I learned how to run a company.
Now I want to stay here and expand my business.

Ousmane, Senegal

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I love my work. It really is a dream come true.
I’m my own boss.

Glory, Nigeria

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I wanted to work in my learned profession again –
ideally as my own boss. .

Vahide, Kosovo

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Germany | Offers for women and girls

“Taking the time to reassure women”

The organisation SOLWODI ("Solidarity with Women in Distress"), a partner of GIZ, advises and accompanies women who have experienced human trafficking, forced prostitution or relationship violence. Read here about the most important questions in counselling.

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Senegal | Psychosocial health and emergency support

Overcoming trauma

War, migration, unemployment: Cynthia has had a lot of problems to cope with. She received psychological counselling at the House of Hope to finally enable her to look forward again.

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Germany Nigeria | Employment and Setting up a business

"Precisely tailored to the person"

Coach Gildas Bagné, who works for Social Impact’s StartHope@Home project, helps returnees develop a business idea and a business plan for a fresh start in their country of origin. He plans each coaching individually to achieve maximum impact.

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Gambia | Vocational training and further education

The goal: entrepreneurial thinking

Participants in a training course organised by the Deutsche Sparkassenstiftung for International Cooperation gained new knowledge and new confidence. Here, four of them tell us how their businesses can take off successfully.

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Ghana | Employment and Setting up a business

Strengthened for the next step

Conversations with potential employers, workshops on important career issues, and above all plenty of encouragement: impressions from the Ghana Job Fair 2021.

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Albania Serbia | Employment and Setting up a business

Virtual job fairs – a format with a future

Getting to know your future employer online – virtual job fairs make it possible. The German Information Centres for Migration, Vocational Training and Career (DIMAK) in Serbia and Albania also use this format. In a joint interview, Marija Brankovic from DIMAK Serbia and Earli Shima from DIMAK Albania talk about their experiences with virtual job fairs and the challenges and opportunities of the concept.

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