What we do

Programmes that turn potential into progress

Each programme answers a need we have seen first-hand in our communities. Together they walk with a young person from a first skill to a first income, and from silence to leadership.

A trainer and smiling trainees holding up trays of doughnuts and roasted peanuts they made

From first skill to first income

Skills for Self-Employment

Hands-on training in pastry, IT, hairdressing and business for young people displaced by the crisis and for single mothers, so they can earn a living on their own terms.

Students learning at a computer with a supervisor at Skye8

Code, confidence and a seat at the table

Girls in Tech

Putting computers, digital skills and role models in front of girls who are too often left out of technology, with partners like Skye8 and Women Techmakers.

Young women listening attentively during a panel discussion

Every girl in school, safe and heard

Girls' Rights & Gender Equality

Advocacy and sensitisation on the rights of the girl child, from menstrual dignity to education, and celebrating the women who are changing their communities.

A mentor speaking to a room of young people

No gatekeeping. Just the blueprint.

Opportunities & Leadership

Linking young people with opportunities at home and abroad: the Winning Global Opportunities webinars and a Career Orientation Tour that takes guidance into high schools.

Women talking and laughing together around a table

A safe space where everyone belongs

Mind & Mend

Wellbeing retreats where young people step away from stress and reconnect, with talks from mental health professionals, support circles, games and creativity.

Partner with a programme

Fund a cohort. Host a training. Mentor a young person.

Organisations, schools and businesses can sponsor a programme, provide a venue or equipment, or lend their people as trainers and mentors.

Ways to partner
Trainees and trainers gathered outside at the first meeting of the skills programme

Give today

Help a young person take the next step

A gift of any size buys ingredients for a baking class, computer time for a girl learning to code, or a seat at a wellbeing retreat. Give by card, MTN Mobile Money or Orange Money.