“Before [YEWA] we did work, but we didn’t have any techniques, we didn’t take any training, we did what we knew…” Many young women and men are unable to access the resources they need to transform their lives. This results in wasted potential, harming both the individual – whose ambitions are left unfulfilled – and […]
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