Tanzania Working Group
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The Tanzania Working Group is led by Dignity Kwanza – Community Solutions, a non-profit organization with a mission to serve refugees, marginalized and vulnerable populations in Tanzania. The working group includes esteemed scholars from the University of Dar es Salaam, practitioners from Tanganyika Christian Refugee Services (TCRS), Oxfam in Tanzania, and Relief to Development Society (REDESO).
Key objectives:
- Foster locally driven research on factors affecting refugee protection and solutions.
- Promote effective use of evidence-based research to inform decision making, policies, and practices in refugee protection.
- Combat myths and perceptions around refugees.
- Enhance collaboration among CSOs, Universities and other stakeholders in working together to find solutions to protection challenges.
- Improve CSOs’ capacity to respond and engage in refugee protection locally, regionally, and globally.
- Support emerging scholars who are studying refugee and forced migration issues.
Research Project
60 Years of Hosting Refugees: A Tanzanian Narrative
For six decades, Tanzania has opened its doors to refugees. How has this shaped communities and policies over time, and what lessons can we learn from this legacy today? Announcing the release of the new video series – 60 Years of Hosting Refugees: A Tanzanian Narrative
Hear from key figures including legal experts, former refugees, and policymakers, who have shaped and experienced this legacy firsthand.
Publications
Opportunities and Challenges for Localization of Humanitarian Action in Tanzania
Working Paper 8 Merve Erdilmen, McGill University Witness Ayesiga Sosthenes, University of Dar es Salaam Executive Summary The idea of strengthening local humanitarian actors’ capacities, …
The Increased Vulnerability of the Refugee Population to COVID-19 Within Tanzanian Refugee Camps
By Faith Mario Mjalilla This year’s World Health Day comes at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is sweeping the globe and putting millions of …
Tanzania’s National Legal Framework for Refugees
Working Paper 5 Leonard Chimanda, University of Dar es Salaam Stéfanie Morris, University of Ottawa Executive Summary In the summer of 2019, Leonard Chimanda, a …
DIGNITY Kwanza: Pursuing Social Justice For All
In commemoration of the World Day of Social Justice, LERRN is proud to share the stories of our partners committed to the social justice for …
Durable Solutions and the Humanitarian-Development Nexus: A Literature Review
Working Paper 2 Merve Erdilmen, PhD Student, Department of Political Science, McGill University Executive Summary This paper provides a brief review of the literature on …
Reflections on 50 Years of OAU Refugee Pact
On 2 October 2019, Khoti Kamanga, co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Forced Migration at the University of Dar es Salaam, and Co-Applicant …
Localized Research: Studying Tanzania’s National Legal Framework
By Stéfanie Morris & Leonard Chimanda In the spirit of collaboration which is so central to LERRN, we’re writing this post together. We do this …
Media
Research on Tanzania’s National Legal Framework for Refugees
Team Members
Leads
Members
Khoti Kamanga
- Associate Professor, University of Dar es Salaam
Simon Semetei
- Program Manager, REDESO
Contributors
Deo Mwapinga
- Student Researcher
Faith Mjalilla
- Student Researcher
James Milner
- Project Director, LERRN
Leonard Chimanda
- Student Researcher
Merve Erdilmen
- Student Researcher
Richard Harrison Mseke
- Assistant Program Officer and Research Assistant
Stefanie Morris
- Student Researcher
Witness Sosthenes
- Student Researcher