Malaysia is not a signatory to a United Nations convention on refugees and migrant rights, therefore refugees often find themselves in a difficult position to sustain themselves daily while waiting for UNHCR to resettle them to a different country. Sometimes, due to the backlog, this may take years before a refugee family is resettled. During this time, there is a need to help them sustain financially and to equip them with skills that will be beneficial to them. Yellow House provides sustainable livelihood interventions for refugees because we strongly believe in opportunities for refugees to be self-sufficient, learn new skills & pursue economic opportunities. These are vital for them to rebuild their lives to become productive members of a community.
Alternate Sustainable Livelihood (ASL) are an entrepreneurial projects where Yellow House helps advise, guide and set up small businesses with micro loans for Afghan refugees based on their skills and expertise such as tailoring, mushroom growing, embroidery, baking and other skills known to the Afghans. The projects under the ASL are: