The Reckoning Project
Project Title
For a project on developing scalable documentation and archiving models for conflict-affected African communities
Date
Dec. 11, 2025
Duration
24 months
Description
The Reckoning Project seeks support to launch the Darfur Archives, a two-year initiative that documents atrocities and preserves collective memory as tools for accountability and peacebuilding. TRP will train and equip a locally led team of researchers in trauma-sensitive documentation, collect and codify 100 in-depth testimonies from Darfuri refugees in Uganda and South Sudan, and host four workshops with civil society to set priorities, verify findings, and foster dialogue. The project will conduct a sociological survey to complement the testimonies, produce a culminating report, and hold two advocacy events with African stakeholders to ensure survivors’ voices inform regional and international policy debates. The resulting digital and physical archive will serve as a foundation for future truth-telling, education, and reconciliation efforts.