Bene-Paulo Vocational Training Center, Burundi

First intake in Burundi — young people who now have a reason to stay and build here.

Chose trades by walking the local market and asking what breaks and who fixes it: electronics repair, tailoring, masonry. Train for the demand that already exists, and graduates find work the week they finish.

Burundi has one of the world's youngest populations and fewest formal jobs. Vocational training turns that pressure into potential — a generation with skills instead of idle hands. First center opens its doors this term.