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12-Month Apprenticeship

A career is life-changing for young adults living in poverty. By learning marketable skills, they can provide for themselves now and in the future, helping them rise out of poverty.

Your gift covers an entire year of a teen’s apprenticeship in a career field that interests them.

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Learn More About Apprenticeships

What This Gift Provides

For children living in poverty, learning the skills necessary to build successful careers is an impossibility. And unfortunately, this can keep them trapped in poverty.

By gifting an apprenticeship, you’ll provide a teen with the training they need to grow into self-sufficient adults empowered to leave poverty behind.

Hands-On Training

Gift a teen training in areas like baking, electrical engineering, medical assistance and professional photography.

Confidence

Empower a teen to believe in themselves by providing them with job skills they can use to achieve their dreams.

Self-Sufficiency

Help a teen learn the skills to build a career, enabling them to provide for themselves and their families in the future.

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Give a Gift in Someone's Honor

Want to bless a friend or family member by giving a gift in their honor? It’s as easy as 1-2-3.

Choose a gift and enter the donation amount.
Check out and submit your donation.
Send the included greeting card to your loved one.

We have a variety of cards to choose from for all occasions.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Gifts from this catalog do not go directly to your sponsored child. Compassion staff at each church-based center identify children and families with the most pressing needs to ensure that gifts are directed where they are needed most.