Impact

Not a training programme. An employment engine.

Over 120 million people are displaced, most for more than 20 years, and cut off from dignified, stable work for lack of the investment needed to unlock it.

Resilient People focuses on one role: Sales Development Representatives, the professionals who open doors for B2B companies by booking meetings with decision-makers. We select resilient talent from displaced and host communities across Kenya, train them through a paid apprenticeship, and hire graduates full-time into our outsourced sales teams. Full employment contracts, market-rate salaries, benefits and a career path.

Apprentices and coaches in a morning stand-up at the Turkana hub

62Jobs created, each at least six months full-time

660People impacted through jobs, training and family support

$511K+Paid in salaries and support

7xThe income of informal work

Empower resilient people with compassionate business discipline, to create dignified and impactful work for displaced and host communities in low-income countries.

How it works

A flywheel that funds itself.

Apprenticeship

We recruit resilient talent from the communities we serve and train them in sales, while generating real pipeline for impact-aligned organisations.

Full-time employment

Graduates get a stable, salaried job with benefits and a career path. Not a gig. Not a placement. They join our outsourced sales teams serving responsible companies worldwide.

Reinvestment

Revenue funds the next cohort. Leaders trained in the programme coach the next generation. The more we grow, the more the programme sustains itself.

Graduation day for a Resilient People apprentice cohort in Turkana

The apprenticeship

From application to career.

Selection

The top 2% of applicants are accepted. We select for resilience, communication and drive.

Paid training

A six-month, full-time paid apprenticeship: more than 1,000 hours of training and live work in our own Resilient Academy. B2B fundamentals, buyer profiles and messaging, objection handling, CRM discipline, business English and certification on live accounts.

Real careers

At least 70% of apprentices are hired full time into our own sales teams, working for our clients; the last class 84%. Top performers move into team-lead and leadership positions.

In their words

The people behind the pipeline.

“As a displaced woman, finding opportunities was tough. The apprenticeship gave me the chance to learn professional sales and build a career. Being supported throughout made all the difference, and now I’m excited to grow and create a better future for myself.”

Alice Makeke, SDR, Resilient People

“For years I collected certificates. In refugee settings you attend a training, receive a certificate and go home. This time was different. Resilient People gave me real skills: they trained me, coached me, challenged me and believed in me. Now I understand that selling is about understanding a problem and helping someone solve it.”

Chukulisa, SDR, Resilient People

Meet the team