The unemployment rate for young people around the world is growing and yet certain dynamic sectors cannot find a qualified workforce: this is the case, for example, for the energy, public works, transport and automobile sectors. A mismatch between vocational training courses that are too theoretical and the technical skills required by enterprises is one of the main reasons for this.

The Seeds of Hope program was relaunched in Lebanon in 2007, in order to offer good quality training to young people without any qualifications and meet the needs of buoyant sectors. Introduced in the field of electricity, it has been adapted to local demand with other similar themes such as electrical engineering and vehicle maintenance.

14 years after its launch, the Seeds of Hope program has been extended to six other countries: Egypt in 2013,  Morocco in 2014, Ivory Coast and Vietnam in 2016, and more recently Congo-Brazzaville and Liberia in 2020.