The FieldWay Fund partners directly with a small number of refugee-led organisations (RLOs) in Africa and Asia.

We are a small, privately funded donor initiative that works closely with our partners.

Our journey began about five years ago when, through a few coincidences and with no prior humanitarian experience, we started working with an RLO in Uganda. Since then, we have spent a lot of time on the ground to gain a deeper, firsthand view of both the challenges and the strengths within forcibly displaced communities. We are deeply grateful for this first partnership, which opened our eyes to the power of community-led action and refugee self-reliance, rooted in dignity.

We have also spent time in global meetings, inside the humanitarian system. This has given us a clear view of the pressures donors and INGOs are facing, and insight into reforms currently being debated that will shape the future of humanitarian aid.

These experiences have convinced us that genuine localisation is the way forward, supported by a system that offers fair partnerships and diverse forms of finance. While we provide direct funding, we are also interested in approaches that combine flexible funding with refugee-led social enterprises and other impact-based models to build long-term sustainability.

RLOs are part of our DNA, and we continue to support and advocate for refugee leadership within the wider humanitarian system.

From the field. For the field.

How We Work

Each partnership is different. We adapt to the needs, history and context of each RLO. At the same time, a few things are constant in how we work:

• RLOs lead. Our partners set the priorities. They design and run the programmes.

• We keep a small number of long term partnerships so we can build real depth in trust, shared learning and impact.

• We provide flexible funding within agreed priorities.

• Reporting fits the work. Partners decide how to gather, document, and share the results.

• We focus on complementarity: each actor contributing its own strengths in support of community-led change.

• We work through ongoing conversations and shared reflection, and we adapt together as realities shift.