About Tsunagu

With our roster of experts, we offer multidisciplinary teams and support to our clients to find an innovative and sustainable solution to complex issues. We work across institutions, sectors and systems so that people living in fragile settings experience greater safety, dignity and opportunity. 

 
Through our collaborations, we build bridges between humanitarian and development actors, the private sector and local organizations to create a more equitable society. Tsunagu also aims to build a more flexible and supportive working environment for aid sector professionals.  

A word about Tsunagu

Tsunagu is a Japanese word which means to link or connect. It also means to connect to the future. The idea is at the heart of our ethos: to bring together wide-ranging expertise to help people recover from crises and improve their quality of life, now and for generations to come.

Our Mission

Our mission is to reduce the risks that women, children and communities face, and on creating a future where they enjoy greater opportunities and freedom. 

Our Vision

An equitable world where diversity is embraced and all people have decision-making power in their lives.

Our Values

Adaptability

We embrace flexibility, and we challenge “business as usual” by bringing together different professional, cultural, and contextual expertise.

Respect and kindness

We consider it a privilege to work with people and organizations that bring different perspectives to our collaborations. We deepen our understanding when we engage with kindness and an open mind.

Human-centred approach

We believe projects should be selected, vetted, developed and implemented with the communities they aim to benefit.

Equality and non-discimination

We strive towards equality and non-discrimination in our daily lives and in our work. This approach is evident both in the way we work within our teams and with our clients and partners.

Cooperation

We creatively facilitate collaboration between diverse actors such as the private sector, the humanitarian / development actors and affected populations to find the best solutions for each situation or community. 

What Tsunagu Offers

Our multidisciplinary and multilingual experts each have a unique combination of knowledge and experience. This means we can provide tailored expertise  to meet the specific needs of each client or partner. We offer a comprehensive and tailor-made support to our clients. 

For the private sector/companies, Tsunagu helps turn human rights commitments into real-world impact by connecting corporate systems with the right expertise, stakeholders, and lived realities, ensuring action is grounded, practical, and responsive to local contexts. 

Our clients are primarily:

  • International humanitarian and development actors
  • Companies that are committed to human rights and want to improve their business practices from a human rights perspective 
  • Companies that are interested in collaborating with or contributing to international humanitarian and development aid  
  • Governments  

Services

What CARE says about Tsunagu

“The team delivered relentlessly, consistently and on time, overseeing a complex inter-agency project from beginning to end. I would recommend the Tsunagu team without any hesitation to every practitioner – your mind will be at peace, no doubt!”

A different kind of workplace

Tsunagu is home to experienced professionals seeking a more flexible and supportive work environment. We care deeply about learning from one another, and creating the conditions for a sustainable career in this sector. Tsunagu  also offers mentorship to professionals beginning their career in the humanitarian and development sectors.

Our associates

Our team comprises more than 85 associates based all around the world. They are from at least 35 different countries and speak more than 30 languages. which allows us to apply a context-specific approach to our services. Our operations are set up for flexible work practices and to support remote as well as field-based projects.

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What our associates say

“It’s the flexibility of independent consulting but with the added rigour that thoughtful, smart, interdisciplinary teamwork affords.”
“Tsunagu has given me the opportunity to learn more about the humanitarian world, and to have mentorships with amazing experts from around the world.”
“At Tsunagu, I feel confident to experiment, knowing that Tsunagu’s team of experts has my back.”