WHO WE ARE
The Dialogue Center for Resilience and Empowerment (DCRE) is a U.S.-registered nonprofit organization founded in 2025 in Pennsylvania by experienced humanitarian and development professionals. Aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDGs 4, 5, 10, 16, and 17, DCRE advances education, gender equity, and civic leadership to empower girls, women, and youth with the skills, voice, and agency to lead change. We champion inclusive learning and leadership pathways that enable young people, especially girls and young women, to shape a more just, resilient, and inclusive future.
Our Operating Model
We work through a network of local partners, empowering grassroots organizations to lead implementation while providing technical expertise, oversight, and global advocacy. This localized approach ensures cultural relevance and community ownership.
Global Headquarters
Pennsylvania
United States of America
Legal Status
Registered 501(c)(3) Nonprofit
Nonpartisan & Secular
Join Our Team
We are always looking for passionate individuals to join our mission.
Direct Implementation
In high-need emergencies, we deploy rapid response teams to deliver immediate aid.
How We Work
Local Partnership
We provide grants and capacity building to local NGOs to sustain long-term impact.
Advocacy & Policy Influence
We leverage data from the field to influence international humanitarian policy.
OUR TARGET GROUPS
DCRE is dedicated to working with youth, women, and marginalized communities, with a strong focus on those most at risk of exclusion, displacement, and poverty. Our core programs strengthen youth leadership, advance women’s empowerment, build community and individual resilience, and foster unity through cultural engagement, using dialogue and advocacy as cross-cutting approaches to amplify voices, bridge divides, influence inclusive policies, and drive sustainable social change. Our primary audience includes but is limited to.
Orphans and Street-Connected Children
Women-Headed Households.
Women-Headed Households.
Refugees, Returnees, and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
Other Populations of Concern affected by crises, conflict, displacement, and social exclusion.
Diaspora Communities, particularly youth and women engaged in social cohesion, cultural preservation, advocacy, and development initiatives.
DCRE adopts needs-based, gender-responsive, disability-inclusive, and conflict-sensitive approaches to ensure that individuals and communities, especially those often overlooked, have equitable access to services, dignity, voice, and opportunities for meaningful participation and leadership.
OUR APPROACH
Side-by-Side Partnership
We work side by side with communities, partners, and local stakeholders to foster ownership, shared learning, and sustainable, locally led change.
Beyond delivering services, we strengthen institutional systems, build leadership capacity, and embed continuous improvement and accountability.
Our solutions are realistic, flexible, and grounded in local realities, allowing programs to adapt to evolving needs in fragile and dynamic environments.
We design and deliver interventions informed by research, community insights, and lived experience, using learning and reflection to strengthen relevance, accountability, and impact.
