Every dollar funds a story that
would otherwise go untold.
Through our rigorous archiving, active narrative labs, and detailed policy tracking, your contribution ensures these voices shape our shared future.
21 Mothers. 21 Histories.
Help us raise $25,000 from August 18 to September 20.
In Goma, conflict has changed nearly every part of daily life. We are working with 21 single mothers who have chosen to tell their stories in their own words.
Your contribution removes the practical barriers preventing these histories from being preserved. It covers transportation, childcare, translation, and a safe interview space.
What Your Gift Does
Records a Voice
Support the documentation of one detailed, intimate oral history—preserving background, and lived experiences that root a family's history forever.
Trains a Partner
Fund community management workshops that empower local NGOs to conduct proper ethical research and collect data independently.
Shapes a Policy
Subsidize a rigorous country diagnostic to shift FHH policy, funding translation, editing, and distribution to decision-makers.
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With a purely fund-centered structure, regardless of the program you choose to support, you are ensuring the creation, preservation, and impact of these living histories.
Oral History Project
- Fund a deeply intimate report methodology
- Direct oral history documentation
- Archiving & preservation tools
- Safeguarding historical memory
Story to Action Lab
- Turn memory into localized political/legal context
- Develop actionable program modules
- Local evaluation teams on the ground
- Publication of program-specific evaluations
Art of Oral History
- Honor core themes via artist translation
- Create an illustrative history library
- Public media features
- Cross-sector gallery and public space displays
FHH Policy Tracker
- Human rights policy tracking & mapping
- Legal/Political change advocacy
- Global policy comparisons
- Support tracking labs for schools & universities
Webinars & Podcasts
- Broad access dissemination
- Accessible oral history
- Expert commentary and narrative analysis
- Cross-border exchange promotion
- Distance learning boards
Education Programs
- Support curriculum mapping for partner spaces
- Educational integration
- Local evaluation for core educational events
How We Use Funds
The Refugee Archive operates strictly as a lean, registered non-profit where the bulk of the funds go directly toward the actual programs, documentation, and on-the-ground support.
As we grow this critical archive, maintaining strict adherence to minimal overhead guarantees that every dollar entrusted to us works directly for our programs.
Direct Programs
Fieldwork, documentation, training labs, and translation.
Advocacy & Media
Publishing, podcast hosting, web infrastructure, and legal analysis.
Administration
Core organizational maintenance and non-programmatic overhead.
What our donors answer
"Giving to the Archive gives root to preserving a mother's journey. It creates a lasting sense of shared history; moving data to multi-year recording, and narrative action models."
Partnering given tools and action frameworks empowers future generations. Actionable frameworks invite engagement over a one-off touchpoint—bridging relief with actionable systems over time.