BY REFUGEE YOUTH EDUCATION HUB
Rooted in community.
Looking forward.
RYEH is a refugee-led organisation working to expand education, skills, and opportunity for displaced young people and their communities in Kenya.
Nansen Refugee
AwardGLOBAL LAUREATE · ABDULLAHI MIRE
OUR FOUNDER
Abdullahi Mire
Humanitarian. Journalist.
Advocate for refugee education.
Abdullahi Mire founded the Refugee Youth Education Hub to champion educational opportunity for displaced communities. A 2023 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award Global Laureate, he brings lived experience and a commitment to helping young people shape their futures.
Through RYEH, he champions EdTech, creative coding, and digital skills training that connect refugee youth with wider learning and professional possibilities.
Read UNHCR’s founder profile ↗THE NEXT CHAPTER OF RYEH
From access to books.
To digital possibility.
The Digital Innovation Hub builds on RYEH’s commitment to education and self-reliance. It combines online learning, mentorship, and practical skills to help young people participate more fully in the digital economy.
Our focus is holistic: knowledge, confidence, supportive connections, and opportunities to put learning into practice. Young women and girls are central to this work.
Discover the programmeWHAT GUIDES THE HUB
Community leadership
Learning shaped by the ambitions and realities of the communities RYEH serves.
Inclusive opportunity
Practical pathways for young people whose talent is too often separated from access.
Useful learning
Skills that can become a first project, a stronger application, or the beginning of an enterprise.