During 2020 and 2021, Operation Hope is supporting a project of the Nazareth Home in Vientiane, Laos. The initiative for this project came from a community of Laotian sisters who wanted to give a future to young girls from poor families, including ethnic minorities. In Laos, sewing remains a field that opens up job opportunities. Since 2017, these sisters have developed a sewing course. The young people are fully supported by the Nazareth Centre. The training lasts nine months, after which they can find a job in the city or return to their village and practise their trade there. Because of the pandemic, some young people who had found work in Thailand had to return to Laos. They have nothing, neither work nor training, which places additional demands on their families.