Partner With Us
Let's build something communities can sustain
Kupanda Collective works with foundations, government, researchers, technical partners and refugee-led organisations. Whatever your organisation brings, there is likely a way to work together, and we welcome a conversation even if it does not fit neatly into the pathways below.
Why partner with Kupanda
- A trust-based presence with refugee and host communities, built through structured platforms like Neighborhood Assemblies rather than one-off consultation.
- A model that treats childcare, health, livelihoods and participation as connected, not separate, funding lines.
- A women-led Ugandan organisation working directly alongside government on registration, licensing and systems integration.
Ways to work together
Programme funding
Support Kupanda's core programme areas through multi-year or catalytic funding.
- Foundations
- Development partners
- Donors
Co-design and implementation
Work alongside Kupanda and community platforms, Neighborhood Assemblies and People's Parliaments, to design and deliver programmes together.
- Government
- Refugee-led organisations
- Civil society
Research and costing
Lead or contribute to costing and outcomes research on community-led childcare and livelihoods programming.
- Research institutions
- Policy institutions
Caregiver credentialing
Support partnerships with technical and vocational bodies to deliver nationally recognised caregiver credentials.
- Technical/vocational bodies
- Government
Childcare enterprise financing
Contribute capital, technical design or financial expertise to women-led childcare enterprises.
- Foundations
- Impact investors
- Development partners
Health and nutrition integration
Help extend growth monitoring, nutrition, disability screening and referral pathways through community childcare platforms.
- Health and nutrition organisations
- Government
Policy implementation
Partner on translating Uganda's ECCE Policy into practice for refugee-hosting settlements, including registration, licensing and EMIS integration.
- Government ministries
- Local Government
- Policy institutions
Communications and learning
Help document and share community evidence, stories and implementation lessons with wider audiences.
- Journalists
- Advocates
- Research institutions
In-kind technical support
Offer specialist skills, from enterprise finance to child protection systems, to strengthen programme design and delivery.
- Civil society
- Technical partners
- ECD organisations
What Kupanda brings
Community legitimacy and relationships built over time, a working model for connecting childcare to caregiver livelihoods, and a track record of designing programmes with the communities they serve rather than for them. Partners bring funding, technical expertise, research capacity or government relationships that extend what any one organisation could do alone.