SAROF PROGRAMS TO MEMBER ORGANISATIONS

SAROF provides capacity-building support to its partner organizations in areas such as:

• Organizational development: Governance, strategic planning, project management, financial management, and fundraising.

•  Technical skills: Refugee protection, case management, data analysis, and networking.

• Program implementation: Community-based approaches, integrated service delivery, and crisis response.

• Monitoring, evaluation, and learning: Developing MEL frameworks and using data for decision-making.

• Communication: Public communication, storytelling, and cultural competency.

• Health and well-being: Public health, psychosocial support, and trauma care.

By offering this support, SAROF can strengthen its partners' ability to effectively support and advocate for refugees in Southern Africa.

SAROF plays a key role in resource mobilization for RLOs and CBOs by:

• Providing capacity-building: Training in fundraising, resource mobilization strategies, and proposal writing.

• Facilitating access to donors: Sharing information, organizing networking events, and brokering partnerships.

• Supporting joint fundraising initiatives: Forming consortia, developing joint proposals, and coordinating campaigns.

• Offering technical assistance: Proposal writing, M&E guidance, and donor reporting support.

• Promoting visibility and credibility: Showcasing impact, storytelling, and advocacy.

• Leveraging existing networks: Utilizing SAROF's relationships for partnerships and funding opportunities.

• Advocating for funding: Conducting advocacy campaigns and engaging policymakers.

• Pooling and managing resources: Establishing a pooled fund and facilitating shared services.

• Monitoring funding trends: Conducting research and advising on fund diversification.

By playing these roles, SAROF can help RLOs and CBOs secure the necessary resources to support their programs for refugees and host communities.

SAROF assists refugee-led organisations (RLOs) and community-based organizations (CBOs) in developing and accessing volunteer opportunities in several ways. By helping RLOs and CBOs recruit, manage, and retain volunteers, SAROF can strengthen their capacity to support refugees, asylum seekers, and host communities effectively. Here are some ways SAROF can assist: 

• Recruiting volunteers: Creating networks, organizing campaigns, and promoting opportunities.

• Building capacity: Providing training, developing policies, and building coordination skills.

• Facilitating partnerships: Creating partnerships with volunteer organizations, corporations, and communities.

• Developing volunteer programs: Designing programs, identifying roles, and promoting opportunities.

• Providing resources: Offering toolkits, digital platforms, and training.

• Supporting recognition and retention: Developing programs, providing feedback, and creating a culture of volunteering.

• Providing financial support: Offering micro-grants and mobilizing resources.

• Monitoring and evaluating impact: Developing tools, reporting outcomes, and enhancing credibility.

By assisting in these areas, SAROF can help RLOs and CBOs effectively utilize volunteers to support refugees and host communities.

SAROF enhances collaboration among CBOs by:

• Facilitating networking and      information sharing:     Organizing meetings, creating platforms, and developing a knowledge hub.

• Promoting joint projects: Encouraging collaboration,      facilitating consortia, and coordinating campaigns.

• Providing coordination and      leadership:     Establishing a mechanism, developing standards, and acting as a focal      point.

• Strengthening capacity for      collaboration:     Providing training, enhancing skills, and facilitating peer learning.

• Resource pooling and sharing: Creating a resource pool,      sharing technical resources, and facilitating access to expertise.

• Advocacy and collective voice: Coordinating efforts,      developing joint statements, and engaging with policymakers.

• Monitoring and evaluation: Developing frameworks,      facilitating learning, and reporting on impact.

• Building trust and solidarity: Promoting a culture of trust,      resolving conflicts, and ensuring inclusive participation.

• Facilitating cross-border      collaboration:     Promoting regional cooperation, sharing knowledge, and mobilizing      resources.

By taking on these roles, SAROF can improve the ability of CBOs to work together effectively and support refugees and host communities.

SAROF employ various strategies to strengthen its partner community-based organizations (CBOs) in advocacy efforts. By building the capacity of CBOs to effectively advocate for the rights and needs of refugees, asylum seekers, and host communities, SAROF can amplify their collective voice and impact on policy change. Here are several strategies SAROF may implement: 

• Building capacity: Providing training, developing      toolkits, and facilitating peer learning.

• Supporting evidence-based      advocacy: Conducting      research, providing access to resources, and developing joint reports.

• Promoting collaborative      advocacy: Organizing      campaigns, establishing networks, and facilitating cross-border advocacy.

• Engaging with policymakers: Organizing dialogues, building      relationships, and promoting civic engagement.

• Enhancing communication: Providing media training,      creating partnerships, and leveraging digital platforms.

• Mobilizing public support: Conducting campaigns,      storytelling, and community mobilization.

• Strengthening legal advocacy: Providing training, supporting      litigation, and building partnerships.

• Monitoring and documenting      violations: Providing      training, developing mechanisms, and building reporting systems.

• Providing financial and      technical support:     Offering micro-grants, mobilizing resources, and building partnerships.

• Enhancing MEL: Developing frameworks,      promoting reflective practice, and documenting successes.

By implementing these strategies, SAROF can empower CBOs to become more effective advocates for refugees and drive change.

SAROF makes significant contributions to its member community-based organizations (CBOs) in the area of research. By supporting research efforts, SAROF can help CBOs generate credible data and insights to inform their programs, advocacy, and decision-making. Here are several ways SAROF can contribute to strengthening the research capacities of its member CBOs: 

• Providing training and capacity      building: Offering      workshops, training, and mentorship.

• Facilitating access to      resources: Developing      toolkits, providing access to digital tools, and creating a resource hub.

• Offering technical support: Connecting with experts,      providing mentorship, and offering technical assistance.

• Supporting collaborative      research: Encouraging      joint projects, facilitating collaborations, and promoting cross-border      research.

• Mobilizing resources: Providing grants, identifying      funding opportunities, and facilitating resource sharing.

• Developing partnerships: Building partnerships with      academic institutions and research networks.

• Supporting data collection and      analysis: Providing      tools, developing protocols, and offering workshops.

• Promoting ethical research: Developing guidelines,      training on ethics, and establishing review processes.

• Facilitating knowledge      dissemination:     Organizing events, publishing outputs, and creating platforms for sharing      findings.

• Supporting policy-relevant      research: Encouraging      policy-oriented research, developing policy briefs, and engaging      policymakers.

• Monitoring and evaluating      research impact:     Developing frameworks, promoting reflective learning, and documenting      impact.

• Facilitating data sharing and      collaboration:     Creating a shared data repository, promoting data-sharing agreements, and      using open data platforms.

By contributing in these ways, SAROF can empower CBOs to conduct high-quality research and inform their programs and advocacy.

SAROF offers several education programmes focuses on empowering refugee-led organisations (RLOs) and CBOs, through education, promoting self-sufficiency, integration, and social mobility and this program will be achieved through:

• Advocacy: Advocating for refugee and asylum seekers children to have access to high education.

• Partnership: Create a partnership with institutions of high learning to create accessible scholarship and bursaries for asylum seekers, refugee and forcibly displaced people.  

• Support: Enhance literacy, numeracy, and language skills.

• Social Cohesion programs: Foster cultural exchange, understanding, and social cohesion.

• Sponsorship: Develop economic empowerment to support refugee, asylum seekers and forcibly displaced students in accessing higher education, supporting them financially through our member organisations and SAROF Regional body. 

SAROF offers several types of support to empower its partner community-based organizations (CBOs). Empowerment involves building the capacity, resources, and influence of CBOs to effectively serve their communities, advocate for rights, and achieve sustainable impact. Here’s how SAROF can empower its partner CBOs:

• Providing capacity building and      training: Organizing      workshops, developing skills, and facilitating peer learning.

• Supporting resource      mobilization:     Assisting with fundraising, providing grants, and developing joint      proposals.

• Facilitating networking and      partnership building:     Creating opportunities, promoting collaboration, and establishing a      platform.

• Advocacy and policy influence: Supporting campaigns,      representing CBOs, and developing advocacy tools.

• Organizational development      support: Providing      technical assistance, supporting leadership development, and facilitating      capacity assessments.

• Access to information and      resources: Sharing      knowledge, developing a resource hub, and hosting learning events.

• Support for M&E: Building capacity, providing      tools, and encouraging reflective learning.

• Facilitating access to      volunteer and expertise networks: Connecting CBOs with volunteers and leveraging      expertise networks.

• Enhancing public awareness and      community engagement:     Supporting campaigns, developing outreach programs, and supporting      emergency response.

By offering this support, SAROF can empower CBOs to become more effective and impactful in their work.

SAROF takes the following actions to form a unified platform to advocate for the rights of displaced persons and refugees regarding documentation:

• Facilitating collaboration: Creating a joint platform,      developing a common agenda, and organizing campaigns.

• Strengthening networking and      coordination:     Establishing meetings, creating a digital hub, and encouraging      partnerships.

• Providing capacity building: Offering advocacy training,      resource mobilization training, and technical support.

• Supporting data collection and      evidence-based advocacy:     Conducting research, developing reports, and promoting storytelling.

• Engaging with policymakers and      stakeholders:     Organizing dialogues, building alliances, and engaging in regional      advocacy.

• Promoting public awareness and      education: Launching      campaigns, utilizing media, and developing community education programs.
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By mobilizing CBOs, SAROF can strengthen their collective voice and influence policy change regarding documentation rights for displaced persons and refugees.