YouthCan!

World Youth Skills Day

Equipping young people with the skills to succeed

July 15 2019 - For World Youth Skills Day, which promotes the role of skills as an important way to improve young people’s transition to decent work, we are highlighting the YouthCan! initiative.

Youth employability

Skills development opens new doors

July 12 2019 - Leonie Dindji uses every opportunity she can to gain new skills. Currently studying for a PhD in English with a focus on American literature, she has also founded an NGO and would like to one day teach theatre and feminism.

Youth employability

A talent for carpentry is a gateway to travelling the world

April 15 2019 - Lusanda Bodlisa of South Africa knows his carpentry skills could open doors to different jobs. But, in his case, he might simply build the doors himself.