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By Charles Mokoena
ABSA
What an honour to facilitate and train participants for one of the game changers and leading social and environmental organizations around our country. In 2021, unemployment in South Africa reached 34.4 percent, and the South African government initiated the Social Employment Fund project to strengthen the agricultural sector. Solidaridad was an implementing partner in the project, which was managed by Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa.
Between the 03rd to 12th September 2024 I trained on the Absa Project Financial Literacy Training with Solidaridad Network on Money Fo'sho in the city of Johannesburg, Randfontein and Sedibeng Municipality. Overall a total of almost 120 young people were impacted in the process. The participants are contracted for a period of 10 months and are given skills and development on farming, agricultural and entrepreneurial development. Therefore the financial skills training would not have come at the right moment. What I enjoyed the most is the enthusiasm, the professionalism and the hunger to learn from the participant of Solidaridad. The young people are definitely on their way to making a positive change within the agricultural and economic development landscape. Avocado Vision and Absa are truly making waves and shaping the future of our young people one life and one organization at a time.