Solidarity Initiative for Refugees
Solidarity Initiative for Refugees (SIR) is a for impact refugee-led community-based organization
established in 2016 with the goal of using technology to equip refugees and locals in Kakuma
with the skills and tools to create a better future for themselves. The organization empowers
youth in Kakuma through education access and livelihoods trainings using digital learning
methods. The mission of SIR is to support youth (both men and women equally) back to the
path of regaining what insecurity, discrimination, war, and disaster took away from them.
Headquarter Country
Kenya
Geographies served
Kenya
Communities served
Youth Women Internally displaced people or refugees Internally displaced people or refugees
SDGs focus
SDG 1 - No Poverty SDG 17 - Partnerships to achieve the Goal SDG 4 - Quality Education SDG 5 - Gender Equality SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth