About Us

The Refugee Uplift Network is a refugee-led creative and professional empowerment platform that connects displaced youth from across the world with opportunities to express themselves, earn from their talents, and shape their own narratives. Founded with the belief that every refugee has a story worth telling and a skill worth sharing, the Network builds bridges between refugee creatives and clients in need of authentic, on-the-ground expertise, especially for work centered on migration, displacement, storytelling, research, and media production.

Through curated communities of practice in art, education, research, and skills development, the Refugee Uplift Network fosters collaboration, cultural exchange, and economic empowerment. The platform enables refugee artists to monetize their talents, while helping clients reduce production costs and access first-hand perspectives rooted in lived experience.

The Network also powers Smovee.app, a mobile and web-based podcast and music-sharing platform that celebrates cultural heritage through sounds, stories, and songs. Smovee allows displaced musicians and storytellers to grow their audience, earn income, and build a community of practice that elevates refugee voices globally.

At its core, the Refugee Uplift Network is more than a platform; it’s a movement to reclaim identity, celebrate creativity, and reshape the narrative of displacement from the inside out.