RET International

  • I Implementer

Description

Since our founding in 2000, RET has worked in more than 34 countries, implementing more than 378 projects, providing critical protection and education programs to build the resilience and self-reliance of program participants and beneficiaries, and enable them to overcome multidimensional adversities.

Through its unique mandate centered on young people, and on women & girls, RET bridges the gaps between humanitarian action and development aid, adding a peace dimension to its interventions.

Our mission is to alleviate suffering and catalyze sustainable development in crises, conflicts, and fragile contexts, by providing a broad diversity of programs to protect and build the resilience of youth, women, and girls. 

Primary Functions

  • Capacity building/Technical assistance
  • Program/Project Implementation

Secondary Functions

  • N/A

Geographic Scope

  • Global / regional

Areas of work Back to Top

Education topics addressed

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning
  • Vocational training

Quality

  • School facilities
  • School quality
  • Teacher training

Skills

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy

Cross-cutting topics addressed

  • COVID-19 Response
  • Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
  • Emergencies and protracted crises
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)

Funders and partners Back to Top

Current girls' education partners

Locations and contact information Back to Top

Website

RET International

Headquarters location(s)

  • Geneva, Gelderland, Switzerland
  • Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • Washington, D.C., , United States of America

Office location(s)

  • Afghanistan
  • Belize
  • Brazil
  • Burundi
  • Chad
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Ecuador
  • Kenya
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mexico
  • Panama
  • Peru
  • Switzerland
  • Türkiye
  • Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Locations of current girls’ education work

Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs

  • Afghanistan
  • Bangladesh
  • Belize
  • Burundi
  • Chad
  • Colombia
  • Congo
  • Costa Rica
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Guinea
  • Kenya
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritania
  • Mexico
  • Pakistan
  • Panama
  • Peru
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Türkiye
  • Uganda
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Projects Back to Top

Not applicable or unknown