Impact Stories

Through resilience and support of the Wezesha Project, a transformative partnership between the Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK) and the IKEA Foundation, Kaviru overcame divorce, financial hardship, and business collapse to provide for her four children and revive her salon dream.

Dekiru, (not her real name), an Ethiopian refugee, overcomes loss, hardship, and uncertainty to build a thriving business and provide for her children with the help of the Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK). This has been possible through the Wezesha project which is an RCK and IKEA Foundation’s pioneering partnership to create an enabling environment for refugees and host communities in Kenya to achieve social rights and economic self-reliance.

Meet Ms. Aisha, (not her real name) a 28 yrs single Somali refugee mother of three children, (two…

Kawangware is a low-income residential area in Nairobi, Kenya, about 15 km west of the city Centre, between…

It is scotching hot when I wade through the narrow pathways in Kayole. I am determined to get…

Eastleigh ward in Nairobi County is predominantly inhabited by Somali immigrants. It has been described as “Little Mogadishu”,…