Refugee Strong is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering refugee communities through education and support. Founded by Omar Mohamed, a former Somali refugee, the organization focuses on providing students in refugee camps with essential school supplies, scholarships, and menstrual health kits to ensure consistent school attendance—especially for girls.

Key initiatives include:

• Educational Support: Distributing school supplies and funding scholarships to help students pursue their academic goals.

• Health & Hygiene: Providing menstruation kits to reduce school absenteeism among girls.

• Community Empowerment: Building libraries and educational spaces, such as their third library in the Dadaab refugee camp, to foster learning and community development.

Refugee Strong operates with the belief that education is the most powerful tool for creating a brighter future for displaced youth. The organization is based in Pennsylvania but works globally to uplift refugee voices and opportunities.

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Current Fundraising Projects

​Essentials to Thrive is a fundraiser dedicated to providing clean water and menstrual health supplies to those living in the Dadaab Refugee Camp. Funds raised will be used to purchase water filter kits that protect families from waterborne illness and menstruation kits that support health, dignity, and daily life. These essentials are small tools with life‑changing impact—because everyone deserves the chance to thrive.​​

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Water Filtration Kits

Support Refugee Strong: Help Bring Clean Water to Families in Dadaab.

Every day in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, families wake up facing a reality no one should endure: water that is unsafe to drink. For more than 300,000 people—many of them children—clean water is not a guarantee. It’s a daily struggle. Refugee Strong is launching a campaign to change that, one water filter at a time. A single water filter can protect an entire family from waterborne illness. It means fewer children missing school because of preventable sickness. It means parents no longer forced to choose between thirst and contaminated water.
It means dignity, safety, and hope. For families who have already lost so much, clean water is not just a basic need—it’s a lifeline.

Why your support matters now

• Dadaab continues to receive new arrivals fleeing conflict and drought.

• Existing water sources are overstretched and often unsafe.

• Waterborne diseases remain one of the leading threats to children in the camp.

• A durable, high‑quality water filter costs far less than the medical care required to treat preventable illness.

Your donation directly places water filters into the hands of families who need them most. There is no middle step, no delay—just immediate, life‑changing impact.

What your gift can do

• $20 provides clean water for a child.

• $50 equips an entire household with a long‑lasting filter.

• $100 supports multiple families and strengthens community health.

• Any amount moves us closer to ensuring every family in Dadaab has safe water.

Clean water shouldn’t be a privilege. It shouldn’t depend on where someone was born or what they’ve fled. It is a human right—and together, we can make it a reality.

Donate today. Give the gift of clean water. Give hope.

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