Tag: refugeeleadership

  • Refugee-Led Innovation in Education

    Refugee-Led Innovation in Education

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    Kasi Joseph Bisimwa
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    How RLOs in Kakuma Are Reimagining Learning In the heart of Turkana County, in Kakuma refugee camp, where survival is shaped by scarcity and resilience, a quiet but radical transformation is underway. It isn’t led by international agencies or headquartered strategies. It’s being shaped by Refugee-Led Organisations (RLOs) that are not waiting for permission to…

  • Bringing refugee leadership from the margins to the centre to advance early years education in crisis contexts 

    Bringing refugee leadership from the margins to the centre to advance early years education in crisis contexts 

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    Ruth Njiri
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    Co-authored by Cohere, Global Schools Forum, Ki4Bli (Kenya) and YIDA (Uganda)  Early childhood is a critical window for shaping lifelong outcomes in learning, health, and wellbeing. Research shows that high-quality, birth- to-five early childhood programs for disadvantaged children, yields a 13% return on investment per child, per annum through better education, economic, health, and social…

  • Why Partnerships Matter: YETA

    Why Partnerships Matter: YETA

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    Emmanuel Arika
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    In the refugee-hosting regions of northern Uganda, Youth Empowerment to Act Peace and Disability Initiative (YETA), based in Imvepi, Terego district, has worked closely with Cohere for many years. Throughout the partnership, they have demonstrated that when local expertise gets effectively resourced, real and sustainable solutions can flourish.  Cohere shares YETA’s belief that the most…