End poverty in all forms, ensuring economic equality globally.
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all ages.
Provide inclusive, equitable education and lifelong learning opportunities universally.
Promote sustainable economic growth, productive employment, and decent work.
Create inclusive, resilient, and sustainable cities for improved urban living.
Promote peaceful societies, access to justice, and accountable institutions globally.
Ubuntu Youth Organization (UYO) is a dynamic, local, refugee-led non-profit initiative, founded by a dedicated group of refugees and Kenyans in February 2016 as a Self-Help Group, born from the harsh realities faced by urban refugees in urban areas. Ubuntu Youth Organization has now officially registered as a Community Based Organization (CBO) in 2023 under the department of social development in Nairobi, Kenya.
UYO is driven by a diverse group of dynamic refugees and Kenyans who firmly believe that united people are the power of creating a better future. We are convinced that displaced individuals possess immense potential to contribute meaningfully to building sustainable and economically empowered communities, not just in Dagoretti but far beyond borders.
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Empowering youth, women, and refugees with skills, entrepreneurship training, and opportunities for sustainable livelihoods.
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Promoting social cohesion, leadership, rights awareness, and peaceful coexistence among diverse communities.
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Advancing community health, environmental stewardship, and climate resilience through education and action.
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Expanding access to education, language, digital skills, and lifelong learning opportunities for vulnerable communities.
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To empower youths and women single mothers refugees and Kenyans to become self-reliant and achieve economic independence through high-quality vocational training, comprehensive socioeconomic support, and integrated community programs.
Supporting learning programs for youth and adults.
Providing essential health and wellness support.
Empowering people with practical skills for jobs.
Strengthening local community development projects.
Community dialogue focused on refugee rights, legal protection, access to services, and social inclusion for urban refugees living in Kenya.
Venue: Nairobi Community Hall
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A practical workshop empowering adolescent girls and young women with sexual and reproductive health rights information and support services.
Venue: Eastleigh Youth Centre
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Capacity-building sessions promoting peaceful coexistence, conflict resolution, and community cohesion among urban refugee communities.
Venue: Umoja Resource Centre
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Bringing together refugee and host-community youth to discuss leadership, advocacy, entrepreneurship, and community engagement.
Venue: Nairobi Innovation Hub
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Urban refugees in Nairobi are not just survivors, they are entrepreneurs, artists, students, and changemakers. While systemic challenges persist, empowerment initiatives prove that with the right support, refugees can rebuild their lives and contribute meaningfully to society. By investing in their potential. We don’t just transform individual lives but we have strengthen entire communities.
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Vocational training’s power lies in its immediacy-skills learned on Monday can earn income by Friday. From Ubuntu Youth Organization’s tailoring graduates launching tailoring boutiques in Kawangware for making and repairing clothes, these programs turn displacement into opportunity through hand-no-hands, market-aligned skills that bypass formal education barriers.
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