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Africa · Women Empowerment

Skills that become livelihoods

Training women in peanut butter production in Kenya and tailoring skills in South Africa to build sustainable livelihoods and economic independence.

Two women in matching blue shirts measuring and cutting patterned fabric during a tailoring session.

Skills development

Our mission is to empower and uplift men and women across Asia and Africa by providing them with the tools and resources needed to build sustainable futures. We focus on equipping individuals with valuable skills for trades and employment, enabling them to break the cycle of poverty.

By focusing on skill development, we are not just changing lives — we are strengthening communities for generations to come.

Peanut butter production

Training in small-scale food production in Kenya that can be sold locally, turning a learned skill into steady income.

Tailoring and dressmaking

Sewing and dressmaking instruction, including free lessons offered to women and young girls by members of our own board.

Support networks

Women learn alongside one another through local community partners, with mentoring and encouragement built in.

Tailoring training — South Africa

Hands-on sewing instruction and garment-making practice designed to build useful, income-generating skills.

  • Women learning to use an overlock sewing machine during tailoring training in South Africa.
  • A tailoring instructor guiding a woman working at an overlock sewing machine in South Africa.
  • Two tailoring trainees presenting a completed school uniform on a mannequin in South Africa.
  • Two tailoring trainees standing beside a mannequin dressed in a completed school uniform in South Africa.
  • A group of tailoring trainees gathered in their South Africa sewing workspace.

Peanut production training — Kenya

Women in Kenya learning together through practical preparation and small-scale food-production work.

  • Two women sorting peanuts together during practical food-production training in Kenya.
  • Women working together with trays of peanuts during a skills-training session in Kenya.
  • A group of women preparing peanuts together in a small training workspace in Kenya.
  • Women sorting and preparing peanuts by hand during livelihood training in Kenya.
  • Women collaborating around trays of peanuts during practical training in Kenya.
  • Women gathered for hands-on peanut preparation and production training in Kenya.

Related programs

Skills training sits alongside our work on food and education.

Scholarship ProgramFeeding Program

Help a woman start earning

Materials, equipment and training time are what turn a skill into an income.

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