1.0World Vision Advocacyhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.orgLena Peacockhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/author/lcampbellworldvision-org/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="VKaLCW7UUX"><a href="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2021/09/09/addressing-violence-central-america/youth-workforce-development-project-in-tegucigalpa-2/">Youth Workforce Development project in Tegucigalpa</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2021/09/09/addressing-violence-central-america/youth-workforce-development-project-in-tegucigalpa-2/embed/#?secret=VKaLCW7UUX" width="600" height="338" title="“Youth Workforce Development project in Tegucigalpa” — World Vision Advocacy" data-secret="VKaLCW7UUX" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Youth-jumping-scaled.jpg25601437Participants in World Vision's Youth Workforce Development and World Vision staff line up and jump in front of beautiful graffiti art work on wall outside the World Vision office in Cerro de Plata ADP, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. In Honduras, World Vision’s Youth Workforce Development project is where opportunity begins in capital city, Tegucigalpa. It’s a beautiful city, but unemployment is high, as is underemployment. Criminal activity and gang violence create fear. For some kids in Honduras, gangs offer more than a way to make money. They substitute for family. That’s why projects like this one, the Youth Workforce Development project, are so critical to the young people of Honduras. In 14 locations around the area, this project is preparing more than 200 young people to go into the job market. They learn business skills and develop life plans. On this day, Youth Workforce Development facilitator Aixa Raudales Rodriguez is teaching entrepreneurship in the business world. She asks the students a series of questions: “What characteristics do you have? Are you persistent? Do you set goals? Do you have self-confidence? What are your strengths and weaknesses?” World Vision Honduras has agreements with more than 100 companies in Honduras who will welcome these young people as interns. They enter with dreams and exit with direction.