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3 years ago
Babalwa Jama

Coronation project- the project kickstarted on 15 February 2023. I trained different communities around Cape Flats with the help of community leaders. The feedback from the community has been amazing. Participants shared that the information that they got from the sessions they shared it with their families and that made a huge positive impact in their household. They also shared that these trainings help on their businesses as well. I must say seeing people using these methods of managing their finances makes me see that indeed Avocado Vision is an agent of change.

3 years ago
Kgomotso Motau

I had an opportunity to train the youth from Kuyenzeka youth center in Phola. They were appreciative about the training and most mentioned that that’s are a lot of things when it comes to money that are being taken for granted. As young students/interns they get a lot of offers that can make end up in debt but after the session now they know what is good debt & bad debt. They shared their stories about their relationship with money and the would like to have future follow up so they can learn best practices from one another and to see if there is improvement on their relationship with money.

3 years ago
Mpho Motshegoe

We had a great time with the Sanlam staff on the 28 of March 2023 at Rustenburg, North West of RSA. We were talking about a very interesting topic : Managing Debt. We had some heated debates and fruitful discussions. I also learnt a lot from them I must say. The purpose was to share and show them what we do in our communities as far as financial skills training progamme is concerned. We agreed that Debt can be useful financial tool. It can help you buy a car or home. If you use credit cards, there can be added benefits like travel points or extended warranties. But, if you have too much debt, it can limit your financial options. Participation was great with lots of insight. We concluded by saying that Debt can either help or hurt your financial future, depending on how you use it. If you borrow money wisely, debt can be a valuable tool that helps you manage expenses over a period of time. But if you use debt carelessly, it can threaten your financial future. At the end of the session all participants were awarded with a certificate.

3 years ago
Nontobeko Mabaso

This week I was training at Eastwood community Library in Pietermaritzburg,the week started off with my participants thinking that its just a week that they had off from work,they are {CWP} workers.As the first day progressed,you could see that the their thinking had changed because they were getting interested more and more.Questions were now being asked,examples were shared,experiences were also shared.My highlight for the week so far,would have to be the security guard asking me for a few minutes of my time after the training,He wanted to invest some money,he had heard me doing the savings and investment part yesterday.He had actually moved his chair from the front door to outside our training room door and sat there for the duration of the training.This made my week a lot,we are definetly empowering South Africans 1 session at a time.

3 years ago
Boiketlo Molokomme

I was training money modulars at Radinong secondary school.Learners were very energized and wanted to learn. When I train the module of boosting income they were very keen to learn as they said they want to start their own businesses that they will run on weekends. They said they will save the profit they get for future use. It was a proud moment for me as a facilitator that i was able to help. They were so excited and wanted more.they thanked Sanlam for providing them with knowledge and skills that will help them in future.

3 years ago
Pamella Myeni

Linda Mashita stays at Umbumbulu and she's living with disability. She attended the Money Fo Sho and Module 1 at Ziphatheleni Community Centre, she was very excited that she asked me if I can arrange all these sessions for other people living with disability. She has more than 100 people in her database who reside in different parts of KZN. She further explained that, disabled people are often excluded from participating in community activities. We need to create a program that will benefit people living with disability.

3 years ago
Mpho Motshegoe

As a high school learner transitions to tertiary, they may be faced with the task of deciding which college or university to attend and how to finance their education. This is a story of a young man Katlego Dlomo one of our successful participants who attended session COR - 11720 on the 16 of March 2023, At Zone 6, Rustenburg, North West Province of RSA. The venue for training was at a tavern and we empowered our community with financial skills and financial knowledge and we were talking about my money and tax (Module 8). During the training the delivery truck came to deliver their products and left. There was a gentleman who joined the session and participated who came with the truck. After the training was complete the gentle came to me and introduced himself as Mr. Maseko the managing director of MDP distributors and said that he was encouraged by what we are doing in and around our community and he said that he is looking for 10 general workers for his company and there's no better place than here!! So10 participants were hired and reported for duty the following day, talk about life changing moment for this young people including Katlego. Thank you Avocado Vision and Coronation for empowering us to empower others.

3 years ago
khomotjo Samuel Nkgapele

I had good time facilitating money for sho the community I have been though it was just few. youth is very excited to attend and they come in numbers. I have five groups of youth organised Social development and those groups some community workers and intern's so it was useful.the other group that attended money module was group of early development taechers module teaching children about money they were existed of the teaching aids The group recommended that more training

3 years ago
khomotjo Samuel Nkgapele

I had good time facilitating money for sho the community I have been though it was just few. youth is very excited to attend and they come in numbers. I have five groups of youth organised Social development and those groups some community workers and intern's so it was useful.the other group that attended money module was group of early development taechers module teaching children about money they were existed of the teaching aids The group recommended that more training

3 years ago
khomotjo Samuel Nkgapele

I had good time facilitating money for sho the community I have been though it was just few. youth is very excited to attend and they come in numbers. I have five groups of youth organised Social development and those groups some community workers and intern's so it was useful.the other group that attended money module was group of early development taechers module teaching children about money they were existed of the teaching aids The group recommended that more training