ENABLING YOUTH EMPLOYABILITY THROUGH EDUCATION, SKILLS & ENTERPRISE: WITH A HEART OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

We’re on a mission to see the young people of Vrygrond Township equipped and empowered to live a life of dignity, purpose and hope by creating pathways to employment.

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#MeetTheTribeMonday ⠀
Today we meet Keenan, our awesome in house designer and Youth Cafe Design Trainer. ⠀
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𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆: Keenan Mowers⠀
𝑨𝒈𝒆: 26 years old⠀
𝑷𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: Design Skills Trainer and Sozo Designer⠀
𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝑺𝒐𝒛𝒐: 8 years⠀
𝑭𝒖𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖: I love to listen to loud music to keep my concentration while working! I also love to dance. ⠀
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖: It's a great feeling to get up in the morning knowing that I'm going to do what I love, with people who also love what they do. Sozo is not my work, its my home and the people I work with are not my colleagues, they are my family. ⠀
𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒛𝒐: Family House⠀
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#meetthetribemonday #sozo #thesozofoundation #family #tribe #capetown #vrygrond #communitydevelopment

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Last Friday our new Youth Cafe students had taster sessions on all of the Skills School courses for this year. ⠀
They move around the different stations and get an idea of what they would be learning and experiencing if they chose that skills school. This year we have artisan Baking, Barista, Technical - Construction and Maintenance, Hair and Beauty, and Graphic Design. ⠀
The students were so excited to get a taste for whats to come this year!! ⠀
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#sozo #thesozofoundation #youth #skills #unemployment #communitydevelopment #vryrond #capeflats #capetown #barista #baker #graphicdesign

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#MeetTheTribeMonday ⠀
This year we want to introduce you to our Tribe, the hardworking staff who make Sozo happen! We are passionate about our people and we thought you all might like to know who is behind the scenes! First up, meet Malisha our lovely receptionist! ⠀
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𝑵𝒂𝒎𝒆: Malisha Michaels⠀
𝑨𝒈𝒆: 20 years old⠀
𝑷𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: Receptionist ⠀
𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝑺𝒐𝒛𝒐: 3 years⠀
𝑭𝒖𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖: I am louder than everyone! ⠀
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖: It's awesome to be a part of a happy group and I have enjoyed getting to know everyone. ⠀
𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒛𝒐: Beautiful⠀
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#sozo #thesozofoundation #meetthetribe #mondaymotivation #vrygrond #youthdevelopment #npo #staff

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This week our Youth Cafe Skills Programme opened with 120 students participating in their first week of lifeskills. This is the 6th Youth Cafe intake since it's conception in 2016.⠀
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We trust and believe for great things for the students and that many of them will unlock them dreams and purposes for their lives! ⠀
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#sozo #sozofoundation #youth #youthdevelopment #youthunemployment #lifeskills #capeflats #vrygrond #newstudents #2020 #softskills #fridayfeels

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𝘿𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬?⠀
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South Africa’s unemployment crisis is the deepest and most persistent in the world, owing to 40 years of slow economic growth, a skills shortage, and poor policy choices.⠀
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Only 42% of SA’s adults work, a figure that compares poorly against an average of around 60% in the rest of the world. Centre for Development and Enterprise South Africa. #factfriday .⠀
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#thesozofoundation #sozo #youth #unemploymentcrisis #southafrica #capetown #joblessness #skills #training #vocationaltraining #changingageneration #factfriday

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Sozo has been featured in the January edition of @joymagsa! ⠀
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It focuses on one of our Youth Cafe barista graduates Tracey. “I now have a monthly salary, I moved out of my mom’s house, and I stay on my own,” says Tracey excitedly. “One year back I didn’t know what I was doing with my life, now I’m standing among the big people.” She believes that the Youth Café skills training course gave her hope, enabling her to have a clear path in life. ⠀
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Check out the digital article in the link in our bio. Thank you to our partners @mergonfoundation. ⠀
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Happy 2020 to you all! Here's to another great year of changing the lives of young people in Vrygrond! ⠀
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#sozo #newyear #2020 #youth #changinglives #vrygrond #capetown #joinus

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There is still time to giving the gift of Entrepreneurship this Christmas by donating just £30 or R600 which will provide a business starter kit for a construction graduate, or hair and beauty graduate!⠀
Direct donate links in bio.⠀
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#sozo #thesozofoundation #socialenterprise #employ #youth #donate #unemployed #skills #starterkit #givetoday

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🎄Merry Christmas to you all!🎄⠀
From the bottom of our hearts ❤️⠀
Love the Sozo Tribe

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“What you spend your money on shows what you truly value in life. For us as a family to invest in the Sozo Foundation is a value decision. We value the people of Sozo who show up day after day in a place surrounded by gangsters, where protests and riots erupt without any notice and where simply walking in the wrong street can make you a victim of violent crime. These people who call themselves the Sozo Tribe do this because of one simple reason: HOPE! It’s our privilege to invest in their vision to see young people transformed, educated and employed."⠀
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The Cuyler Family - generously supporting Sozo since the beginning.⠀
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#sozo #thesozofoundation #givingback #donate #hope #youth #vrygrond #capetown #capeflats #southafrica

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