Refugee Innovation Centre

The award-winning Refugee Innovation Centre in Uganda empowers youth refugees through computer literacy, entrepreneurship, social integration, early learning education and legal support. For this proposal, it also aims to provide practical solutions and learning opportunities to Congolese refugees such as financial literacy lessons to heads of households (mobile money, savings groups, credit, loans) and life skills programmes to the eldest children in households to mitigate their vulnerability. It will also distribute hens, pigs, and goats to the most vulnerable for both income and food security. The project will establish “Financial Consultation Desks” in various locations in Rwamwanja to follow-up and guide the beneficiaries when needed. Through these interventions, the aim is to deal with root problems and equip refugees with better skills and knowledge.