Nairobi runs on digital tools. Job applications go through online portals. Small businesses sell through WhatsApp and Instagram. Freelance work is posted on platforms that assume you already know how to use them. For someone who has never had steady access to a computer, that entire economy can feel like a locked door.
This is one of the quieter barriers refugees face in Nairobi. It rarely gets the same attention as housing or documentation, but it shapes almost everything else. Without basic digital skills, it is harder to find work, harder to run a small business well, and harder to access services that have moved online.
Our Digital Skills Training program exists to close that specific gap. We start from the basics: using a computer and a smartphone with real confidence, not just familiarity. From there, we move into practical territory: navigating the internet safely, using social media and messaging tools for business rather than only socially, and for those who are ready, freelancing basics that can turn a skill into income.
We keep the training hands-on because that is how the skills actually stick. Nobody leaves a session having only watched a demonstration. Everyone leaves having done the thing themselves, on their own device or one of ours, at their own pace.
The goal is not to teach digital skills as an abstract good. It is to open a specific door: the one between where someone is now and the income opportunities that are already out there, just currently out of reach.
If you know someone in Nairobi's refugee community who could use this kind of training, or if you want to support the program directly, reach out through our Contact page.