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.

It was a very interesting week in a resort called Coffee Bay and Hole in the wall, on the Eastern Cape coast. Very beautiful Sea Views and yet very underdeveloped area. The establishments in the area mostly employs people from outside. There are no activities for the communities.Unemployment is a major crisis, Communities, Chieftaincies and the ward councillor highly appreciated the trainings and requested that we should come back with more trainings so that the youth can do their own projects and be able to earn a living.

The Community of Lindelani is a very disadvantaged community as it is also surrounded by farms. Main crisis is that, youth stay at home after Matric and there is nothing available to them either progressing to university or job opportunities. They highly appreciated the training as a result, we had a lengthy discussion after our session where we discussed how best they can group themselves and form businesses so that they generate income.

TSIBA ORGANIZATION AND RCS, The training was quite interesting because I was training business people, which don't have any ideas of saving and investing money, they learn a lot of ideas from Avocado vision and now they are going to start saving for their future.

Sanlam Money Modular was the best for the youth of Danielskuil Community. They couldn't stop talking about how the Programme changed their lives for the better. Indeed Avocado Vision and Sanlam did make a positive impact in people's lives.

Hollard Streetwise Financial Literacy was very much appreciated by CWP'S Employees and Supervisors who attended the workshops at Danielskuil. It was their first workshops they've attended and were so happy of the information we've brought them. They even asked for more workshops in the future as I've build a solid foundational relationship with their Management. Thank you Avocado Vision and Hollard Streetwise for impacting communities life positively.

Hollard Streetwise finance was held in two different places, Ashton and Villiersdorp, it was not easy to organize it but worth it. The two communities has gained a lot of experience through this training, some is not the first time of doing this training, they were so happy that it has come again. The challenge is the vanue, most of the vanues closed due to Covid, thank you Avocado and Hollard for bringing this training again. The new deligates wants to do this training again.

Hollard Streetwise finance was held in two different places, Ashton and Villiersdorp, it was not easy to organize it but worth it. The two communities has gained a lot of experience through this training, some is not the first time of doing this training, they were so happy that it has come again. The challenge is the vanue, most of the vanues closed due to Covid, thank you Avocado and Hollard for bringing this training again. The new deligates wants to do this training again.

Hollard Streetwise finance was held in two different places, Ashton and Villiersdorp, it was not easy to organize it but worth it. The two communities has gained a lot of experience through this training, some is not the first time of doing this training, they were so happy that it has come again. The challenge is the vanue, most of the vanues closed due to Covid, thank you Avocado and Hollard for bringing this training again. The new deligates wants to do this training again.

Sanlam has come on the right time to the people of Villiersdorp, this time of the year people are being scammed in different ways, they really enjoyed doing this training,especially those who are working at the farms, lot of scamming are happening in farms, people are joining things that they are not aware of, but they gained a lot of experience from Sanlam training. The challenge in our community is, the vanue are closed due to Covid, the struggle of organizing the training on your own is one of the most important thing that Avocado should look at, in the area of Villiersdorp, when the deligates attend the training they expect the payment, the reason is most of the training held in Villiersdorp people are getting money for attending the training. Thank you Avocado and Sanlam for taking care of our communities.