Economic Empowerment

Empowering communities with vocational training and livelihood projects to build sustainable businesses and improve lives.

Our Mission

International Needs is dedicated to equipping women with essential skills and resources to start their own businesses and improving livelihoods of families. With your support, we can create lasting change and economic opportunities in communities where they are needed most. Join us in transforming lives through empowerment and education.

Our Projects

Fiji Moms

In Fiji’s informal settlements, many mothers face significant social and economic disadvantages. With low education and skills, they struggle in the job market, impacting their children’s education and prospects.

Find out more about Fiji Moms

Lydia Vocational Training Programme

In rural Nepal, women face social and economic disadvantages. Limited education and vocational skills hinder financial independence, trapping many in cycles of poverty and making it hard to support their families.

Find out more about Lydia Vocational Training Programme

Allahabad Vocational Training Centre

In rural Uttar Pradesh, girls and women face severe inequalities, including low literacy rates, social segregation, and violence, which hinder their opportunities and overall well-being.

Find out more about Allahabad Vocational Training Centre

I am helping women and families thrive through economic empowerment.

Each year, we need to raise over NZD 160,000 to sustain our Economic Empowerment Projects and help families achieve financial independence.

"I am so thankful to the trainer, who through her story as a single mom and the struggle that she went through, really encouraged me."

-Sita, NEPAL

See the impact YOUR support has

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Serikewa’s story of hope

Fiji

Serikewa’s story of hope

Serikewa, once a struggling single mother, received support from International Needs, including counseling and vocational training. Now, she runs a successful clothing business and provides a better life for her children.

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Khusboo’s journey

India

Khusboo’s journey

In rural India, where girls like Khusboo juggle household duties and underpaid work, our Allahabad project transforms lives. Through vocational training, Khusboo now leads at her center, earning a stable income and gaining confidence.

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