The Creation of Jhr
Peterson Co-Founded jhr with Sicotte-Levesque in 2002. jhr was founded with the mission of building the capacity of the African media to report more effectively on human rights issues.
Peterson and Sicotte-Levesque both lived in their respective parents house, taking no salary. jhr received start up funding from Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada in 2003 to start a small project in Ghana.
Sicotte-Leveque left jhr in 2005, making Ben the sole Executive Director. Sicotte-Levesque has since remained on jhr's Advisory Board and Board of Trustees
jhr has since grown into Canada's largest media development organization, working in over 15 countries is Sub-Saharan Africa. As of Spring 2009, jhr has offices in Toronto, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the DR Congo.
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