FRENA Community Based Organization · KENYA

From support to sustainable self-reliance

We work with and empower vulnerable and marginalized communities, including refugees and host communities, with a focus on women, youth and persons with disabilities (PWDs), to build dignified, resilient and self-reliant livelihoods.

Participants at a FRENA stakeholders meeting

ABOUT FRENA

Building resilient refugee and host communities

FRENA Community Based Organization is a community-focused entity that champions, promotes and supports issues affecting youth, women and persons with disabilities (PWDs). Through its work, the organization seeks to strengthen and build resilient refugee communities, enabling them to become drivers of positive social transformation.

FRENA empowers these groups to become self-reliant and live lives of dignity by providing access to adult education and vocational training. Through the FRENA Community Training Centre we offer skills development in Fashion and Design, ICT, Plumbing, Catering, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Language Acquisition, Beadwork, Carpentry, Tiling, Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy.

WHO WE ARE

Vision, Mission & Values

Vision

Achieving an integrated community in which diversity spurs holistic human development.

Mission

To build resilient refugee communities that become a catalyst of social transformation.

Values

To create a forum for conflict resolution, peace building and self-sustainability interventions.

WHAT WE DO

Advocacy · Livelihood · Education

Advocacy

Livelihood

Education

Peace Building

SGBV Response

Child Protection

FRENA COMMUNITY Training Centre

Skills that change lives

We train basic skills to refugees and local target groups with the sole motive of making them self-reliant and able to live a life of dignity. All our trainings are accredited by NITA.

Fashion & Design

ICT

Languages

Catering

Plumbing

Carpentry

Tiling

Hairdressing & Beauty Therapy

OUR TARGET GROUPS

Who We Serve

Youth

Championing, promoting and supporting the talents of the youth from both urban and local refugee communities.

Women

Securing job opportunities with fair wages and preventing exploitation through referrals to other organizations and active employer engagement.

PWDs

Supporting persons with disabilities (PWDs), with the sole motive of helping them become self-reliant and live a life of dignity.

Refugees

Building resilient refugee communities and promoting cohesion between refugees and host communities, peace and reconciliation.

PROUD MOMENTS

Celebrating our graduates

Your support builds self-reliance

Every contribution — money, time or skills — helps a refugee, a young person, a woman or a person with disability learn a skill and stand on their own.

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News & Updates

WORKING TOGETHER

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