ABOUT RET INTERNATIONAL
RET stands for Resilience. Empowerment. Transformation.
Since our founding in 2000, we’ve worked in more than 35 countries and implemented more than 460 projects globally.
We’ve provided critical protection and education programs to over 2.5 million program participants – bridging the gaps and promoting resilience, empowerment, and transforming communities.
We work with groups made vulnerable by violence, armed conflicts, and disasters – from adolescents and youth, and often their young mothers and families, in refugee camps to displaced communities in urban and rural settings.
Our mission is to alleviate suffering and promote sustainable development in crises, conflicts, and fragile contexts.
We are amongst the leading NGOs in most crisis and post-conflict contexts to provide tailor-made solutions and relevant programs to bridge the gaps and respond to the real needs and challenges of the communities.
How do we do that?
First, we provide lifesaving humanitarian assistance during emergencies, in protracted crises, and in fragile environments.
Then, we work to improve resilience by providing program participants the tools to become self-reliant, provide for their families, and become actors of positive social change – spurring economic and social development.
By empowering individuals and communities, we seek to transform them: Creating lasting, positive change, and promoting peace.
OUR CORE VALUES
Our core commitment has always been to provide multi-dimensional solutions: These include formal and non-formal educational initiatives with the goal of building the capacity of youth – girls and boys alike – young women and men to be positive changemakers…
But the education sector does not exist in isolation: Our solutions also include initiatives focused on food security and nutrition, economic empowerment and entrepreneurship, and gender equality, among others.
We consider young people not as beneficiaries but as partners and future leaders of their communities, whose true potential needs to be brought out.
We envision a world in which vulnerable young people overcome multidimensional adversities and are able to rebuild more resilient, empowered, and transformed communities.
RET is also committed to the principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence, which are fundamental when working with refugees, returnees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and host communities.
Learn more about RET’s core values…
TRANSPARENCY
Our channels of communications are always open and transparent. We have clear procedures for decision-making, and we communicate using an evidence-based approach. We understand that we are accountable to our donors, host governments, our program participants, and our staff. We are responsible for the results of our actions.
COMMITMENT
We are committed to showing lasting support to our cause, which transcends self-interest and opportunistic behavior.
ADAPTABILITY
We are a catalyst for positive change. We propose tailor-made solutions to our program participants, adapting and responding to the real needs and challenges of the communities using an evidence-based approach to increase the effectiveness of our interventions.
INNOVATION
We translate ideas into actions swiftly, provide innovative solutions using the latest tools and technologies. We often pilot novel ideas, ramp up, and scale up. We think big, but start small, to test, to incubate, and to see what works best.
MULTICULTURAL
We respect the uniqueness of each individual and value our differences. We recognize everyone beyond the dimensions of race, sex, religious beliefs, political beliefs, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, or other dogmas.
EQUITY
We show fairness, and we have the quality of treating our program participants, partners, and staff equally without favoritism or discrimination.