Rise Together
Description
Rise Together is a refugee-led organization that develops community-based innovations to promote peace, environmental conservation, and self-reliance in Palabek Refugee Settlement. Our key innovation combines clean energy promotion, tree planting, and youth skills training to strengthen climate resilience and livelihoods. Through participatory learning and locally driven models, we empower refugees and host communities to become agents of sustainable change.
Impact
The innovation has improved livelihoods by creating green jobs, promoting clean energy use, and restoring the environment. It strengthens social cohesion between refugees and host communities, enhances self-reliance, and contributes to climate resilience and sustainable development in Palabek Refugee Settlement.
Target Audience
Refugees and host community members, with a focus on youth, women, school and out-of-school learners in Palabek Refugee Settlement.
Industrial Value Chains
Partnerships
Institutional / Organizational (owned or managed by a university, company, NGO, or government agency)
Video
Innovation Details
January 16, 2023
Contact Information
Okot Peterson Barjuok
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