Strategic Plan 2014-2019
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Organizations Profile Tel: + 27 (0) 11 071 1903 Email: [email protected] Page 1 Vision: We visualize the future of our beneficiaries that Southern Africa Youth Project strives to change the way the youth thinks about themselves. Mission: It is our Mission is to empower the youth through up-skilling them to recognize and utilize opportunities that are around them, we do this by providing information, skills and joint community ventures. Established in 2005 by Neftaly Malatjie at the age of 14 years. We proud of our Values on Transparency, Culture, Ubuntu, Team Work, Leadership, Vision, Innovation and Development We operate regionally covering South Africa and neighboring countries. Operating in rural areas and townships such as Limpopo Mpumalanga and Gauteng Awards and Recognitions Received 2011 Winner Shoprite Community Network 2012 Finalist Google Zeitgeist 2012 Fellow Fetola Legends 2012 Winner Fetola Best in Sales 2012 Fetola Best New Comer 2013 Top 30 young people to look for 2013 Finalist Anzisha Prize 2013 Fellow Anzisha Prize 2014 Fellow Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship 2014 Finalist Forbes under 35 2014 Nominee NSFT BHP Billiton Award 2015 Fellow Royal Commonwealth Society 2015 Finalist the South African Top 10 Entrepreneurs 2015 Winner Africa Growth, Innovation and Leadership 2016 Finalist Young Independents 2016 Honorary Award by the Presidency South Africa 2016 Drum Magazine Youth Entrepreneur RECENT PERFORMANCE & ACHIEVEMENTS 11 Years of changing mind-sets We manage projects on behalf of Companies. Whether CSI or Projects 2 200 Youth trained in life skills and short courses 1 280 placed into jobs and opportunities Established 28 small businesses that are owned by our beneficiaries Provided support to 30 new non-profit organizations Provided educational support to 700 School learners We have worked with over 50 companies that are still happy to work with us 5 300 Youth reached Tel: + 27 (0) 11 071 1903 Email: [email protected] Page 2 Program Nationality Gender Achievement Job Moz Placem 1% ent 1% Skills & Mal Trainin 13% e Fem gs Zim 34% ale 23% 3% 66% Gender , Youth SA and 96% Human Rights 64% Our wish list In order to run each center we need R1 500 000 / $ 100 076 We have 4 centers which costs R 12 000 000 / $ 800 611 to run per year Donate a mini bus which will be used to transport our beneficiaries to different venues R460 000 / $ 30 690 Donate a new or old truck Donate a new or old private car Laptops Computers Donate towards building a new center Tel: + 27 (0) 11 071 1903 Email: [email protected] Page 3 Branches Location Description Socio-Economic Challenges Gauteng Daveyton is a township in the Ekurhuleni Municipality. It - Youth unemployment Daveyton borders Etwatwa to the north, Springs to the east, Benoni to the south, - HIV/AIDS Ekurhuleni and Boksburg to the West. Daveyton is one of the largest townships in - Gender Based Violence South Africa, together with its brother Etwatwa This township is - Poverty affectionately known as Vutha or Tuka due its being the first black - School drop outs township to have access to electricity. - Teenage Pregnancy - Crime Location Description Socio-Economic Challenges Gauteng Diepsloot, Afrikaans for "deep ditch", is a densely populated township - Youth unemployment Johannesburg in the north of Johannesburg. It is located in the newly formed Region - HIV/AIDS Diepsloot A. It is made up of fully government-subsidized housing (Extensions 4, - Gender Based Violence 5, 6, 9, 10), brick houses built by landowners (Extensions 2 and 7), - Immigration (Township) partially government subsidized houses (Extension 3/Tanganani) as well - Poverty as shacks (the biggest sections being Extensions 1, 12 and 13). The - School drop outs majority (45, 5%) of residents rent their property from a landowner - Teenage Pregnancy who has subdivided their stand. - Crime Location Description Socio-Economic Challenges Limpopo Atok is a rural area based outside Burgersfort with over 50 000 people - Youth unemployment Atok staying at the location. Atok has over 25 surrounding a rural area which - HIV/AIDS Sekhukhune depends on Atok as the central location. Atok is surrounded by mines - Gender Based Violence and farming for people survival. - Human Rights Violation (Rural Area) - Poverty and Crime - Teenage Pregnancy Tel: + 27 (0) 11 071 1903 Email: [email protected] Page 4 Services Educational Support for the Girl Child Human Rights, HIV/AIDs and Health Awareness Advice, Referral and Support Service School Entrepreneurship Educational Support Psychosocial and Advocacy Workshops on Gender Based Violence Youth Capacity Building Training of the Youth in Information Technology Life Skills, Job Preparation & Work Readiness and applicable Acts Engineering, Construction, Agriculture & Education Recruitment and Job Placement for Unemployed Youth Recruitment Placement of the youth Entrepreneurship Tel: + 27 (0) 11 071 1903 Email: [email protected] Page 5 SERVICE & PROGRAMMES DESCRIPTION Poverty2Job™ Taking communities from nothing to jobs Model Job Placement and Work Readiness Life Skills and Trainings Advice and Referral Gender, Youth and Human Rights Strategic Objective Southern Africa Youth Projects aims to change the way the youth think about themselves by enabling them to be drivers of change through providing different solutions which may ensure that they are self-dependent and that they do not become victims of socio economic challenges that may be found in communities The program is implemented in the following - Partnership with corporates: Corporates bring their own models then Southern Africa Youth Project manages it on behalf of corporates - Job Placement: Companies place beneficiaries who have enrolled in Southern Africa Youth Programs - Government: In terms of Section 9 of National Development Plan Southern Africa Youth Project is assisting the government in terms of fighting unemployment, placing youth into jobs as well as promoting skills youth from communities Detailed outline of Poverty to Jobs Program Initial Engagement Second Engagement Third Engagement Fourth Engagement Advice Referral Gender, Youth and Human Rights Life Skills and Trainings Work readiness and Job Center Introduction and problem analysis In a paper from 2011 the National Treasury emphasize that high youth unemployment means young people are not acquiring the skills or experience needed to drive the economy forward. This inhibits the country’s economic development and imposes a larger burden on the state to provide social assistance. They summarize the facts as follows: - About 42 percent of young people under the age of 30 are unemployed compared with less than 17 percent of adults over 30. Why are young people unemployed? - Only 12.5 percent of working age adults under 25 years of age has a job, compared with 40 percent in most emerging economies. - Employment of 18 to 24 year olds has fallen by more than 20 per cent (320 000) since December 2008. Unemployed young people tend to be less skilled and inexperienced – almost 86 percent do not have formal further or tertiary education, while two-thirds have never worked. - Chapter 9 of National Development Plan 2030, on improving education, training and innovation, SayPro Youth fits within provide 1 million learning opportunities through community education and training centers Tel: + 27 (0) 11 071 1903 Email: [email protected] Page 6 - Employers look for skills and experience; they regard unskilled, inexperienced jobseekers as a risky investment. (Confronting youth unemployment: policy options for South Africa: National Treasury Feb 2011) Every year that a young person remains unemployed, increases the chances of them entering a life of crime, poverty, drugs, prostitution and hopelessness. In view of the above and the ongoing devastating unemployment among youth in Diepsloot and the country at large, the purpose of the program is to ready young people for any further training or education they may do. Many students are not prepared for the demands of skills courses or employment or indeed life. To this end the course focusses on enabling mature agency. Youth are important change agents within their unique social contexts. Southern Africa Youth Project aims to equip youth to take their place in our global society we must take heed to their holistic development. Young people do not know or understand themselves, much less the world around them. They do not have any idea of the philosophical, neurological or psychological basis of maturation and learning. Furthermore they have forgotten how to question, and if they do, they question without a clear objective. Their natural curiosity and explorative minds have been aggressively and deliberately suppressed. Many young people in townships where we operate enroll in higher education institutions but ultimately drop out because they cannot afford the costs for transportation and tuition. They enroll in higher education institutions but register for courses that do not fit their interests or strengths. As a result, their self-esteem and self-efficacy are at low levels and they are not empowered to take ownership of their own lives. They end up employed in retail shops where they are unqualified to work. Many end up being dismissed from work due to bad attitudes or poor customer service skills. Most cannot operate computers in a working environment. Some are unable to find or retain employment despite having completed high school or university. SayPro Youth