our coalition
The Resourcing Refugee Leadership Initiative (RRLI) is a coalition of six refugee-led organizations working together to resource refugee-led organizations to uplift communities and combat systemic refugee exclusion within refugee response. RRLI’s Coalition organizations provide the grounding for all of the work we do, provide direction for our implementation team’s work, and design and carry out programming such as the Strengthening RLOs Partnership Program.
All Coalition members contribute to achieving our goals and participate in project governance, and we believe that should be reflected in the way we work together and communicate externally. We share ideas, concerns, thoughts and questions freely with each other, rooted in our belief that all members have an important voice in decisions and strive to build consensus.
meet the coalition
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Basmeh & Zeitooneh started as a grassroots organization in 2012 when a group of volunteers in Lebanon – driven by the plight of Syrian refugees – began a small relief operation.
Today, Basmeh & Zeitooneh has grown into one of the largest and most established refugee-led relief organization in the world. Working in four countries, we respond to the acute needs of both the displaced and their host communities.
We help people reclaim dignity and agency over their lives.
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Refugiados Unidos is a Venezuelan refugee-led organization that advocates for the recognition and protection of the rights of displaced communities in Colombia. In addition to legal services, Refugiados Unidos uses a holistic approach by facilitating access to humanitarian aid, community strengthening and psychosocial services.
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Young African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID) is a refugee-led organization providing critical services for thousands of refugees in Uganda. YARID supports 9,000 refugees annually with critical livelihoods, language, education and self-reliance programs that facilitate integration.
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Refugee and Asylum Seekers Information Centre (RAIC) Indonesia is a refugee-led organization founded in 2017 in Indonesia. We aim to ease the burden for those fleeing persecution by responding to immediate humanitarian needs, providing specialized assistance and opportunities, and collaborating with refugee communities to identify and access long-term solutions. As one of the leading organizations engaging with Indonesia’s refugee community, RAIC provides comprehensive and holistic support in the form of legal aid, refugee resettlement, healthcare, psychosocial support and emergency assistance.
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StARS (St Andrew's Refugee Services) is a refugee-led organization providing wraparound services to 85,000 displaced people in Egypt annually with legal aid, psychosocial support, education, medical support, professional development, and community outreach. StARS is unique in providing a holistic approach to achieving the short- and long-term wellbeing of displaced populations in Egypt, regardless of their legal status, age, gender identity, or any other characteristic leading to service exclusion.
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Asylum Access is an international NGO that advocates for the human rights of refugees around the world and acts as a convener for RRLI. In addition to its global support and advocacy team, Asylum Access has three locally-led national organizations in Malaysia, Mexico and Thailand which provide legal aid, community-based support, and policy advocacy on both regional and national levels.
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