2025-2026 Annual Campaign: "Peace is a Humble Path. Let's Walk it Together."

Walk the humble path toward peace with us.

This year, AVSI-USA aims to support 10 girls with scholarships and access to COWA's Job Center.

"In a region where displacement and youth unemployment often fuel instability, COWA demonstrates that peace is not merely the absence of conflict, but the presence of opportunity. By teaching skills and providing pathways to work, individuals discover their potential, understand their limits, and recognize their interdependence with others. In this way, COWA plants the seeds of a more peaceful future—one skill at a time." Chrispine Wanyahoro

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This year's Annual Campaign theme, “Peace is a Humble Path. Let's Walk it Together,” highlights AVSI's belief that peace is built through small, intentional gestures that honor the dignity of every person. It reflects our commitment to accompanying communities, listening deeply to their needs, and fostering hope through education, dignified work, restoration and mercy, and solidarity in times of emergency.

By taking these humble steps together, we create lasting impact — restoring confidence, nurturing relationships, and sowing the seeds of a more just and compassionate world.

The 2025–2026 Annual Campaign invites us to support projects grounded in this approach, bringing hope to children, youth, women, men, families, and communities every day. Across the world, our partners are putting this vision into practice — creating environments where families and communities can thrive.

Through its holistic approach, COWA teaches each student to be the protagonist of their own and of their community's development. Beyond technical training, teachers nurture self-confidence and initiative, helping youth see their own potential. Whether through employment or entrepreneurship, these young people are lifting themselves and their families out of poverty and building a more stable future. 

Learn more about our Annual Campaign: https://avsi-usa.org/donate-now/2025-2026-annual-campaign-peace-is-a-humble-path-lets-walk-it-together/