AMPLIFYING REFUGEE VOICES.
Real stories. From the community. For change.
VORM organizes its work around three strategic hubs: Storytelling | Digital Innovation | Multimedia
Our Impact & Reach
Building sustainable pathways for displaced youth by linking creative expression, technical skills, and community action to drive long-term impact across our core initiatives.
Youth Reached
Strategic Hubs
Active Learners
Core Programmes
Our Strategic Hubs
Organized around three core pillars to drive community empowerment, digital literacy, and authentic refugee storytelling.
Storytelling
We use storytelling, writing and creative expression to amplify refugee and host-community voices, build understanding and inspire social change.
Digital Innovation
We equip young people with digital, technology and AI skills that expand their opportunities and enable them to create solutions for their communities.
Multimedia
We use film, television, photography, audio and digital media to produce content that informs, influences and creates change.
Our work, measured against the SDGs
VORM proudly measures its impact against the Sustainable Development Goals. Five goals guide what we report, who we reach, and how we hold ourselves accountable.
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Good Health and Well-being
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Quality Education
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Decent Work and Economic Growth
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Reduced Inequalities
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Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Empowering Refugee Voices
VORM equips youth with practical digital literacy, creative media skills, and platforms to share authentic stories and build self-reliance.
"By bridging digital access and media production, we enable young people to solve local challenges and shape their own futures."
Our Roadmap
Since 2022, VORM has engaged 5,000+ young people from refugee and host communities through storytelling, digital skills, creative media and community engagement.
Foundation
5,000+ young people reached through VORM programs, storytelling, digital skills and creative media.
Build
Strengthen our 3 strategic hubs, grow VORM TV, develop HAKIKA PLUS — an information integrity model — and strengthen our organizational systems.
Connect
Reach 7,500+ young people and build stronger networks connecting refugee and host-community creators.
Expand
Reach 10,000+ young people and extend VORM's training, storytelling and media work to more refugee communities.
Influence
Use stories, media and community evidence to strengthen refugee participation, information integrity and advocacy.
Lead
Build a sustainable refugee-led media and innovation platform reaching 15,000+ young people, where communities tell their stories, develop solutions and influence change.
Authentic STORIES
Hear directly from our community leaders, youth creators, and partners across the region.
"VORM has completely transformed how our youth express their stories. We've seen a massive surge in digital skills engagement since day one."
"The media training programs alone are worth everything. It's like having a dedicated grassroots storytelling team working 24/7."
"Simple, intuitive, and powerful. The best information integrity and youth media initiative we've collaborated with in years."
Partners and Networks
Collaborating with leading organizations to drive impact, digital innovation, and community resilience.
As Featured In
Explore independent profiles, podcasts, and community stories highlighting VORM’s impact.
VORM TV: Broadcasting the Refugee Experience
Strong institutional validation presenting VORM as a leading refugee-led media initiative bringing authentic community stories to global audiences.
Levis Chidolo: Voice of Refugee Media & The Power of the Camera
Independent media profile showing the story behind VORM, its leadership, and its grassroots work.
Voice of Refugee Media Featured Among 30 Impactful African NGOs
Positions VORM within the wider African NGO ecosystem, demonstrating sustainable community reach.
Refugee Youth in Film Making and Production Workshops
Demonstrates VORM's youth skills-development, hands-on filmmaking, and production training.
Levis Chidolo — Multifaceted Filmmaker & Storyteller
Gives visitors a deeper personal story behind VORM, its founder, and the driving vision.
VORM & Creative Community Storytelling Engagements
Highlights VORM's collaboration with creative writing, culture, and grassroots storytelling initiatives.
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Partner With Us
When you partner with VORM, you invest in the power of community-driven media, skills and innovation to inform, connect and transform lives.
Together, we can amplify voices, create opportunities and build inclusive societies.
