About
RELON Uganda was founded in May 2016 with the aim of strengthening the capacity of refugees to engage and respond to the challenges facing refugees and refugee led organizations. The network was started by four organization’s namely Young African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID), Hope of Children and Women Victims of Violence (HOCW), Hope of Refugee in Action (HRA) and Coburwas International Youth
Organization to Transform Africa (CIYOTA)
The RELON Uganda was formed to build capacity of RLOs by sharing of experiences,
knowledge, data and opportunities with Refugee led organizations, advocate and lobby on
behalf of Refugee led organizations, contribute to policy making affecting refugees, fundraise
and mobilize resources for supporting refugee work in Uganda.
Its membership has grown to over 50 RLOs.