Roia

In war-torn Syria, unemployment is rising and many skills development programs being implemented focus on traditional skills for the already saturated local market. The result is a skills gap in the labor market, a lack of money being injected into the economic cycle, and extreme poverty for the world’s most vulnerable people. As technology advances, there are more opportunities for outsourced work in in developing countries, however, Syrians are lacking the skills and tools to access this work

Roia creates new pathways for vulnerable Syrian youth, women, and people with disabilities into the Future of Work, and enable them to gain financial independence beyond the war economy to improve their employability by developing their ICT skills and connecting them with remote freelancing opportunities based on the demands in the global market. So far, we have had 339 beneficiaries, 8 partnerships conducted with private sector, and outsourced over 30 IT and AI projects.

By 2020, we have 339 Syrian youth, women, and persons with disabilities in Syrian and Turkey, now we are aiming to sustain the project and scale it up by increasing the number of beneficiaries, and partnerships in the private sector.