Aider Refugee Initiative

✅Improving access to job & study opportunities globally
✅Supporting families reunite
✅Boosting refugee participation

Refugee travel documents are essential for those forced to flee. https://www.unhcr.org/what-we-do/build-better-futures/long-term-solutions/complementary-pathways-admission-third-4

Happy International Workers' Day!
Today we honour every refugee who wakes up and works , formally or informally, recognised or invisible, paid fairly or not at all.

Refugees do not just want jobs. They want the dignity that comes with earning their own way.
Today belongs to them too.

This is what refugee-led community outreach looks like in urban Kampala. No big offices. No expensive consultants. Just people who care about the community showing up where the community actually is. At Aider Refugee Initiative we have been doing this work every single day. And we will keep doing it. But we want to be honest about one thing.

RLOs are on the ground. We have the trust. We have the access. We have the relationships that took years to build. What we do not have is the funding to match the need. As aid cuts continue to impact refugee communities across Uganda the most cost effective and impactful investment any donor can make right now is direct funding to refugee-led organisations.
We do not need to be managed. We do not need to be supervised. We need to be resourced.

To our partners NRC and OPM thank you for this collaboration. To donors and international partners watching this space the door is open. Come work with us directly.

Referrals save lives. Proper reporting protects children. Our team now knows how to do both. Two days of training with AWYAD and they came back stronger. This is what community protection looks like.

Aisha Mohamed Salwe and Afaf Ahmed

When a child is in danger or a woman is being abused the community needs someone who knows how to respond. That is exactly what our team learned this week, this two days training was led by AWYAD.

Sadiya Abdirahman and Aminah Ahmet

Millions of dollars are spent. But where does the impact go?

The answer is simple. Nobody asked the refugees.

When you give refugees a seat at the table , not just a chair, but a real voice , everything changes. They know their needs. They know their communities. They know where the gaps are.

Listen to them. Hear what is in their hearts. Adapt the response accordingly.

That is how you save millions. That is how you create real impact.

At Aider Refugee Initiative, we believe the solution has always been in the room. It just needs to be heard. 🙏🏽

This Women's Day, Aider Refugee Initiative celebrate every woman who turned their pain into power.

You are our hope. You are our strength. You are the best. 🌸

Ismail Sahafi