ASAP’s Tools for Empowerment program puts trade tools into the hands of vocational school graduates around the world. These eager young women and youth have the education, skills and drive - but the tools they need to put their new skills to work are expensive and out of reach for most young students.  

 

To address this need, volunteers in the Atlanta, GA area come together at Tools for Empowerment to refurbish donated trade tools and equipment. These tools, once destined for landfills, are repurposed to help future auto mechanics, builders, carpenters, electricians, metal fabricators, plumbers, seamstresses, and welders. The refurbished tools are shipped directly to Salesian Missions of Don Bosco schools, where students use them during their training. Upon graduation, successful students receive their own tools, enabling them to start working and earning a living with their new skills.

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Click here to see a video of the Tools for Empowerment Program in action!