A grassroots organisation, led from within

Hagiga Wahid is a rumour and misinformation management initiative that promotes peace and helps prevent conflict among South Sudanese refugees, host communities in Uganda, and communities in South Sudan. Leveraging mobile technology, the initiative uses a two-way SMS platform that enables people to report, verify, and counter harmful rumours before they escalate into conflict. By addressing misinformation that can fuel ethnic tensions and violence, Hagiga Wahid strengthens social cohesion and promotes peaceful coexistence.

A cross-border Humanitarian–Development–Peace (HDP) Triple Nexus project working to strengthen community resilience, enhance food security, protect natural resources, and foster peaceful coexistence across displacement-affected border communities in Uganda and South Sudan, implemented in partnership with Caritas Switzerland and funded by the Austrian Development Agency.

Empower 360 Youth Thrive equips 6,000 out-of-school young people in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement and surrounding host communities in Uganda with practical skills, vocational training, digital savings groups, and access to financial services. Implemented under the Empowering Youth through Data and Community Development (EYDCD) programme, supported by the Children’s Rights and Violence Prevention Fund (CRVPF) and the Mastercard Foundation, the project promotes youth empowerment, economic inclusion, and sustainable livelihoods. Through training in agribusiness, digital marketing, multimedia, motorcycle mechanics, and other vocational skills, the initiative helps young people strengthen their financial capabilities, access employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, and build more secure futures.

Storytelling as Safeguarding: Protecting South Sudanese Women’s Cultural Heritage in Refugee Settings in Uganda and Kenya is a community-led initiative dedicated to preserving, documenting, and revitalising the living song heritage and oral traditions of elder South Sudanese women in displacement settings.

Led by Likikiri Collective in partnership with the Community Development Centre (CDC) in Uganda and SheLeads Kakuma in Kenya, and supported by the British Council’s Cultural Protection Fund, the project addresses the urgent risk of cultural erasure caused by conflict, displacement, and the loss of knowledge holders.

The project documented approximately 400 traditional songs across the Kakwa, Avokaya, Dinka, and Nuer communities, creating a permanent digital collection preserved at the British Library Sound Archive, local partner offices, and national archives.