At RAISE, we don’t just initiate our own projects and partnerships. We are also proud to see how our work can help spark meaningful connections between our local partners – helping them find common ground and new opportunities together.
A recent example of this is the emerging partnership between two of our partners in Uganda: Mothers Against Malnutrition and Hunger Organisation (MAMAH) and Ngalo Buwereza Organization (NBO).
Although their approaches differ, both organisations are committed to promoting sustainable livelihoods for home-based workers – both within household economies and across communities. They share a vision of increasing the recognition and visibility of home-based work, and of strengthening the rights of those who contribute through informal, often overlooked, forms of labour.
Since 2020, RAISE has partnered with MAMAH on insect farming in the Kyaka II refugee settlement, where they produce mealworms and black soldier fly larvae to fight hunger and malnutrition – especially among children and mothers.
Most of the people benefiting from MAMAH’s work are home-based workers, who often lack recognition and access to decent working conditions.
This makes a partnership with NBO highly relevant. NBO is a membership-based organisation that builds solidarity and alliances among home-based workers in Uganda – with a strong focus on advocacy, visibility and labour rights.
By working together:
- MAMAH can offer training in insect production and recycling of household waste
- NBO can contribute with a membership base and with awareness-raising, organising, and rights-based education for MAMAH members
🤝 The collaboration has great potential – both in terms of peer learning and joint fundraising. It also shows how locally driven partnerships can strengthen shared expertise and create new opportunities across communities.
At RAISE, we’re proud to support connections like these – and to see how our network helps build new partnerships and stronger movements from the ground up.
