About
Salama Africa is a refugee-led nonprofit founded in 2014 inside Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa District, Malawi. It runs programs in education, livelihoods, technology, and the arts, giving refugees practical skills, creative outlets, and pathways to self-reliance. Through its AI Learning Lab, young people get access to laptops, internet, and online learning platforms like Coursera.
Mission. Salama Africa’s mission is to empower refugees at Dzaleka Refugee Camp through education, digital skills, livelihoods, and the arts, so they can build self-reliance and a future beyond displacement. Since 2014, it has pursued this through programs like the Tablet Learning Program for out-of-school children, the Digital Literacy Lab, the AI Learning Lab, vocational tailoring for women and teen mothers, and agricultural entrepreneurship through YEFFA.
Focus areas
- Education
- Gender equality
- Livelihoods and employment
- Agriculture and food systems
- Child protection
- Digital inclusion
- Disability inclusion
Readiness and evidence
1 verified readiness area
Readiness reflects VICO's review of evidence the organisation has supplied. It is not a compatibility score, and evidence documents are not public.