How do you choose who you support?

Through our networks on the ground, we identify the most vulnerable and underserved communities. These are encampments and areas with no or very limited access to outside advocacy and often families that were already disenfranchised before the genocide began. 

We’ve developed our own assessment framework to identify particularly vulnerable communities and determine their most pressing needs, categorised into shelter, water, food, plumbing/drainage, humanitarian aid, health and protection. We have formed committees made of experts from our team with varied backgrounds (e.g. civil engineering, doctors) who go out to communities, assess their needs and challenges, and develop a plan of action and support. The committees focus on both the immediate needs as well as the long-term solutions to any key challenges they’re facing. Having a neutral, systematic process is important to us as it allows us to work more fairly and equitably. 

Once we’ve identified an encampment or area and what their needs are, we serve that entire community with unconditional aid. We are determined not to create hierarchies or exacerbate tensions by giving to some and not others.