Refugee Youth & Women Begin Medical & First Aid Training Attachments – Cohort 6 – 2025/2026

What does it mean when refugee youth and women are not only given training, but also the space to practice, grow, and lead?

For twenty-six students in Kalobeyei Settlement, Kakuma, it means stepping into a new chapter of empowerment. Through our Medical and First Aid Training Program, these young people—many of them forcibly displaced, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and refugees—have begun a three-month practical attachment with the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS).

This opportunity equips them with lifesaving skills, empowers them with confidence, and prepares them as skilled refugee experts ready to serve their communities. They are gaining hands-on experience in emergency response, infection prevention, patient care, and community health support—turning classroom lessons into real-world humanitarian action.

The impact goes beyond individual growth. By nurturing refugee youth and women as first responders, the program strengthens community resilience, builds local health capacity, and creates pathways for dignity, leadership, and sustainable transformation.

We believe that when refugee youth and women are empowered with practical first aid skills and opportunities, they become leaders, protectors, and agents of change in their own communities.

Together, we are proving that empowerment through training is not just about skills—it is about unlocking resilience, leadership, and the power to transform communities from within.