Adverse childhood experiences cause trauma in children. These negative experiences interrupt a child’s ability to develop positive relationships. This trauma causes them to miss critical developmental milestones and creates lasting negative consequences. Youth and adults who have experienced significant childhood trauma are more likely to drop out of school, leaving them unable to achieve their full productive potential.
Low skills perpetuate poverty and inequality and the cycle continues. According to the World Bank, one third of the working age population in low- and middle-income countries lack the basic skills required to get quality jobs.
WWO works within this reality, ensuring that youth, adults and professionals have opportunity to identify gaps and strengthen their intra- and interpersonal capabilities. Our Positive Skills Development programs encourages re-enrollment in school, reducing unemployment, raising incomes, and improving standards of living.
WWO’s Positive Youth Development Program goals include:
Improved socio-emotional skills, including positive youth development and healthy peer relationships
Increased job skills
Increased number of youth and adults re-enrolling in school or becoming gainfully employed
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