Absolutely. In fact, there are thousands of individuals from over 150 countries in the world who have gone through programming over the past four decades. That participation in several weeks of training with others and learning from others has not just a ripple effect, but a profound effect when they go back home to their communities.
I could speak of some very specific examples. Gerardo can speak a bit more about the concrete data and the number of people who are touched directly.
Essentially, we have defenders who have talked about the knowledge they gained from others that then goes back and multiplies not just for dozens of young people but hundreds, who then understand their rights more and are able to claim them and then to secure decisions that have been made in their favour in their respective communities.
We have as well, for example, other defenders who have talked about how they've transformed work practices not only in their own organizations but in coalitions of organizations, so they're much more inclusive. They're thinking about human rights from different perspectives. For example, they look at disabled people who are struggling for their rights but understanding it with perhaps a gender lens, depending on where the person sits economically. This has widened the impact of their ability to mobilize people and—most important—decision-makers.
There is also the huge impact of the ability of defenders going through the type of programming that's very participatory and anchored in their knowledge, the knowledge of others and the instruments themselves, as well as in their capacity to discuss with decision-makers in their own countries, no matter the context. In some of the most hostile and the most difficult contexts, we did research on human rights defenders and educators in conflict areas. We can share the results of that, but it confirmed the importance and the effect that in the midst of conflict, when people are looking for food and security, they are also looking to secure their rights, which can be very effective in terms of securing that safety around them.