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Refugee Can Be Launch Fund

Refugee Can Be
Launch Fund

Help us kick off our impact journey and fund refugee girls' futures
In September 2025, Refugee Can Be will kick off its programming and open its first Safe House for refugee girls in Kampala, Uganda.

We will welcome a first cohort of 30 girls, enroll them in secondary school, and provide them with the safe, supportive, and dignified environment they need to reach graduation over the next six years.
My journey shows that investing resources in refugee girls' programming can disrupt cycles of poverty and lead to safety, education, and empowerment.

It not only changes their lives individually, but also amplifies their collective resilience, solidarity and ambition. With resources at their disposal, refugee girls can do anything.

I hope you will join me on this journey to make their dreams come true".
Chantale
ZUZI
Founder and Executive Director

Launching our pilot model

Refugee Can Be offers a field-tested, refugee-led approach to girls’ education, protection, and empowerment. Our model combines safe housing, trauma-informed support, academic intervention, and global mentorship. We offer a replicable model for serving displaced girls, a committed network of youth tutors and global volunteers, and research-based programming grounded in the lived experiences of refugee communities.

Our pilot model is based on two tracks:
the Success at Home track, that allows refugee girls to access education and support in the refugee camp, and
our New Horizons track, that works to bring the best students into top quality schools in Kampala, offering them a safe house and support system all the way to graduation.
This pilot model is going to be officially launched September 15, 2025. We are prioritizing the launch of our second track, New Horizons. Here's our timeline:
My journey shows that investing resources in refugee girls' programming can disrupt cycles of poverty and lead to safety, education, and empowerment.

It not only changes their lives individually, but also amplifies their collective resilience, solidarity and ambition. With resources at their disposal, refugee girls can do anything.

I hope you will join me on this journey to make their dreams come true".
Chantale
ZUZI
Founder and Executive Director

JUNE - AUGUST 2025

We will secure our Safe House, build our team, and acquire all necessary items for our participants to kick off their school year in September.

SEPT. - DECEMBER 2025

We will host our first cohort of students in our Safe House, providing the extra program activities to help them succeed in school. Team will continue to be trained and monitored.

JANUARY - JUNE 2026

We will continue to adapt and adjust our Safe House model based on girls' feedback. We will also measure academic success and wellbeing to finalize our model for Sept. 2026.

But we can't do this without you!

We are creating our Launch Fund to bring refugee girls champions together around our mission and vision. Our target reflects our programmatic ambition, but also our needs to launch a healthy and efficient organization. We are hoping to raise half a million dollars through this Launch Fund between June and December 2025. This is how we will use these resources in 2025-2026:
As the numbers show, 89% of our Launch Fund will go directly to programs in Uganda. We will use 11% to invest in our institutional capacity, making sure that RCB meets all industry standards and top quality.

We thank you for your interest and support - we truly can't launch this important work without you! Here are the different ways you can support us and contribute to our Fund:

HOW TO GIVE

1

Please send a check to:

Refugee Can Be
2018 N. Dayton St.
Chicago, IL 60614

2

Please make a wire transfer to:

Bank Name: Chase
Account Name: Refugee Can Be, Inc.
Account Number: 921226772
Routing Number: 071000013

3

Please click here to donate through our website:

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