From apprentice to entrepreneur: a youth-led tailoring startup
Impact storyA YFA mentorship pairing turned a young apprentice into a small business owner who now employs two more youths from her community.
When she joined YFA's Youth Empowerment & Entrepreneurship program, she was one of dozens of young apprentices looking for a path forward. Through mentorship pairing and a micro-grant, she opened her own tailoring shop.
Today, her business employs two other young people from her community — proof that investing in one young entrepreneur can ripple outward.
The mentorship did not just teach me a trade — it gave me the confidence to hire two other young people from my community.