We offer training in fashion designs, mushroom growing, urban farming, house painting, carpentry, making briquets, driving, craft making, shoe making, makeup, and baking. This training and the small enterprises are key areas of focus at Bondeko Center. The community is supported in funding their own endeavors through savings and loans groups, which enable members to receive small loans, advice, and support in weekly meetings.

To help refugees break the language barrier and in order to facilitate their local integration, Bondeko Centre has implemented the EFA (English For Adults) class. Once they're able to communicate in English, they can improve their livelihood opportunities and their emotional well-being. We also provide business and ICT courses to assist refugees in establishing and running their own small businesses. Refugee Children and nationals with low income are attending our Early Childhood Development (ECD) class. There is an Art and Painting class too, for refugee youths and nationals.

Bondeko Centre is not only offering emergency shelter to some urban refugees (single mothers and orphans), but over the years, it has become also a valuable community space whereby refugees and nationals can interact. Soccer games are regularly held on the pitch, whereas Art exhibitions, as well as Music, Dance & Drama Festivals, are organized every year.

Bondeko Centre is now an important site of integration for refugees and demonstrates the valuable contribution that refugees can make to neighborhoods in host countries across the globe.

We host international volunteers from around the world who share their skills in a variety of ways, from teaching English and dance to advising Bondeko's enterprises. We believe that volunteering is a two-way street, with learning and teaching coming from both volunteers and Bondeko members. To promote ethical global engagement, we have partnered with the Omprakash, a US-based organization that connects potential volunteers with grassroots organizations in different parts of the world. To learn more about how to volunteer with us, please click below.