Project Origins
The current Skills Development project empowers school learners by providing them with counselling, life skills, and community development training. This enables them to extend these services to their peers.
The project trains high school learners aged 14–24 years (Grades 8 to 11) to become Youth Community Builders (YCBs), equipping them with the skills needed to initiate both short- and long-term community interventions.
This initiative successfully reaches and impacts large numbers of young people, empowering them to make constructive life choices and create positive, meaningful change within their communities.
The project is expected to be highly popular among learners. Two groups will be trained, resulting in a total of eight new Youth Community Builders. Should funding be secured, we aim to continue and integrate this project into the academic year.
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Project Objectives
The overarching goal of the Capacitating Youth to Build Careers to Serve Their Communities project is to empower unemployed youth with the skills and knowledge needed to provide meaningful and interactive support to vulnerable learners who are still in school. The project also aims to nurture, guide, and develop the next generation of community leaders.
Content is delivered by our Youth Facilitators in a fun, age appropriated and participatory manner. After talks our speakers are frequently approached by learners who wish to disclose the challenges they are faced with, and these learners are referred to appropriate services including our own psychosocial groups which provides support and facilitates healing. In the 2022 year, this programme is intending to reach 15 schools in the areas of Newclare, Coronationville, Bosmont, Noordgesig, Eldorado Park and Ennerdale.
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