Discover how skills development training from World Vision Bangladesh helped Ifty in Sylhet turn mobile servicing skills into a steady income, small business growth, and a pathway to self-employment.

Rouka Douzané turned small savings into a thriving restaurant that now employs 13 people. She provides her community with both income opportunities and a welcoming space to gather. Beyond business, she champions women’s rights by fighting harmful practices like child marriage and gender-based violence. Her vision is to expand Empowered Worldview training to help more families break free from poverty and build lasting change.

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.

This article highlights an initiative by World Vision DRC to empower 25 young mothers in Bukanga Lonzo, Kwango Province, through vocational training and the provision of sewing machines. After two months of dressmaking training delivered by a local youth association, the beneficiaries received complete sewing kits to help them immediately launch income-generating activities. The piece underscores how this support goes beyond material assistance, representing hope, restored dignity, and a pathway to financial independence. Drawing on testimonies from local authorities, trainers, and beneficiaries, the article illustrates the initiative's broader impact on livelihoods, self-employment, and community development, positioning it as a concrete step towards sustainable economic empowerment for vulnerable young women.

In Khulna, Lovely transformed her future through TVET skills training from World Vision Bangladesh. With tailoring skills and determination, she started her own business, rising above poverty and creating stability for her family.

Meet Meliana, a youth leader in Timor-Leste, driving change through World Vision’s Roman Ba Foin Sa’e Project. Discover how she empowers her village and youth.

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World Vision Romania, active 35+ years, supports children via education, protection and development, reaching 4M+ people and impacting 5M+ through policy change.

We cannot build resilient labour markets on foundations weakened in childhood. If children grow up hungry, the transition will falter before it begins.

To respond to the youth employment crisis in the Kolda region of Senegal, World Vision Canada and World Vision Senegal initiated a three-year vocational training program – Skills Training for