Victims of Torture Fund
In keeping with its legislative mandate under the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998,
the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) works through the Victims of
Torture Fund (VTF) to assist the treatment and rehabilitation of individuals who
suffer from the physical and psychological effects of torture.
Toward that end, USAID's Victims of Torture Fund administers treatment programs
in developing countries throughout the world. Currently, VTF is supporting treatment programs that attend to the medical,
psychological, and social needs of torture survivors and their families. In addition to
treatment services, some programs include advocacy, training, technical assistance, and
research.
It is important to realize that due to limited resources, VTF cannot work in all
countries where there is evidence of torture. Consequently, it gives priority to
settings where needs far outweigh financial commitments of donors. In an effort to
extend itself to the broader community of organizations treating survivors of torture, VTF maintains an open and collaborative spirit in sharing information and experience to
better the state of the art of programming in the field in general.
Read a USAID Fact Sheet on the Victims of Torture Program
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