Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT) promote and support Holocaust Memorial Day on and around January 27th in the UK.  Ishami works closely with HMDT, participating in events, sharing knowledge and resources and attending the partnership working group.

Waging Peace is an NGO campaigning against human rights abuses in Sudan, where conflict continues even though international attention has moved on to other crises. Ishami have co-organised the London Play to Remember football match with Waging Peace for the last three years (in our previous incarnation as Football for Hope, Peace and Unity).

The Aegis Trust is an international organization working to prevent genocide. Aegis honours the memory of the victims of genocide and enables students, professionals, decision-makers and a wider public to meet survivors and learn from their experiences in the UK and Rwanda. It was with the Aegis Trust that Eric Murangwa Eugene first began giving talks about his experiences of genocide. More recently we’ve collaborated on a project promoting “Sport for Peace Education” in Rwanda.

Protection Approaches defends the rights of peoples around the world who are violently targeted because of their identity. They work with decision makers and shapers to strengthen prediction, prevention and protection approaches to identity-based violence worldwide. Ishami have collaborated with Protection Approaches in taking survivors into schools.

Coaches Across Continents is a global NGO providing year-round process consultancy resources in sport for social impact, mentoring organisations to create sustainable social change. The Ishami Foundation have worked with them since 2014 to develop and train local coaches on how to use football as a tool for social impact.

The Dream Team Football Academy uses the game of football to improve the live of children in Rwanda in the hope it will help them to become self-disciplined, confident and team-oriented. They also encourage exceptionally talented players to pursue football as a career. Eric Murangwa Eugene was one of the founding members of the Academy we continue to work together towards our shared goals.

The Ishami Foundation collaborates with a range of youth football initiatives in Rwanda, led by the community and/or schools. We organise activities and events with: Gihisi Football Centre (Nyanza/South), Future Footballers Academy (Kigali), Rubavu Football Centre (Rubavu/West), Rwamagana Football Centre (Rwamagana/East), Togetherness Football Team and Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village.

African Road is a nonprofit organisation working to lift entire communities out of extreme poverty. They partner with local changemakers through collaborative project development and strategic funding. Ishami has partnered with African Road to deliver Football for Peace matches at the Togetherness Co-operative in Rwanda.

Football4Peace grew out of academic research into the role of sport in resolving conflict at the University of Brighton. Today it is an international programme grounded in “values-based coaching” working in Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Ireland, South Africa and South Korea. The Ishami Foundation and Football4Peace participate in each others events and are developing funding applications to further explore our shared goals.

King’s College London is one of the leading universities in the world, located in the heart of London. Ishami has collaborated with King’s for numerous events that connect academic research with the wider community, including Playing for Peace (2016) and Supporting Survivors (2018).

Oxford University is ranked first in the world by Times Higher Education. Ishami supported Oxford researcher Julia Viebach in the development of the Kwibuka Rwanda exhibition and associated commemoration event at the Pitt Rivers Museum (2018).