Global South based
Our work starts from the contexts humanitarian decisions affect, bringing proximity, local knowledge and regional perspective into research and strategy.
Evidence that moves humanitarian action forward.
ICHA is a Global South-based humanitarian think tank working with partners to generate trusted evidence, test purposeful innovation and shape policy from local systems to regional and international humanitarian action.
Grounded in the Global South. Connected across humanitarian systems.
We bring research, evidence, innovation and policy expertise into partnership with organisations that need locally grounded insight and practical humanitarian perspective.
Local to international
We connect community and national realities with regional and international evidence, partnerships and policy conversations.
Humanitarian backed
As a strategic asset of Kenya Red Cross Society, ICHA combines research and technical expertise with practical humanitarian experience.
Work together on the questions that matter to humanitarian action.
Bring us a research question, operational challenge, policy priority or opportunity to test a new approach. We shape the collaboration around the outcome you need.
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Co-design research, innovation, learning and policy support around a shared humanitarian challenge.
Evidence you can trust
Combine rigorous research, field insight and responsible data practices to support consequential decisions.
Innovation with purpose
Test technology and new approaches against practical humanitarian needs, not novelty.
Convening power
Bring communities, practitioners, researchers, policymakers and partners into the same conversation.
Regional expertise
Connect grounded knowledge from Kenya and Africa with regional and international humanitarian practice.
Policy influence
Translate evidence into recommendations, dialogue and pathways that can shape policy and operational practice.
Partnership first
Work together from the outset by defining questions, building capability and sharing ownership of results.
Current Opportunity
Current Opportunity
Airbus Foundation STEAM Launchpad: Africa
€10,000 STEAM Seed Grants: Empowering local educators to inspire underserved youth in Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana and South Africa.
Our Partners
Latest from ICHA
Publication · Policy & Advocacy
Policy Brief – Protecting Those Who Protect
Policy brief focused on humanitarian responder safety and the governance frameworks needed to protect those who protect communities.
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White Paper – Towards a National Humanitarian Innovation Framework for Kenya
Download this ICHA white paper from the institutional knowledge archive.
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Research as a Catalyst for Locally-led Humanitarian Action.
The global conversation on localisation has reached a point of broad consensus: humanitarian action is most effective when it is locally led and globally supported. However, the transition from high-level commitment to...
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