Refugee Youth Forum aims to enhance the ability and empower refugee youths to be an active voice, well-informed and strategic contributor in the conversations and decisions made about refugees and migration issues at every level. Within the framework of the implementation of the Refugee Youth Forum, SAMYA would like to facilitate a strategic conversation with and for the refugee youths, whereby they would be encouraged to speak up, analyze the status of current issues surrounding their community and their potential to contribute to the nexus of rights-based humanitarian development. We believe the involvement in such programs that enhance participation and empowerment would greatly benefit refugee youths and their community as a whole since youths are the fundamental foundation for a promising future of a community anywhere.

AIM

Mentorfugee program aims to strengthen the competences of young refugees in Uganda and empower them to lead a sustainable and progressive life by helping them access to dignified economic opportunities

OBJECTIVES:

The program intends to achieve the following:

● Foster the social inclusion and employability of young refugees/asylum seekers by offering an innovative and integrated program that aims at fostering their social empowerment and supporting their work integration potential through capacity building, volunteering and mentoring activities.

● Foster the development of social and intercultural competences among young refugees/asylum seekers, thus strengthening the employability bridges for them.

● Enhance leadership, accountability, resiliency, and self-confidence among young refugee/asylum seekers towards taking ownership of their future.