RELON Uganda was founded in May 2016 with the aim of strengthening the capacity of refugees to engage and respond to the challenges facing refugees and Refugee Led Organizations (RLOs). RELON Uganda was formed to build capacity of RLOs by sharing of experiences, knowledge, data and opportunities with RLOs, advocate and lobby on behalf of RLOs, contribute to policy making affecting refugees, fundraise and mobilize resources for supporting refugee work in Uganda. The network was started by four organization’s and its membership has grown to over 130 RLOs.