Refugees United launch partnership with Kenya Red Cross Society
This past Friday, September 16th, Refugees United launched an exciting new partnership with Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS). The partnership, where RU provides the technology and KRCS supports with the local implementation, aims at signing up 33,000 new users via the Refugees United search tool. KRCS will provide their staff on ground across Kenya in order to achieve this target; specifically, 8 KRCS staff and a further 44 volunteers from 22 branches will be trained in the use of the RU mobile-enabled search tool in order to achieve the goal within a 7 month period.
The launch of the partnership was held at the KRCS headquarters in Nairobi with around 100 attending guests, including KRCS staff and local media. Speeches were given by KRCS Secretary General, Abbas Gullet, RU corporate partner Ericsson, and co-founder Christopher Mikkelsen. Also, there was a live demonstration of the RU search tool and registration process as well as a closing Q&A session.
