Author: Jenny Basika
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Rethinking Impact in Refugee Settings: Beyond Visibility, Towards Trust and Human Connection
A question has been nagging at me for a week now… and it keeps coming up whenever I talk about trust-based relationships and our approach at Cohere. When I present our work and our model, I’m often asked similar questions: “How sure are you that RLOs will use grants correctly?” “A refugee-led organisation can exist…
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Advocating for us without us (Refugee Voices)
By Jenny Basika and Emmanuel Arika Samuel Refugee-led organisations are struggling for recognition, because when we talk about marginalisation in the sector it’s not always about funding but also trust and recognition. Refugee-led groups are often questioned for their capacity and accountability and a lot of mistrust on their core values and being talked about…
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« De Réfugiée à Voix Active
Parlant de mon histoire, je suis née en République Démocratique du Congo, un pays riche de culture, de beauté mais aussi marqué par des instabilités profondes. Comme beaucoup, j’ai été contrainte de fuir, non pas parce que je le voulais, mais parce que la vie m’y oblige. Me retrouver en Ouganda comme réfugiée, c’était porter…