YoungPeople@Work
Giving you wings to fly!
Join now and plan your future today!!
South Africa is in the grip of a severe unemployment crisis that borders on a national emergency! We have the the highest youth unemployment in the developing world at around 60%. This is 3 times worse than the Great Depression of the 1920's!! Innovative solutions are called for to address this scourge that rob so many young people of the fruits of democracy - a productive and decent life where one can develop to your fullest potential. We are fully aware that the challenge of unemployment is also systemic and that radical change is required to address this. Embedded in all our programmes therefore is the need to create awareness about the systemic nature of the problem and strategies to address it at its root, less we become complicit in only addressing symptoms and not also the causes.
YoungPeople@Work (YP@W), registered as a non-profit company, is a new generation organization for young people by young people. Our vision is about young people engaged in productive work to enhance economic, social, cultural and spiritual development. We regard working on oneself as the most productive work! In YP@W youth are not just recipients of predesigned programmes, but active active participants in the design themselves. We regard youth as assets not liabilities. We believe they have inherent talents, strenghts and positive energy that must be harnessed to facilitate their holistic development to their fullest potential. We believe they can be leaders today and not just tomorrow!
In YP@W we redefine the concept of work as not just an economic activity to live and survive, but more importantly to GROW! Hence our slogan: Living to Work, not Working to Live!
For more information contact: Frank Julie, cell: 078 812 4603, or tel: 021 911 5444 or email: [email protected] or visit www.youngpeopleatwork.weebly.com.
What we do:
Provide access to training in computer literacy (basic and advanced)
Train young people as facilitators and how to speak in public
Provide training in professional job seeking skills, money management, professional networking, personal development and customer relations
Provide training in organizational skills like professional fundraising, board development, strategic planning, bookkeeping, office administration, networking, leadership and management, etc.
Provide media and public relations training e.g. how to start a newsletter , how to use social media like Facebook
Support members in finding themselves first and then a job
Connect young people to job and further educational opportunities and then continuous after care and support
Connect young people to professionals with expertise
Organize outreach programs to other communities in the Western Cape
Organize recreational and social gatherings for members
Train young people to take responsibility for their own lives!
Look after each other and provide a space for members to share their stories and challenges
Where do we meet? Bishop Lavis Library, Lavis Drive:
Frank Julie and Associates provide free mentoring and coaching to YoungPeople@Work
