psychological Association
Since its founding in 1985, CVT has:
CVT provides care for survivors at its healing center in St. Paul, Minnesota, and at projects in Jordan, the Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, Uganda and in northern Ethiopia working with Eritrean refugees. It has an office in Washington, D.C.
The Center for Victims of Torture is a 501(c)(3) organization that is recognized by the Charities Review Council,[1] the American Institute of Philanthropy,[2] and Charity Navigator[3] for its well-managed use of donations.