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  • This school is empowering Almajiris in Katsina  with skills to stop them from begging

    March 24, 2025 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Katsina

    Save Humanity is a mobile vocational school that serves Almijiris, or those on a pilgrimage for Islamic knowledge, as well as other students without adequate access to education. The organization provides tutors that visit area schools twice a week to lead training in mobile phone repairs, leather working, and satellite dish installation so that Almijiris can earn a living, with 134 participants trained in 2024.

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  • ‘Open and accepted': Delta Garage helps youth through motorcycles

    August 04, 2024 |

    The Everett Daily Herald (HeraldNet) |

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    Response Location: United States, Everett, Washington

    The Delta Garage helps high school students from low-income families get introduced to trade education by teaching them how to work on motorcycles. Participants meet every Sunday during the school year to learn the skills and language of mechanical trades, which they can use when applying to future employers.

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  • Help is On the Way: Filling the Gap for Black Teachers

    June 27, 2024 |

    Sapelo Square |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Center for Black Educator Development aims to attract more Black students to teaching careers through courses at career and technical education centers, summer apprenticeship programs for high school and college students, and paid fellowships for participants who go on to pursue education in college. The organization has awarded 55 fellowships since its inception and employs roughly 100 students each summer in its apprenticeship programs.

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  • Faith-Based Initiative Helping Nigerians Beat Unemployment

    May 30, 2024 |

    Religion Unplugged |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The Youths United for God Global Foundation trains youth in various skills and trades, such as cutting hair, farming and working with computers, to help them become better equipped to secure jobs and income. Training sessions run every three months, and so far over 1,000 youths have been directly impacted by the program, many of which have gone on to forge careers and gain a sense of financial security with their newly-learned skills.

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  • This California high school includes sustainability and green jobs in its curriculum

    September 07, 2023 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Porterville, California

    Students in Porterville’s Climate Action Pathways for Schools program participate in paid internships that teach them how to lower their community’s carbon footprint and help prepare them for careers in the green jobs industry. Through student-led energy audits and schoolwide efficiency competitions, the program has helped the district save roughly $850,000 in energy costs over the past several years.

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  • In conservative northern Nigeria, all-female automobile workshop screws gender stereotypes

    June 18, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: United States, Sokoto

    The Nana Female Mechanic Workshop in Sokoto, Nigeria, helps women gain the skills to pursue careers in mechanics and gain economic independence. The all-female workshop only attends to cars owned by women and is intended to combat gender-role stereotypes.

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  • Building the pathway to the middle class

    April 27, 2023 |

    New York Amsterdam News |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Career and Technical Education schools teach teens a mix of academic and technical requirements so they can choose to pursue a career in the trades industry upon graduation.

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  • Edo IDP Camp: Displaced by insurgents, they found refuge thousands of kilometres from home

    March 31, 2023 |

    The Guardian Nigeria News |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Uhogua, Edo

    The Home for the Needy Foundation’s camp offers accommodations and support for people who are displaced in Nigeria due to terrorism. Along with housing, clothes, food, healthcare, and general support, those staying at the camp receive help and encouragement to continue their education, apply for college, or learn a trade.

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  • How a Tucson-based program surrounds college students with support to get jobs with living wages

    December 09, 2022 |

    Arizona Luminaria |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    JobPath provides students at or below the poverty level in Tucson, Arizona, with money, mentorship, and soft skills training to help eliminate the barriers that keep them from finishing school.

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  • New York City's Public School on an Island

    November 28, 2022 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Harbor School, a public high school located on Governors Island, prepares students to work in maritime fields and exposes them to public service careers such as the Coast Guard. They get the opportunity to do hands-on work in the community, including through a project to study the health of New York Harbor and a program that aims to re-establish the harbor's oyster population.

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