“Refugees are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, children, with the same hopes and ambitions as us—except that a twist of fate has bound their lives to a global refugee crisis on an unprecedented scale.”

Khaled Hosseini

We raise awareness and funding to support refugee scholarships in Kenya. We focus our support on the students who are most overlooked by existing scholarship programs.

Our 2025 Scholars

  • Sandra Ingabire

     State House Girls-Nairobi 

  • Santino Nguach Lual

    Koinonia Education Centre-Limuru 

  • Magok Daniel Pieng

    St Peters Mumias High School-Mumias 

  • Manyok Angok Garang

    Nyeri High School-Nyeri 

  • Awoi Elizabeth Rukwale  Betty Lotesiro  Chununi Arnu Ngutulu  Sutha Mohamed Abdi  Sahan Abdi Ali  Linda Ajikon  Sadiya Sahane  Khadijo Ahmed Mohamed  Khadijo Ahmed Mohamed  Paul Dor Nyachakuoth 

    Community Health & Development

  • Atem Emmanuel 

    Automotive Engineering

High School Refugee Leadership Program

Are you passionate about helping people, understanding how nonprofits work and building your leadership skills? Are you willing to engage in a deep dive of global refugee issues with like-minded students at your school? Are you interested in the intersection of refugee issues with climate change, politics, education and international legal systems? Are you ready for an immersive experience that will connect you to new people around the world?

If this sounds like you, we hope you will consider this opportunity and apply!

We are currently recruiting high school students for our spring RIS Leadership cohort.

Refugees In Schools partners with community-based organizations around the world. Right now, we partner with Windle International Kenya and the very best technical colleges in Kenya to provide the highest standard of vocational education to our refugee scholars. Windle has staff based in Nairobi, Dadaab, and Kakuma refugee camps. Our current cohort of scholars attend Thika School of Medical and Health Sciences and Daystar University.

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Who is a refugee?

Refugees are people who have fled war, violence, conflict or persecution and have crossed an international border to find safety in another country. (UNHCR)