Our Programmes
Protecting Children, Empowering Communities, Creating Lasting Change.
Working Alongside Communities, Building Stronger Futures
As a refugee-led organization, Children Relief Service (CRS) works alongside refugee and host communities to protect children, empower youth and girls, strengthen food security, and support vulnerable families through community-driven solutions. Together with communities, partners, and local institutions, we create safe, inclusive, and sustainable opportunities where children, youth, and families can thrive.
Our Key Programmes
Our programmes address the diverse needs of children, youth, women, and vulnerable families by promoting protection, education, empowerment, food security, and community resilience.
Child Protection
Creating safe environments where children thrive.
Children participating in a CRS child protection awareness session, learning about their rights, personal safety, and protection from abuse, exploitation, neglect, and violence.
Education
Opening doors through learning.
Students participating in a CRS English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Bridging Programme, building language skills and confidence to access formal education and future opportunities
Feed the Hungry and Food Security
Food security and livelihoods.
Community members participating in a CRS food security and sustainable livelihoods initiative, strengthening household resilience through farming, food production, and income-generating activities.
Girls’ Empowerment
Girls participating in a CRS empowerment programme, gaining vocational skills, mentorship, confidence, and opportunities to build independent and productive futures.
Youth Empowerment
Equips youth with entrepreneurship training, leadership development, and livelihood opportunities to build confidence, promote self-reliance, and create sustainable pathways for a brighter future.
GBV Prevention & Response
Community members participating in a CRS gender-based violence prevention and awareness session, promoting protection, dignity, equality, and safer communities for women, girls, and vulnerable groups.
CHILD SAFEGUARDING
We prioritize the safety, protection, and wellbeing of children, ensuring that all programmes are implemented in safe environments that respect children’s rights, dignity, and best interests.
GENDER EQUALITY & INCLUSION
We promote equal opportunities and meaningful participation for women, men, girls, boys, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups, ensuring everyone can access support and contribute to community development.
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
We actively engage communities in identifying needs, designing solutions, implementing activities, and evaluating results to strengthen local ownership and ensure programmes respond to real community priorities.
CAPACITY BUILDING
We strengthen the knowledge, skills, and leadership capacity of individuals, community groups, volunteers, and local institutions to enable communities to create and sustain positive change.
SUSTAINABILITY
We design programmes that build resilience, encourage self-reliance, and create long-term benefits that continue beyond individual projects or external support.
PARTNERSHIPS & COLLABORATION
We collaborate with communities, government institutions, NGOs, faith-based organizations, and development partners to maximize impact, strengthen coordination, and deliver effective solutions.
Cross-Cutting Themes
These principles guide the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of every programme, ensuring our interventions are inclusive, accountable, sustainable, and responsive to community needs.
Our Approach
Our programmes are community-led, child-centered, and designed to create lasting impact. We work closely with children, youth, families, community leaders, partners, and local institutions to ensure every intervention is inclusive, responsive, and focused on sustainable change.
CHILD SAFEGUARDING
We prioritize the safety, protection, and wellbeing of children, ensuring that all programmes are implemented in safe environments that respect children’s rights, dignity, and best interests.
GENDER EQUALITY & INCLUSION
We promote equal opportunities and meaningful participation for women, men, girls, boys, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups, ensuring everyone can access support and contribute to community development.
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
We actively engage communities in identifying needs, designing solutions, implementing activities, and evaluating results to strengthen local ownership and ensure programmes respond to real community priorities.
CAPACITY BUILDING
We strengthen the knowledge, skills, and leadership capacity of individuals, community groups, volunteers, and local institutions to enable communities to create and sustain positive change.
SUSTAINABILITY
We design programmes that build resilience, encourage self-reliance, and create long-term benefits that continue beyond individual projects or external support.
PARTNERSHIPS & COLLABORATION
We collaborate with communities, government institutions, NGOs, faith-based organizations, and development partners to maximize impact, strengthen coordination, and deliver effective solutions.
Our Impact
Every number represents a life touched, a family supported, and a community strengthened. Together, these achievements reflect CRS’s commitment to creating lasting impact.
| WHAT IT REPRESENTS |
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| Founded on 11 May 2014 CRS began serving vulnerable children and communities in Dzaleka. |
| 3,000+ Children Supported Through child protection, education, awareness, and related activities. |
| 2,000+ Young People Empowered Through skills, leadership, entrepreneurship, education, and other opportunities. |
| 2,200+ Girls and Women Empowered Through skills development, empowerment, protection, and economic opportunities. |
| 1,700+ People Reached Through EFL Through English as a Foreign Language (EFL) programmes, helping learners strengthen their English communication skills and access education, information, and essential services that require English. |
| 150+ Families Supported Through Feed the Hungry activities and food-security-related support. |
| 50 Young People Trained in 2026 35 young women and 15 boys completed a six-month vocational training programme in tailoring, hairdressing, makeup, soap making, and glycerine production. |
| 45 Teen Mothers Supported Receiving free vocational training and guidance to continue learning, build practical skills, and create better opportunities for themselves and their children. |
| 70 Learners Enrolled in the New Vocational Cohort A new group of 70 learners began vocational training in July 2026, with training continuing through December 2026. |
Stories of Impact
Behind every programme is a story of courage, resilience, and transformation. Through our work with children, youth, women, and families, CRS continues to create opportunities that help communities build safer and more hopeful futures.
From Learning Barriers to Educational Success
Empowering Girls to Inspire Change
Save Jonamu’s journey began as a student in CRS vocational training and grew into leadership and mentorship. Today, she gives back as a vocational training mentor, inspiring and supporting girls to develop useful skills through entrepreneurship, become self-reliant, build confidence, and achieve their dreams.
From Support to Self-Reliance and Livelihood
9. Why Our Programmes Matter
Refugee and host communities continue to face significant challenges, including limited access to quality education, child protection concerns, food insecurity, unemployment, gender-based violence, and restricted livelihood opportunities. Through integrated, community-driven programmes, CRS works to address these challenges while empowering individuals and communities to become safer, stronger, and more self-reliant.
Ready to Make a Difference?
Every child deserves protection.
Every young person deserves opportunity.
Every family deserves hope.
Whether you’re looking to partner with us, volunteer, or support our work, your involvement can help create lasting change in the lives of children, youth, women, and vulnerable families.