The Sozo Youth Cafe

Equipping unemployed young people in
Vrygrond to be engaged, inspired
and contributing community members.

About Youth Cafe

The Sozo Youth Cafe provides a safe, creative and vibrant space for unemployed young people (between the ages of 15 – 24 years) to be equipped, trained and mentored so that they reach their full potential.

We offer a six-month programme that provides unemployed young people with skills development training. We also partner with businesses and organisations inside and outside of Vrygrond who can offer internships for young adults, which will lead to work experience and full-time jobs.

The Need

High crime, violence & abuse
No safe spaces for youth
High youth unemployment

Limited Skills Development Opportunities
Few Job Opportunities
Limited access to computer & internet facilities

The mission: To see all the young adults in Vrygrond in education, employment or training.

What we provide:

Internships
Employ 8 young adults training & equipping them to run and lead the youth cafe project alongside two cafe managers.
Virtual Currency
The Youth Cafe operates with a virtual currency accessed by engagement & spent in the coffee shop & to access the various opportunities provided.
Physical Space
The Youth Café is hosted in a vibrant working coffee shop, tech park, indaba space, dream factory and our brain box training spaces.

Workshops
Our brain box host various life skills workshops & our dream factory hosts a number of skills development opportunities.
Tech Park
The Tech Park provides access to 10 computers and the internet. The space is used for training and to search for information, research and complete online applications.
Network of Partners
We are developing a pool of local business, education and NGO partners who offer a variety of opportunities for young adults to engage in employment, education, training.

Our 1-4-1 Model

We use a 1:4:1 model in our Youth Cafe programme:

1 month of Life skills workshops
4 months of skills training
1 month of job skills training

During the 4-month skills training period, students choose one out of four streams, including:

Coffee and Hospitality
Technical Skills (plumbing, carpentry, brick laying, tiling and electrical)
Digital (Graphic Design & Coding)
Business (business skills and small business opportunities)

See Youth Cafe in action in our latest video

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The Sozo Youth Cafe

About Youth Cafe

The Need

High crime, violence & abuse

No safe spaces for youth

High youth unemployment

Limited Skills Development Opportunities

Few Job Opportunities

Limited access to computer & internet facilities

The mission: To see all the young adults in Vrygrond in education, employment or training.

What we provide:

Internships

Virtual Currency

Physical Space

Workshops

Tech Park

Network of Partners

Our 1-4-1 Model

See Youth Cafe in action in our latest video

You can be a part of transforming a generation

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