WERK is currently hosting and mentoring Youth Education and Sports Program (YES) a refugee led organization based and working in Kakuma refugee camp. The YES project aims to achieve the following 5 outcomes:
Strengthening of the social support system for children and youth to complement school and family.
Strengthening of social-emotional learning skills that contribute to the development of 21st century skills for learning through mentoring and coaching in a structured setting; teacher professional development.
Strengthening of healthy life habits in the challenging circumstances of displacement and promotion of life-long learning habits.
Empowerment of refugee management teams to co-design, co-develop, co-manage and supervise sports programs in fragile contexts (sports management as a livelihood option).
Integration, where possible, of national staff and national coaches (Kenya) and refugees through sports.
