Context Newsroom: We Can’t Make Aid More Local if we Defund Refugee-led Groups
RLOs are not just service providers – they are a key ingredient in a sustainable global humanitarian architecture.
August 13, 2025
RLOs are not just service providers – they are a key ingredient in a sustainable global humanitarian architecture.
August 13, 2025
Despite billions in aid, Ukrainian NGOs remain sidelined — donors must finally shift power and funding to local responders.
February 11, 2025
As Grand Bargain leaders meet this week, they must double down on their commitment to change the way government, U.N., and international NGO funding gets to local organizations.
October 15, 2024
Localising the humanitarian response in Ukraine would improve the sustainability and reach of the overall response.
November 7, 2023
Direct engagement with refugee communities could help investment in host countries go further.
October 3, 2023
International organizations and host countries cannot fully benefit from the skills and expertise that refugees bring if they do not give them a seat at the table.
May 8, 2023
Despite Russia’s attacks, Ukrainian civil society, volunteer networks and local officials sprang into action launching one of the largest humanitarian responses under fire in modern history.
August 29, 2022
Write to your Members of Congress today and urge them to protect people who have found safety in the United States through humanitarian parole and #LetThemStay.