YAREN participants learning together in a community programme

YAREN programmes

Skills that become opportunity.

Practical learning, livelihoods and community support designed with refugees and vulnerable communities not simply for them.

Our approach

Learn. Earn. Lead.

YAREN connects training to employment, enterprise and stronger communities. Alongside technical skills, participants build confidence, financial understanding, leadership and the support networks needed to keep progressing.

Income generation

Capacity building

Community stability

Learning & community programmes

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Computer Literacy & ICT

Mission: Teach people to use computers, design and build software, and turn digital skills into work.
Vision: A community where no one is left behind because they cannot use a computer, and where refugees build technology, not just use it.

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English Language

Mission: Help refugees speak, read and write English so they can study, work and take part in community life.
Vision: Every learner able to speak for themselves in English.

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Vocational & Life Skills

Mission: Give people hands on skills they can use to earn a living and manage daily life.
Vision: Households that can support themselves through their own work.

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Entrepreneurship, Business & Innovation

Mission: Help people turn an idea or a skill into a small business that brings in steady income.
Vision: Refugee led businesses that create jobs and serve their communities.

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Language Training

Mission: Teach English, French and Kiswahili so people can talk with neighbours, schools, employers and service providers.
Vision: Communities where language is a bridge, not a barrier.

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Youth & Women Leadership

Mission: Build the confidence and skills young people and women need to lead in their homes and communities.
Vision: Young people and women taking part in every decision that affects their lives.

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Psychosocial Support & Peacebuilding

Mission: Offer safe, community led support for mental wellbeing and help neighbours solve conflict peacefully.
Vision: Communities that heal together and live together in peace.

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Community programme

Climate Resilience & WASH

Mission: Bring clean water, good sanitation and hygiene to communities, and prepare them for a changing climate.
Vision: Every household with safe water and a healthy place to live.

Water and Advocacy

Mission: Speak up with communities for safe, clean and affordable water, and make sure leaders hear them.
Vision: Clean water as a right that every refugee can rely on.

Agriculture

Mission: Help families grow enough food to eat well and sell what is left for income.
Vision: Refugee households that feed themselves and their neighbours.

Jenga Jamaa

A three year initiative designed to move whole communities from vulnerability toward lasting Self Reliance by building systems, skills and local ownership.

Skills and jobs
Agriculture and income
Women and youth empowerment
Water safety

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