We train, and empower refugees and vulnerable populations with skills that enable them to become self-reliant. Its main office is in the Central Wakiso District Ndejje Division, Ndejje Ward, Bongole in Kampala, Uganda. Our primary purpose is to help people and refugees of different nationalities. YARENโs mission and vision are defined as follows:
Mission
Creating a better society for high-risk communities. Improve living standards by tackling poverty and unemployment in high-risk communities, increase local capacities, and provide opportunities through self-resilience with better income. Vision
Train, promote and empower high-risk communities with skills that will enable them to become self-resilient. Stimulate entrepreneurship and improve sustainable community practices enhancing livelihood opportunities. YAREN works towards improving the quality of life of most rural communities and refugees, providing a space and a voice for the most marginalized people in the community to exercise their rights. Education: we will offer different levels of training / courses, starting from classes for children (library classes and storytelling, English grammar), and adults (English, computer classes, self-promotion classes, entrepreneurship, and business basics)
2. Health: in this area, we will primarily act for prevention through classes and workshops specially designed for women and teenage girls, and counseling (including mental health and mama kits)
3. Water Hygiene and Sanitation: in this area, we will couple prevention (through classes and workshops) with advocacy (for clean water availability) and offer kits for water filtering / sanitation.
4. Livelihood and women empowerment: women need to be active and get a sense of accomplishment for their mental health and the benefit of their families, so we will support and sustain apprentices in activities such as tailoring, hairdressing, handcrafting (handmade bags for women with different purposes), gardening / farming (including raising animals such as pigs, hens, turkeys, ducks, goats, and sheep). The production offered by tailoring and handcrafting will be taken to the next level, so those products will be exported to Western countries, which will provide self-funding for YAREN and income for the crafters.
5. Humanitarian aid and emergency response: as it often happens, we receive massive numbers of people to be helped right away or we must face emergencies due to epidemic events (see COVID-19). In all those cases, YAREN will be present to help at its best effort.
