Strong partnership for a strong future

In the remote, mountainous Bajura district in Nepal, the Human Resource Center is working to ensure that children and young people have access to high -quality education and new future opportunities. Schools are equipped with modern teaching materials and a child -friendly learning environment are created so that they learn joy and girls are specifically encouraged. At the same time, the project supports young people in acquiring practical skills and finding new ways to secure business.

In the metropolises Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh, our partners Vacha and Muskaan are strengthened and indigenous and indigenous young people who are often excluded from state support. Young leaders are trained to educate their communities about discrimination and social exclusion and to mobilize hundreds of other young people. Together they help families to get access to social benefits and actively campaign against gender -specific disadvantage - including together in joint sport. This creates strong networks that give young people a voice and new opportunities.

With our partner Rights Beyond Borders, around 950 refugee children and young people from Myanmar are supported who have fled to Thailand before violence and uncertainty. You will receive psychosocial help, protection and are strengthened in your rights to process traumatic experiences and to draw new hope. Young refugees are trained as advocates for children's rights and help to network and support their communities. Through targeted training and workshops, you will learn to actively work for the rights and protection of children.

The Catholic Institute of Education (CIE) supports unemployed young people in disadvantaged districts of the province of Gauteng in acquiring market -oriented skills and finding their way into the world of work. In practical training and with targeted support, young women and men are made fit for starting their career - whether in the formal or informal sector. Young people, particularly entrepreneurial, also receive training in the field of start -ups and are accompanied on their way. 

The Outreach Foundation in Johannesburg and rural regions of South Africa supports disadvantaged and refugee young people - many of them without official status or access to education - through the imparting of adaptable professional skills, promoting entrepreneurship and psychosocial support. Young mothers and migrants in particular receive targeted help to develop new perspectives for themselves and their children. Workshops, mentoring and legal advice encourage you to take your future into your own hands and break through the cycle of poverty and exclusion.

In Livingstone, Zambia, young people transform garbage into a source of income with the "Trash for Cash" initiative: they collect, sort and sell recycling companies on recycling companies. The idea arose through a youth exchange with Germany and has sustainably strengthened awareness of environmental protection in the city. More and more families are taking part, the streets are getting cleaner and the young people secure their own income. The project continues to grow and also inspires other cities, environmental protection and entrepreneurship.

Sambia: Creating an income with environmental protection

In Ayacucho's highlands, Quechua youth learn how to supply their communities with clean water with innovative rainwater storage. Young indigenous women in particular are strengthened to pass on their knowledge of water extraction, sustainable agriculture and entrepreneurship. In this way, you not only improve health and quality of life on site, but are also committed to your environmental rights. The project is a role model for sustainable development and inspires other regions for imitation.

Peru: Resilience against climate change

Cedeca in Brazil is a point of contact for children who grow up in difficult situations. Here you will receive legal advice, psychosocial support and protection against violence. The team is committed to the rights of the children and accompanies them on their way to a safe life. So the children learn that they are not alone.

Our partner Apadim in Córdoba is committed to ensuring that children and young people with and without disabilities become active “environmental citizens”. They learn to defend their right to a clean and healthy environment and are committed together for sustainable changes in their districts, which are shaped by environmental problems. Through workshops, campaigns and political educational work, they are strengthened to reduce barriers and to stand up for more participation and environmental protection. This creates an inclusive movement that fights for environmental justice and social change.