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Women & Youth Empowerment

Young people planning a community project at a Carelink skills session

We equip vulnerable women and young people with skills, financial opportunities and support systems to break cycles of poverty and lead in their communities.

Economic empowerment

Skills, financial opportunities, entrepreneurship support and livelihood interventions that promote self-reliance and economic resilience.

  • Skills acquisition & vocational training
  • Women-led enterprise support
  • Youth entrepreneurship
  • Village Savings & Loan Associations (VSLA)
  • Livelihood strengthening
  • Financial literacy
  • Agricultural livelihood support
  • Market linkage initiatives

Education & adolescent development

Education, life skills, mentorship and safe opportunities that prepare children and adolescents for productive futures.

  • Support for out-of-school children
  • Girls’ education support
  • Adolescent empowerment programmes
  • Mentorship & leadership development
  • Digital and life skills education
  • Safe learning environment advocacy

Selected work

Women’s savings cooperatives

Under LEGASI + Partnerships for Peace, women’s savings groups were formed and organised into cooperatives under the Kaduna State Agricultural Development Agency (KADA).

Livelihood recovery

Through the VSF project, livelihood training and start-up materials for women and youth in conflict-affected communities.

Livelihood support in Zango Kataf

Household items handed over to vulnerable caregivers in Zango Kataf LGA, Kaduna State.

Support women and young people

Skills and savings today become independence tomorrow.