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Addressing poverty and marginalisation requires more than isolated efforts. For us, real impact comes from collaboration between people, policymakers, academia, government, civil society organisations and donor agencies who believe in long-term, systemic change.

As a grassroots organisation, we often confront questions that go beyond implementation and are related with policy design, effectiveness, and systemic accountability. These need dialogue and shared inquiry. That’s where our partnerships with academic institutions, research groups, donor organisations, and peer CSOs become vital.

Academia helps decode patterns across interventions, while our field experience grounds policy conversations in real-life complexities. Donor support enables us to experiment, adapt, and scale efforts meaningfully. Together, we make sense of what’s working, what’s missing, and where to go next.

No single actor can decide the course. It takes ongoing dialogue between citizens, researchers, CSOs, bureaucrats, and legislators. This continuous churning is essential to keep public policies dynamic, self-correcting, and rooted in people’s lived realities.