ABOUT OUR JOURNY

Ubuntu Youth Organization (UYO) is a local Non-Profit refugee-led organization started by a group of refugees and Kenyans in Dagoretti south constituency as a self-help group in Nairobi Kenya. UYO started in February 2016 from the need presented by the harsh living conditions that urban refugees experience in their day-to-day lives. The visionary realized that many young people and single mothers’ refugees and Kenyans aged 15 to 35 years are at risk of living without skills due to a lack of financial support. The term Ubuntu means “I am because we (you) are”, this gives us the confidence to empower others, to give them what we have, that is why our motto is “We are empowered to empower Others.”

Ubuntu Youth Organization (UYO) is a refugee-led initiative that empowers refugees, host youth, and single mothers through handmade skills training, mentorship, entrepreneurship, financial support, and job opportunities. Since 2016, UYO has fostered economic independence, strengthened community ties, and driven sustainable change and showcasing the resilience of refugees and their ability to contribute meaningfully to society.

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to promote self-reliance and economic independence among young people and women single mothers both refugee and host in Nairobi metropolitan through handmade training

Our VISION

Our vision is to create a society where all youth and single mothers have access to a high quality of life.

CORE VALUE

Ubuntu: “we belong to one another"
Kindness: “we give what we have”
Inclusion: “we consider all”

OUR MAIN OBJECTIVES

To have a center that provide consistent training skills, research and educational support opportunities for the transformation of young people into resilience.

To promote and improve the well-being and livelihood of young people and single mothers, marginalized people, communities of refugees and host.

To provide economic support to young people and singles mothers, marginalized people so that they can become independent and start their own businesses.

Success Stories

we have empower both urban refugees and hosts, youths, and single mothers through skills training, mentorship, and job opportunities, driving economic independence and creating lasting community impact.