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projects/skills-development-and-unemployment
Lack of proper skills training is one of the main causes of unemployment in South Africa. But few can afford to go on some kind of skills development programme and most people are forced to seek an unqualified position, having never been able to access their true potential.
Skills Training Projects
One of the many ways to tackle unemployment in South Africa and her neighbouring countries is through subsidised skills development. Cans4Skills, Breadline Africa's very own skills development programme, is a great example of one such training project.
If you want to support Cans4Skills, or some of the following skills training projects, donate to Breadline Africa today.
Masincedane Community Service is a skills development project operating from the Strand and serving mostly women from townships in the Helderberg Region. The project operates from an old converted fire station with the following training:
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There is a buzz of excitement in our office in Cape Town which I haven't felt for a long time. This excitement is caused by our very latest community development project called Cans4Skills. It's a strange name so let me explain it to you. Cans is the name that many |
You & Your Money is dedicated to addressing household debt. Their aim is to break the cycle of debilitating debt for disadvantaged people. They guide groups and individuals towards control of their personal debt and towards gaining financial dignity through:
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| The training centre was started to cater for young girls who were on the streets with limited options for education. The centre trains young women in life and vocational skills such as sewing, hand and machine knitting, pattern design, factory procedure. The centre offers a three-year course and caters for |
| This skills development project trains people from rural areas of the Eastern Cape in beekeeping. The trainees received continued instruction, monitoring and mentoring and aim to create opportunities for financial independence. |
RDSP has been offering support to rural organisations since 1992. They offer training in organisational development, business development skills and research skills. The Small business unit supports rural entrepreneurs with needs assessments, marketing & technical advice and access to resources & funding. Other services include:
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| Komani Catholic Development is a rural development organisation that works with small community-based organisations, assisting them in the setting up of projects and of accessing resources. |
Umthathi is an education and training organisation. Their mission is:
They run a variety of skills development courses to achieve this. |
Hlanganani Ngothando is a rural development programme comprising:
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The Goedgedacht Trust is an integrated community skills development programme for farm workers and their families in the Riesbeeksrivier Valley of the Swartland region of the Western Province. T he trust works with farm workers and their families to break out of generations of poverty. |
Connections seek to break the cycle of poverty, and promote social and economic development in the Western Cape by helping community workers and organisations to accomplish self-sustaining development in their area. They run an organisational development support programme and also offer a number of basic courses. They have created publications to support |
| The project provides skills and resources to individual households in poultry farming, in various communities. The project providers a starter kit to each household. This starter kit and continued mentoring assist the poultry farmers to become financially self-sustained. |
The project offers accredited training for women in both small business skills and early childhood development. The project works in the Southern Cape coastal area, Klein Karoo, Upper Karoo and Eastern Cape. They train unemployed women to achieve the required outcomes of the SAQA registered unit standards on early childhood development |
EDUTAK is an accredited early childhood development organisation which trains and empowers women in early childhood education and entrepreneurial skills in various provinces. Courses offered are from level 1 to level 4 of the national qualifications framework and fits within the National Certificate in Early Childhood Education. The organisation has won the |
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