L’AFRIKANA is a refugee led Community Based Organization registered in Kenya & Canada,commenced in 2013, focused on empowering refugees and local communities. Over the years L’AFRIKANA has carried out an approximate of 25 projects, among them the Accelerated Education Program (AEP) for disadvantaged youth, women, Go-Girl, Youth Alive for skill-building, Talk to talk and Re-Build for resilience and sustainability (livelihoods). L’AFRIKANA boasts itself in the fact that its holistic approach to refugee empowerment puts emphasis on refugees’ active participation in meeting their own needs. Our vision is to see to it that refugees are fully integrated in host communities by using their talents for positive impact and transformation. Our mission comprises supporting communities through education, training, advocacy, and project implementation. From its beginning in 2013, L’AFRIKANA has directly touched lives of more than 6000 people through diverse projects. This includes both refugees and members of host communities. This means that close to 19,000 lives have been impacted indirectly. In total, around 25,000 people have been reached and benefited from the activities conducted by the organization. In a nutshell, 3 core themes are at the center of what we do; namely RLO capacity building, boosting Livelihood and Protection. The all-inclusive approaches L’AFRIKANA employes to connect with beneficiaries of its activities comprise: