The Need and Opportunity for Refugee Led Aggregation Initiatives
Fri, Apr 26, 2024
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 networks, and support small emerging groups as they started out. This was likely one of the first RLO networks in the world. Nowadays, aggregation initiatives led by refugees serve multiple important functions. Momentum has been growing and there are now hundreds of refugee led aggregation initiatives. It is important as a sector that we recognise the diverse functions and purposes of such RLO networks, and ensure that RLO leaders and network secretariats are supported in building these coalitions and in sustaining collaboration, often across international borders. It is also important that we accommodate a broad church of different aggregation initiatives.
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