The Sozo Foundation – Enabling Youth employability with a heart of unconditional love.

Enabling YOUTH employability through EDUCATION,
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT &
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

We’re a non-profit organisation on a mission to see the youth of Vrygrond equipped & empowered to live with dignity, purpose & hope by creating pathways to employment: through a heart of unconditional love.

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We are looking for professionals who are willing t

We are looking for professionals who are willing to assist as volunteer mentors within our EduCentre after school programme. These mentors will walk a journey with our youth for the rest of 2021 to see our learners grow into empowered young leaders.

If you are a professional, have mentoring experience and are passionate about giving back, apply now and find out more info.

To apply, please send your CV and motivational letter to thandi@thesozofoundation.org.

Last week our barista students went on their @seat

Last week our barista students went on their @seattlecoffeeco roastery tour.

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“𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔.”

Last week we started our Education Second Chance Project in full swing! We focus on providing our 2020 matrics who are rewriting their NSC Matric with the opportunity to receive academic support and a safe space to study 📚 We are so proud of their commitment and the education journey they are on!

We have a new member of our Tribe we want you to m

We have a new member of our Tribe we want you to meet!

Name: Ashwyn Swartz
Age: 38
Job Title: Youth Café Project Manager

Ashwyn says "𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 8 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘐 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘝𝘳𝘺𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘝𝘳𝘺𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘥, 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭. 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘰𝘻𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 c𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭s 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵."

Ashwyn has been married to Alicia for 8 years and loves being outdoors camping and braaing.

Welcome to the Tribe Ashwyn!

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