Further education

A participant from FAT in India draws a picture.

Project participants learn to sew in a course from RWDT in India.

Self-determination through further education.

Many of our project partners' initiatives foster new perspectives through practical further education programs in the Global South. These training courses are generally free and open to everyone, regardless of gender, origin, or social status, thereby strengthening the participation of marginalized groups. Whether it's entrepreneurial skills, craftsmanship, or financial literacy, access to education promotes self-determination, creates economic opportunities, and forms a foundation for sustainable change and social justice.

Projects on the Focus Area

Project participant Clement Munyandekwe shapes clay on the potter's wheel.

AIMPO

Ceramic cooperative for the Batwa

Project participants from the organization RWDT in India spin cords from coconut fibers.

RWDT

Self-employment with coconut fiber products.

Seed's Lead Facilitator, Imraan Samuels, and participant, Oscar Adonis, create a vegetable garden from planning to planting.

SEED

Sustainable agriculture creates jobs

Participants of the SEVOTA training courses present products they have manufactured.

SEVOTA

Empowering Youth – Prospects Through Economic Participation

Chemondlay Speelman is a baker; Hazel Samantha Hangaika sells purified water; Waseema Davids is a masseuse and hairdresser. The three are young entrepreneurs who previously received their training from the SOZO Foundation. In the picture, they are participating in a training session by a guest lecturer from the Incubation Hub on the topic of small business loans.

SOZO

An initiative for vocational training and employment for young people in Vrygrond

Project participants from PEaCE in Sri Lanka.

SVS

Creating opportunities through English lessons

Female project participants from an APEDIK cooperative showcase their craftsmanship.

APEDIK

Women in business: Pathways to financial independence

Hermenegilda Soto stands in her milpa between corn cobs.

CEDEP AYLLU

Strengthening rural communities through sustainable agriculture

Participants of the program: "Empowerment of Women from rural Menabe" by CforC in Madagascar.

CforC

Empowering women in rural Menabe.

Portrait of a participant in a project by COROAT in India.

COROAT

Improving the social and economic living conditions of transgender people.

The company Doce Cuarenta visits the project to establish trade relations for the purchase of cocoa.

DERMAC

Sustainable cocoa cultivation in the “El Triunfo” Biosphere Reserve (Chiapas, Mexico)

A participant in a workshop by Dream Factory in South Africa during an exercise.

DREAM FACTORY

Dream Factory Gives Young Women a Future Perspective

A group of participants from a FAT project in India look through a door.

FAT

Overcoming the gender gap through technical training.

A participant from IDECA tends to his sheep in Peru.

IDECA

Hampi Wasi – An Andean pharmacy for health and self-determination

A group of participants from Ko'ox Taani in Mexico.

KO'OX TAANI

Poverty reduction for women and their families in Yucatán, Mexico

MAMPITA

Providing microfinance and health solutions for communities in Madagascar.

Project participants at an introductory workshop by MASIFUNDE in South Africa for prospective entrepreneurs.

MASIFUNDE

MASIFUNDE empowers young women in the kasiConomy Hub.

Anelisa Tyokwana, Project Coordinator for the sewing programme at Nkosinathi.

NKOSINATHI

Sewing for the Equality of Blind Children

Women participate in a workshop by PSYDEH in Mexico.

PSYDEH

Cooperatives in Hidalgo under indigenous women's leadership

Participants sit at their tables in the classroom and work with sewing machines.

OSO

Empowering Girls to Build Businesses for a Better Future

Cooperative members of a cooperative supported by RSF in Rwanda mix chemicals to make soap.

RSF

Strengthening Socio-Economic Resilience in Rwanda: The "I Am Able" Project