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For over 20 years an organisation called InterAid was the main implementation partner for the most significant refugee response contracts in Kampala Uganda. All public funding allocated towards Education for refugees in Kampala, for example, found its way to InterAid. They were responsible for running education programmes in urban areas such as supporting schools with…

In this issue of our quarterly advocacy blog, we want to briefly unpack some key features of the newly adopted international consensus document, the Pact for the Future, that was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 22-23 September 2024. We also make some observations on its impact on the future of advocacy in relation…

Of the $46 billion given in humanitarian aid, only 1.2% is put in the hands of local actors and far less is put in the hands of leaders from communities affected by forced displacement. (HPG, November 2023) When donors choose to give, be they tax payer funded donor agencies, private philanthropic agencies or individual donors,…

Global crises fuelling the displacement and protracted emergencies for increasingly vast populations around the world is the result, for a large part, of global inequalities and the perpetuation of inter-continental and intergenerational injustices. Reallocation of unjustly concentrated resources and a shift in power in the way we collectively deal with the world’s problems is needed…

We live in a global political order strained by multiple crises and/or drivers of vulnerability. Key among such crises are increased instances of armed conflicts in various parts of the world, which are giving rise to an ever-increasing number of displaced persons. UNHCR’s annual flagship report, Global Trends, presents another disheartening picture on the state…

This World Refugee Week, as we confront staggering statistics and stories of displacement from across the globe, we are challenged to imagine a way forward and to consider how to adequately respond to the unprecedented numbers of displaced people, each one representing devastating individual experiences The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported a…

As the world celebrates Environmental Day today, Paul Nandia, Programme Lead at Cohere, shares his thoughts around climate change and its effects on displacement by recognising the important work that refugee-led organisations are doing to respond. The number of people forcibly displaced from their homes has steadily grown over the past decade, climate change is…

Programme Lead, Micheal Gumisiriza, shares his reflections and learnings from partnering with refugee-led organisations in Uganda. The latest statistics show that Uganda is currently hosting 1.6 million refugees by April, 2024. This is the highest number in any African country. Since 2014, the refugee population has more than quadrupled from 390,000 to what it is today…

The first refugee-led organisation network that Cohere was involved with was called the Refugee Grassroots Network, a small group of refugee-led organisations (RLOs) based in Kampala, which was founded in 2012 and operated until around three years later. The main aim of the group was for RLOs in Kampala to swap notes, share ideas, build…