Launched in 2019, the MARJ & MAK Vocational Center (MMVC) helps women reach their education, income, and employment goals. It offers job training, job search support, education, and financial literacy services. As part of the Functional Literacy Program, MMVC teaches important financial skills like reading pay stubs, budgeting, and avoiding scams, along with career tools like resume writing, interview prep, and workplace communication.
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improved income-building skills through workforce development classes.
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Learn more stories of healing, hope, and transformation from Village clients:
Pertrina was born in Washington, D.C. to high school sweethearts who divorced when she was young. Her mother remarried a man who provided financially for the family. Pertrina lived in a beautiful home, attended a good school, and went on nice vacations. As a teenager, Pertrina was victim to a violent sexual trauma that she kept secret for more than 40 years.
Read Full StoryPaula arrived at N Street Village in 2016, carrying everything she owned in three bags and towing years of bitterness, anger, and despair.
Paula had a successful career for 16 years, a husband, and two sons. Then she got the call from her sister – her father had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and needed help. She uprooted her family, left everything behind, and came back to her childhood home in D.C. to care for her dad. A few years after moving her husband passed away suddenly from a heart attack. Four months later, her father died.
Read Full StoryMy name is Nataki, which means “princess” in Swahili.
There were no transgender role models in the city where I grew up. As I got older, the only way I knew how to be myself was by going to clubs, prostitution, and using drugs.
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