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By Nontobeko Mabaso
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This Month I trained in AD Lazarus Secondary school (venue) we had the youth for surrounding areas,we had a great turnup of participants who showed a lot of enthusiasm and hunger for skills and knowledge,to grow themselves as some of them are already running their own businesses,we had people who have NPOs,providing computer skills,some of them are hairdressers etc.what I loved about this group,is that on the last day when we had a conversation on what is the way forward since they now had attended our sessions,they shared that they had already asked each other what they need, and most of them do not have drivers licenses,so now their goal was to form something to say let's collect money for one person and they go and enroll at a driving school,next person and so on until everyone has a learners license and again when it is time for driving lessons, they will do the same thing.I loved that because obtaining a driver's license is expensive,especially for someone who is unemployed.That just warmed my heart because the others said they do have drivers license, so they just want computer skills and to have their PDP's.This will give them more chances to be employed. On the last day,the principal of the school asked for a slot in the morning to come in and motivate the participants,this was unexpected and well received because the schools were closed for Ascension day but the principal took time and came to the session.He motivated the participants to say,the skills they were given,they should use them to make a living for themselves,there is no big company in SA that will be able to employ everyone,but some of us have to open our own business and employ each other to close the unemployment gap.This was heart warming,we really did have an amazing week,we can rest and move on to the next group knowing that we did make a difference one session at a time.