Sometimes we take for granted the opportunities that we have within our disposal whether its community opportunities or those provided by our families, this training was an eye opener in terms of how some areas in our communities are left to fend for themselves with little to no assistance from Local Government. Municipalities will at times build structures in an effort to alleviate poverty in a community but if those people are not given the skills to manage these opportunities, the structures are left untouched, this area was one of so many areas that are facing this predicament. The Youth of this area do not see anything beyond matric due to lack of information. The discussions during the training left me feeling both motivated and sad. I was motivated because through the Sanlam training I believe we unlocked some much needed food for thought for them, the participants were eager to understand how they could better utilize their current assets (vacant land and white elephant structures), those that want to further their studies were asking questions on NSFAS which is covered extensively in the Money Modular. I was sad because I could see how some of them have lost hope that they will ever have anything better than what they are faced with now. For the first time I realized that we are not just there for training, we are also there to give hope.