Project
RISE
Resilience through Inclusive Skills and Enterprise
About the project
RISE brings refugees and host-community members into the same training groups and local economy.
Participants learn practical skills such as poultry, farming, carpentry, tailoring, barbering and solar technology. They then receive mentorship, business support, market connections and access to small loans. Where appropriate, BetterLife helps participants who lack conventional collateral by acting as a guarantor.
The economic work also creates room for social cohesion. Refugees and host-community members build relationships as they train, save, trade and solve business problems together. Peacebuilding becomes part of ordinary economic life rather than a separate conversation in a workshop.
Across target groups, 78 per cent of participants moved into sustainable income pathways, 85 per cent reported improved refugee-host relations and food insecurity fell by 40 per cent.
What the project recorded
- 78% Moved into sustainable income pathways Reported across RISE target groups
- 85% Reported improved refugee-host relations Reported across RISE target groups
- 40% Fall in food insecurity Reported across RISE target groups
These figures describe RISE only, for the group named with each one. Fuller reporting is available in our impact reports.
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Support RISE
Back the step after training: start-up tools, small-loan guarantees, business mentoring or a market connection for producers.