About Refugee Thrive Initiative
A community-based initiative, built in Nairobi, for Nairobi's refugee community.
Our Story
Refugee Thrive Initiative started with a simple problem we saw every day: refugees in Nairobi are resourceful and ready to work, but locked out of opportunity by digital gaps, limited support, and the emotional weight of displacement.
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We built RTI to close that gap, with programs designed by people who understand the journey firsthand, not from a distance.
Mission
To equip refugees in Nairobi with practical digital skills, real economic opportunity, and genuine mental health support, so they can rebuild with dignity and independence.
Vision
A Nairobi where every refugee has the tools, confidence, and community behind them to thrive, not just survive.
Our Values
Community First
We build with our community, not for it.
Dignity in Everything
Every program respects people's time, culture, and privacy.
Practical Over Theoretical
We teach skills people can use the same week they learn them.
Open to Everyone
Our doors are open to women and men, every background, every age.