Work and Training
![Jul Yap now has a flourishing coconut crop thanks to training from CAFOD's partner JPIP [Annie Bungeroth]](/var/storage/images/about-cafod/where-we-work/philippines/images/jul-yap-gathering-coconuts/50806-3-eng-GB/jul-yap-gathering-coconuts_1column50_12space_landscape.jpg)
In many countries, only a small proportion of the population is in paid employment, as most people provide for their families through farming or fishing
To make a living, people need skills, equipment, and a market to sell to, and training widens their range of opportunities in careers able to withstand economic downturns.
Jul Yap (pictured) works for our partner JPIP (Josefina Parish Integrated Programme), where he learned new farming methods. He says: “All our coconut trees are now bearing lots of fruit, and the soil is full of earthworms.
"We use totally chemical free farming methods and grow enough to feed my family. Without support I could not do what I’m doing on my farm or help our community as I do.”
 | Market stall quadruples family income Caritas Bangladesh has been working with women in Sobeda market in the Khulna region of Bangladesh to improve their livelihoods and income generation for over three years. |
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Throughout Lent we have asked people to give up something and donate the money they save or they raise to our Give it up! appeal. |
 | “Helping women gives me strength” Founding Avega East, a Rwandan women’s association, helped Odette Kayirere find new meaning to life after the murder of her husband in the 1994 genocide. |
![Yasmin Khan and her two sons outside a CAFOD built shelter after their home was destroyed by Cyclone Sidr [Claire Goudsmit]](/var/storage/images/about-us/where-we-work/bangladesh/images/yasmin-khan-and-sons-/1199214-2-eng-GB/yasmin-khan-and-sons-_0column75_06space_landscape.jpg) | Improving lives and providing relief Caritas Bangladesh is one of the largest and most experienced Caritas members in Asia in both relief and development |
 | Tackling domestic violence in the Philippines Find out how our partner Sabakan is providing healing, counselling and therapy for women and children victims of domestic violence. |
