The deadline for the #GoodStartChallenge is Sept 17, 2025 1pm UTC As a partner of Challenge Works, we're supporting RLOs and CBOs in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia to engage with this opportunity Learn more and register: bit.ly/3G9Q30P Inquire: [email protected]

🟡 Happening Today: Gathering Point for Congo 📅Tue 9 September | All are welcome! Join us to discuss the ongoing conflict in Eastern Congo. Breakout sessions will focus on GBV and Refugees & Rebuilding. 🔗 Join: tinyurl.com/4suuvyac ♥️Support:tinyurl.com/26fjj42u

Mufambali & Fifi turned their sitting room into a training center—no funding, no paperwork, just purpose. They’ve built livelihoods from the ground up. Maybe the real crisis in aid isn’t money. It’s who gets seen. 📖 Read the full blog by Micheal & Jenny: tinyurl.com/4u263jd2

🟡Cohere warmly invites you to the next Gathering Point for Congo 📅 Tuesday 7th Oct | 1PM UK · 2PM DRC · 3PM EAT Connect with local voices, learn from frontline work, and stand with communities in Eastern Congo. 🔗Join: tinyurl.com/bpxxpyd9 ♥️Support:tinyurl.com/26fjj42u

🚨Urgent discussion on the Eastern Congo Crisis! Join the Cohere team & local responders for a Gathering Point for Congo. Choose your breakout: 1.Gender-Based Violence 2.Refugees & Rebuilding Listen, learn, & support #LocallyLed response. 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/bpxxpyd9

🟡Happening Today: Gathering Point for Congo Tue 7 October 1 PM UK|3 PM EAT |🌍 Welcome! Join us to discuss the ongoing conflict in Eastern Congo. Breakout sessions will focus on GBV and Refugees & Rebuilding. Join: tinyurl.com/bpxxpyd9 Support:tinyurl.com/26fjj42u

🟡Join Cohere’s Gathering Point for Refugee-Led Education 📅Wed 15 Oct | 1PM UK / 3PM EAT 🌍Welcome! Hear from a refugee-led school in Kenya & join vital discussions: 1⃣ Sustainability amid funding cuts. 2⃣ Protecting girls through education Register:tinyurl.com/53r8xxep

HAPPENING TODAY! 🚨 The Gathering Point on Refugee-Led Education. Hear directly from RLO partners on vital solutions for displaced children: sustainability amid funding cuts and Education as Protection for girls. 🕤1pm GMT|3pm EAT 🌎 Welcome! 🔗Register: tinyurl.com/53r8xxep

Ready to maximise your visibility on Reframe? Join Session 1 of the Reframe Training Series! Get a guided walkthrough on optimising your profile for impact. Master creation, compliance, & engagement tips. 📅Thur 23rd Oct | 🕐2PM UK / 4PM EAT Register now: tinyurl.com/mr3ay5av

🟡Join the Gathering Point for Sudan to hear directly from refugee-led organisations on the ground. Break the silence on "the Forgotten War"—a crisis of mass displacement and urgent hunger. 📅 Wed, Oct 29 | 🕑7AM EDT | 1PM SUDAN | 2PM EAT 🔗Register: tinyurl.com/ya7f8h4k pic.x.com/hS4dd2OIaU

🚨HAPPENING TODAY: The Gathering Point for Sudan. Join us to listen, learn from lived realities, & stand in solidarity with Sudanese communities on the frontlines of the world's most urgent humanitarian crisis 7AM EDT | 1PM SUDAN | 2PM EAT Register: tinyurl.com/ya7f8h4k

Already signed up? If not, there’s still time! Session 2 of the Reframe Training Series starts today at 4:00 PM EAT. Learn how to use the platform’s newsfeed to share updates and connect across the community. 🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/3zn65dt2

🟡We warmly invite you to the next Gathering Point for Congo 📅 Tuesday 4th November | 1PM UK · 2PM DRC · 3PM EAT .Connect with local voices, learn from frontline work, and stand with communities in Eastern Congo. Register: tinyurl.com/bpxxpyd9

🟡 Happening Today: Gathering Point for Sudan 📅 Wed 12 Nov |7AM EDT | 1PM SUDAN | 2PM EAT 🌍All welcome Hear updates from El Fasher & voices from the ground. Sudan’s crisis is urgent. Let’s listen, learn, and stand together. 🔗Register: tinyurl.com/ya7f8h4k

Refugee-led schools are keeping learning alive despite funding cuts. How can we ensure their sustainability? Join Cohere’s Gathering Points Wed, Nov 19 | 1PM UK / 4PM EAT to hear leaders like Elinde's Justin Uwingabire and share solutions. 🔗Register: tinyurl.com/53r8xxep

Read the latest blog from our team members, Jenny Basika and Emmanuel Arika , where they share their reflections on the persistent mistrust between donors and RLOs—and how it continues to hinder real progress and transparency in the sector. Read here : tinyurl.com/23u2p9sw

Gathering Point for Sudan: Spotlight on Darfur. 📢 We invite you to join our third session this Wednesday to amplify awareness of the crisis in the highly-affected Darfur region. 📅 Wed, Nov 26 | 🕐 8AM EDT / 3PM SUDAN / 4PM EAT 🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/ya7f8h4k

🟡Join the Gathering Point for Congo:📅 Tues, Dec 2nd | 🕑 2PM UK Urgent DRC Update: Violence tragically erupted in Uvira, interrupting WFP aid & causing casualties. Meanwhile, conflict fuels displacement & horrific GBV risks in Goma/N. Kivu. Register: tinyurl.com/bpxxpyd9

🚨 Read Cohere’s Position Paper on Trust Building & Due Diligence Current systems reward paperwork—not the organisations closest to communities. It’s time to rebuild accountability through human relationships. Read the overview → tinyurl.com/4vapyd2c #LocallyLedAid

🟡 Join today’s Gathering Point for Sudan 📅 Wed 10 Dec | 🕐 8AM EDT | 3PM Sudan | 4PM EAT 🌍 Collective action starts with listening — hear directly from Sudanese communities & refugee-led orgs. 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/ya7f8h4k Support: community.reframe.network/campaigns/suda…