RAN Projects

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Community and Regional COVID-19 Outbreak Resilience

This was a rapid-response project implemented in partnership with QED between June-September 2020 with funding from USAID/Uganda. It used a grass-root situational….

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Voices of the Indigenous People of Uganda

This was a four-year LASER-PULSE buyin project implemented from 2019 to 2023. This project sought to document and seek solutions to the historical marginalization and human rights….

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Enhancing Awareness and Response to Disaster Through Community Radio

This project was implemented in 2017-2018 with funding from Humanitarian Leadership Academy. It focused on enhancing disaster awareness, preparedness, and response in….

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Resilience Measurement, Evidence and Learning Community of Practice

This project was funded by the Rockefeller Foundation through the Windward Fund, which established and nurtured a community of practice (CoP) focused on advancing measurement….

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HCD and Co-creation to End Violence Against Women and Girls

This was a UN Women funded project implemented by RAN between 2016 and 2022. Through the project, we equipped communities with human-centered design (HCD) and co-creation….

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Co-creating Community Agency for Self-reliance

This project used a five-step co-creation process in Uganda and Malawi to develop community-led strategies for youth livelihoods, climate resilience, and basic education improvement….

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National ICT Initiatives Support Programme (NIISP)

The NIISP was implemented from 2018 onwards in partnership with Ministry of ICT and National Guidance with funding from the government of Uganda. This program aimed to strengthen….

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UDB I-Growth Acceleration Program

The program targeted small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with high growth potential but facing common scaling bottlenecks including access to finance, business development….

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HCD Workshop for SCSI Learning Event

This was a two-weeks capacity building workshop conducted in 2017 with funding from the Aga Khan Foundation Canada. It delivered intensive human-centered design (HCD) training to….

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Capacity Building for Social Innovation Labs

This was a capacity building project funded by the Rockefeller Foundation through Bridgespan Group, which provided targeted support to RAN’s Eastern Africa Resilience Innovation Lab….

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Strengthening Scaling Ecosystems in Universities

It was a USAID-Centre for Development Research (CDR) funded initiative that aimed to bridge a critical gap between proof-of-concept and sustainable scaling among university-based….

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Scaling Off-grid Energy – Workforce Development Program

This project implemented training programs through two specialized partners: Bopinc (implementing the “Lighting Up the Last Mile” project) and Whitten & Roy Partnership….

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Applied Innovation HESN Activities – CDI

RAN supported two innovators (Akorion and M-Omulimisa) with scaling support through a nine-month innovation acceleration initiative between 2018-2019 with funding from USAID….

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USAID/Uganda Innovation Bazaar

This innovative convening initiative, implemented in 2016 with USAID funding, created a dynamic marketplace connecting Ugandan innovators with USAID’s Feed the Future implementing….

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Africa Regional Education System Resilience Observatory (ARESRO)

The ARESRO project is led by Makerere University School of Public – ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) in collaboration with The Resilience Research Centre at Dalhousie University and….

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DIEM Open Science Research Small grants program

The Data in Emergencies (DIEM) Open Science Research Grant Program Phase I is implemented in partnership with The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) as well as partners from….

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Off-Grid Electric Refrigeration User Centered Research

This was an innovation research project in June 2016 with funding from USAID which explored the user needs and adoption barriers for off-grid electric refrigeration technologies in….

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Anti-Trafficking Research and Programming in West Africa

This was a research initiative implemented between 2018-2021 with funding from the U.S. State Department and implemented in partnership with University of Georgia and University of….

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Multi-Year Emergency Program Impact Evaluation in South Sudan

This USAID funded impact evaluation was implemented through the LASER-PULSE consortium over a period of four-years. The evaluation was conducted by a consortium of the following….

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Evaluation of Somalia’s Accelerated Quality Learning Program

This was a USAID funded four-year (2020-2024) program evaluation funded by USAID through the LASER-PULSE consortium, and it assessed Somalia’s Accelerated Education Program….

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Impact Evaluation of Psychosocial Support in South Sudan

This Impact Evaluation was funded by USAID and implemented through the LASER-PULSE consortium during 2018-2020. The study was implemented by a consortium including Indiana….

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Tusome Case Study

This was a case study of Kenya’s Tusome Early Grade Reading Program implemented in 2018-2020 with funding from USAID through the LASER-PULSE consortium. The study aimed to….

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LASER-PULSE

This was a five-year (2018-2023) program implemented by a consortium led by Purdue University and funded by USAID. The other consortium partners included: Catholic Relief….

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Research and Technical Assistance Center (RTAC)

This six-year partnership (2018-2024) with NORC at the University of Chicago, funded by USAID, was implemented by Makerere University School of Public Health-ResilientAfrica Network….

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Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

This collaborative research project (2018-2019) between Makerere University School of Public Health-ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) and the Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET) and….

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System and Complexity Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning

A collaboration study between Makerere University School of Public Health-ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) and Johns Hopkins University, this was a pioneering effort to apply systems….

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Integrated Climate and Disaster Risk Management

This UNDP-funded project initiated in October 2014 represented an effort to integrate climate change adaptation and disaster risk management in Uganda’s development planning….

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Role of Strategic Religious Engagement in Resilience

This was a research study on the role of religious communities and faith-based organizations in enhancing local development and resilience outcomes in Uganda. It was a one-year research….

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Digital Identity Double-Bottom-Line Impact Study

This three-year study (2018-2022) represented one of the most comprehensive studies assessing the social and economic impacts of digital identification (DID) systems across East….

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Micro-Analysis of Underlying Drivers of Livelihoods Resilience

This was a comprehensive qualitative micro-analysis in Karamoja, Acholi, and Southwestern Uganda identifying latent drivers of vulnerability and resilience to recurrent shocks. The study….

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Scaling Off-grid Energy – Market Assessments

This study conducted market and end-of-life assessments for off-grid solar home systems and batteries in Uganda and Senegal. It was a two-year (2018-2019) study aimed at….

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