Orpe Human Rights Advocates (OHRA) advances the Comprehensive Crisis Response Through Integrated Human & Social Support initiative to confront the escalating and interconnected crises facing vulnerable individuals, families, and communities. Rooted in OHRA’s mission to restore human dignity, the initiative delivers a coordinated, rights-based, and trauma-informed response that integrates crisis intervention, legal protection, psychosocial care, health access, and socio-economic stabilization within a single, client-centered service framework.

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Across many contexts, survivors of violence, displacement, poverty, discrimination, and systemic neglect are left to navigate fragmented systems that fail to provide timely, comprehensive support. OHRA’s integrated model addresses these gaps by aligning multidisciplinary professionals through robust case management, strategic partnerships, and continuous monitoring and evaluation. This approach ensures rapid stabilization during crises while supporting sustained recovery, reduced recurrence of harm, and long-term resilience.

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OHRA’s Theory of Change translates global commitments into measurable local impact by operationalizing a human right–based and trauma-informed approach to crisis response. The project advances Sustainable Development Goals 1, 3, 5, 10, and 16, contributing directly to indicators on access to basic services and social protection, mental health and essential health coverage, prevention of gender-based violence, reduction of discrimination, access to justice, and institutional accountability. Through coordinated service delivery, data-informed practice, and institutional collaboration, the initiative strengthens rule of law, enhances access to justice, and reinforces national and community systems-ensuring sustainability and scalability.

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The initiative aligns closely with the priorities of UN agencies, USAID, and the European Union by integrating humanitarian response with development, governance, and resilience outcomes. It supports USAID’s Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance and GBV prevention objectives; advances the EU’s humanitarian-development-peace nexus and social inclusion agenda; and reflects UN mandates on human rights, protection, and sustainable development. For private foundations, the project offers a proven, survivor-centered model that transforms moments of crisis into pathways toward dignity, stability, and self-sufficiency.

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Through this initiative, OHRA delivers measurable improvements in safety, access to rights, health and well-being, and socio-economic stability while catalyzing systems-level change that aligns compassion with accountability and delivers lasting impact for underserved populations.

Edward Tusamba Moises,

President, OHRA 

Communities served by OHRA experience intersecting crises, including human rights violations, domestic and gender-based violence, homelessness, immigration instability, health inequities, and economic insecurity. Existing responses are often fragmented across institutions, resulting in delayed assistance, duplicated efforts, and unmet needs. Survivors frequently navigate complex systems alone, which exacerbates trauma and undermines trust in institutions.

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There is a critical need for an integrated crisis response system that:

• Centers human dignity and rights in all interventions;

• Coordinates legal, social, health, and psychosocial services;

• Provides rapid response during emergencies and sustained support thereafter; and

• Strengthens institutional capacity and community resilience.

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Without such a coordinated approach, crises persist, escalate, and recur-imposing long-term social and economic costs on individuals and communities.

Overall Goal

To restore and protect human dignity by delivering an integrated, coordinated, and sustainable crisis response system that addresses immediate needs while enabling long-term recovery and resilience.

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Specific Objectives:

• Rapid Crisis Intervention: Provide timely, multidisciplinary response to individuals and families experiencing acute crises within 24–72 hours of referral.

• Integrated Case Management: Ensure 100% of enrolled clients receive coordinated legal, psychosocial, health, and social support services through a single case plan.

• Rights Protection and Access: Increase access to legal remedies, documentation, and protections for at-risk populations.

• Stabilization and Recovery: Improve client well-being, safety, and socio-economic stability through tailored recovery pathways.

• Institutional Capacity Building: Strengthen partner agencies’ ability to deliver coordinated, rights-based services.

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