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Youth Development

Illustrative image of Taiwanese young people sharing a high-five during a peer-learning activity

Youth Development

Skills, Confidence, and a Future They Can Shape.

From junior high through college, MSM combines self-exploration, practical skills, mentorship, and real-world learning so young people can make informed choices about what comes next.

Explore the Pathway See 2025 Impact

Junior high to college

A pathway that grows with them

Learning progresses from self-discovery to job readiness and adult-life skills.

122

Sessions held in 2025

Practical learning delivered through MSM's youth empowerment courses.

51

Young people employed in 2025

A verified outcome reported in MSM's 2025 Annual Report.

Why Youth Development Matters

Talent Is Everywhere. Access to Guidance Is Not.

Young people are expected to make consequential choices about study, work, and adulthood before many have had a fair chance to explore their strengths or see what different careers actually involve.

For youth from families with fewer financial and social resources, limited access to career guidance, professional networks, and safe opportunities to practice can turn an already difficult transition into a much steeper climb.

11.39%

Taiwan's unemployment rate for young people ages 15–24 in 2023.

That was 3.27 times the overall rate.

Source: Taiwan Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Manpower Survey, 2023.

How MSM Helps

A Pathway That Grows With Each Young Person

This is not a single workshop. The learning focus changes as young people move from early self-exploration toward work, relationships, and independent decision-making.

Illustration of a youth development pathway from self-exploration to practical skills and collaborative project leadership

01 · JUNIOR HIGH

Discover Strengths and Interests

Guided activities help young people identify personal values, abilities, and possible directions without forcing an early answer.

02 · SENIOR HIGH / VOCATIONAL

Practice What Comes Next

Resume writing, mock interviews, workplace visits, and hands-on skill courses make career options concrete and testable.

03 · COLLEGE

Navigate Adult Life With Confidence

Communication, teamwork, financial literacy, and decision-making courses support the transition into adult responsibilities.

Real-world learning: In one six-week e-commerce course, young people explored product research, storefront design, photography, online selling, and logistics with working entrepreneurs who also shared the mistakes and setbacks behind their own experience.

2025 Impact

Practical Support, Measured Across the Year

Figures below are drawn from MSM's 2025 Annual Report.

838

Employment counseling instances

51

Young people successfully employed

1,863

Course participation instances

122

Youth empowerment sessions held

Ning, seated in the foreground, working on a laptop during an e-commerce course while an instructor offers guidance

Ning works on an e-commerce assignment during the six-week course.

Ning's Story

Ning Found a Way Back Into the Conversation

At 14, Ning had stopped attending school and found it difficult to interact with people outside her family. Before she joined MSM's e-commerce course, her aunt explained that Ning might communicate only by nodding or shaking her head.

Across six weeks, instructors and MSM youth workers gave her time, steady encouragement, and practical tasks she could complete at her own pace. Ning gradually began responding in simple sentences. She attended every session, completed every assignment, and earned both a course certificate and a perfect-attendance award.

The course taught e-commerce skills, but Ning's progress also showed what a safe learning environment can make possible: participation, connection, and a renewed willingness to engage.

Why Donors Trust MSM

Long-Term Partnership, Local Knowledge

Youth development combines MSM's community presence in Taiwan with sustained program investment and established international giving access.

Citi Foundation

A program partner since 2017 through the global Pathways to Progress initiative.

Rooted in Taiwan Since 1952

The Mustard Seed Mission is Taiwan's first registered local Christian social welfare organization.

International Giving Access

International supporters can give through GlobalGiving, Give2Asia, and Benevity.

Youth Ignite

Help More Young People Shape What Comes Next

Your support can expand the practical learning, mentorship, and career guidance that help young people across Taiwan move forward with greater confidence and choice.

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