Most young people in Guinea-Bissau live on less than $2 a day.
Help them work for a brighter future.
SPONSOR A STUDENT
Each WAVS student invests in their own education by paying a small part of their tuition fee. One Student members (donors like you) help cover the rest by sponsoring a student. As a member, you’ll help equip a young people with life-changing job skills, one student at a time!
You can become a One Student member with a monthly gift of any amount. Many One Student members choose to give $30 per month, which sponsors one student at a time through a four-month job skills course. That means over the course of a year, you’ll help train three students.
When you sponsor a student, you help pay salaries for qualified local instructors and provide students with the training resources they need, including textbooks, tools and equipment.
Every quarter, you will receive an impact report in your inbox with personalized data, including the total number of students you have helped train with your monthly gift!
One Student is a community of people who believe in a world where everyone has the opportunity to work for a brighter future, no matter who they are or where they live. As a member, your monthly gift will help young people in West Africa learn life-changing job skills — one student at a time.
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West African youth equipped with life-changing job skills thanks to the One Student community.
Why Join One Student?
Sponsor a Student & Give Opportunity
More than 3 out of 4 students who graduate from WAVS vocational schools in West Africa have either started working or are continuing to study. Every $10 per month helps train one student each year.
In a nearly-forgotten corner of West Africa called Guinea-Bissau, most people live on less than $2 each day. Yet, the young people who call this country home are ready to work for a brighter future. All they need is the opportunity.
WAVS vocational schools in Guinea-Bissau train more than 200 students each year in courses including welding, computer basics, and foreign languages — equipping them with skills that translate into jobs. More than 75% of recent graduates have either started working or are continuing to study.
These graduates are now able to use their skills to provide for themselves and their families — for a lifetime.
It takes three months for a student to complete a job-skills training course at the WAVS schools. Each student invests in their own education by paying an affordable tuition fee. By sponsoring a student’s education you cover the rest of the costs.
See Your Impact
At the end of each three-month school term, you will receive an impact report with personalized data, including the total number of students that you have personally helped train through your sponsorship.
You’ll also get a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the students and teachers through stories, photos and videos in The Yearbook.
The Yearbook is your behind-the-scenes look at the WAVS Vocational Schools in West Africa. Once every three months, The Yearbook is updated with the latest stories, photos and videos from the last school term. See how your investment in student sponsorship is helping give young West Africans the opportunity to overcome poverty through work. View The Yearbook.
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Be Part of a Community
Come alongside others who are helping create a world where everyone has the opportunity to provide for themselves and their family.
Not Ready to Give Monthly?
Make a one-time donation to give opportunity to a young person in West Africa.