Lack of qualifications, language and job skills, lack of confidence, and mental health problems are all factors that contribute to escaped North Korean people becoming trapped in low-paid work, where the possibility of finding fees, or time, to study, to improve their situation, is slim or non-existent.
This means many North Korean people manage to escape a life of oppression in North Korea, only to find themselves achieving far below their potential in life and remaining trapped in a cycle of subsistence.
This innovative programme is specifically designed to empower escaped North Korean people to overcome the barriers they face and transform their lives and futures.
Enabling Freedom supports North Korean people living in the UK to gain the skills and qualifications, and develop the confidence, they need to access careers and types of work that would otherwise be unavailable to them, so they can transform their lives.
The Enabling Freedom programme provides escaped North Korean people with the holistic educational, well-being, and financial support, they need to gain recognised vocational and professional qualifications, work towards their dreams and potential, and choose the lives they want to live.