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Youth Skills & Empowerment Initiative

Our programs are flexible on purpose, and each community helps shape them. What we teach in each place depends on what young people there want to learn and what work is available nearby.

Our programs

  • A smiling young woman with neatly braided hair in Accra, Ghana

    Beauty & Wellness Program

    Training in hair, makeup, barbering and making soap and skin care products. Some participants go on to rent a chair in a salon or sell their own products.

    • Hair & beauty
    • Makeup artistry
    • Barbering
    • Soap and personal care product making

    Join this program: Beauty & Wellness Program

  • A watchmaker in Accra using an eye loupe to repair a watch movement

    Trades & Entrepreneurship Program

    Other practical skills that people will pay for, chosen based on what each community needs, along with the basics of running a business.

    • Other practical and creative skills that can earn an income

    Join this program: Trades & Entrepreneurship Program

We believe potential does not come in one form, and neither should opportunity.

Not sure which program is right for you? Sign up anyway, tell us what you enjoy, and we'll suggest one.