World Vision Ghana engaged the Minister for Youth Development and Empowerment to explore collaborative efforts in promoting youth skills, employment, and empowerment nationwide.

World Vision is equipping out of school youths with hands-on vocational skills such as carpentry, tailoring, motor cycle repairing, brick laying and more to help them become self-reliant and break the cycle of poverty.

Vocational Training Skillset a catalyst for economic development

Sighting the example of the Venezuelan refugee influx in Colombia, Isidro highlights the importance of financial inclusion initiatives that ultimately help rebuild the lives of migrant populations as they empower migrants—especially women—with tools to achieve stability, foster belonging, and contribute meaningfully towards their new communities.

Accelerating Action for Eliminating Child Labour and Forced Labour supports legal reforms, empowers leaders, educates communities, and refers child labor victims to strengthen child protection efforts.

From struggling to afford a joining fee to leading a thriving women’s cooperative, Nothando Magagula’s journey with Mahamba Piggery showcases the power of resilience and empowerment through World Vision Eswatini’s Livelihoods Programme.

Charcoal fuels survival in Mozambique, but at a high cost. World Vision helps communities regreen land and protect their future.

Technology training opens doors for girls in Tanzania - World Youth Skills Day

Select and support the most vulnerable youth between 15 and 25 years old with vocational training, on the job training, and relevant life skills to increase access to decent and productive employment opportunities and ensure demand-driven skills and career decisions meet market demands.

In this insightful article, Arnold Mutombo, People & Culture Coordinator at World Vision in the DRC, shares his experience as a rural recruiter. Through five years spent in remote areas of the country, he highlights the major challenges HR professionals face: geographic isolation, insecurity, scarcity of local skills, and cultural constraints. Yet far from dwelling on the hurdles, the author also insists on the positive impact of local recruitment: community integration, empowerment, skills transfer, and socio-economic reinforcement. A compelling case for a more inclusive and strategic recruitment approach that values the often-overlooked potential of rural areas.