Stories
Imvelo yethu training It was great to be part of this important programme. It is heartwarming to see people committing themselves to protecting environment after learning that climate change is the consequences of destroying nature. I worked with young ones who very fascinated. I worked with grannies who are working at Zibambeleni project which is aimed at cleaning and protecting environment. The councilor grabbed the opportunity of getting thiis training for free as it is a requirement for this grannies to be trained on environmental issues. I had a team of caregivers who were helping the grannies throughout the program. I worked with different communities and have made networks with different structures. As I train people organized by organizations, government departments and municipalities I find it to be beneficial as they have influence on their people. This training is popular because i linked it with KZN floods as it is one the consequences of climate change. I must say i learnt a lot from my participants especially the grannies and realized they know about climate change from wsy back. The main challenge that was raised by different groups was the issue of disposable nappies which are blocking rivers and pipes.
Money Fo Sho financial skills training took place in Langa at Phandulwazi. Again in this training it was only young females who come from an organisation called Bahadi. The only challenge is that we started bit late but we managed to finish on time. These young girls loved to topic of Budget. They promised to introduce the training to the parents and to their friends.
Women of Worth from Desmond Tutu Foundation recieved a training on Risky Business-Insurance. They were very active and learn a lot on different types of insurances. It was interesting because more young girls were still coming but unfortunately the number was full.
Financial training - Budget digging deeper at RCS team. They were very keen to learn more on financial literacy, thet asked me to come back with more information. They had more interest on Investing and Savings.
Financial literacy on Risky Business -Insurance at Gugulethu. Very active and enthusiastic group.
Absa-money for sho financially life skills training program it was not easy journey but with assistant of different stakeholders I have manage to reach and upskilled many groups and communities. Challenges where there, some vanue where empty no learner's, some learner's leave during session , some misbehave, etc. But after all challenges where resolved and successfully session where obtained.
I successfully trained Oasis college learner's, learner's show enthusiasm towards the program, asking questions and participating in group discussions.
ABSA programme It was great to work with learners as there was no issue of recruitment. The exam was on so the staff had to workout a timetable that will accommodate the training. On the day where all Mbhudula learners were either writing or revising, the principal organised with a nearby high school Samora Machel to train their learners as well. Teachers also attended the training and they find it informative. I think there should be a training which designed for learners which cover the basics of finance. According to money fo sho the training is for 4 hours but the same training is 2 hours for ABSA. That was challenging to compress the training but it worked as I had many groups so it was a learning curve. Working with young ones is sometimes problematic as they want to be disciplined at all times. The principal addressed them and the situation was better. The registers were challenging because half of the class will share the same surname and names. It was a struggle to match the evaluation and the registers. Due to timeframe and learners juggling between the training and their exams I was forced to collect the evaluation later. That caused so many problems because they were sharing information and I spent the whole week after the training trying to sort evaluation forms according to registers. This training drained my energy and my pocket but it was worth it. Those learners needed that information more that I need money and my energy. I still forget to take pictures at times because my focus is on training. Teachers helped by taking pictures and send them to me. I learnt from that experience however it is better to conduct training in your province to minimise costs.
