Support Women Learn a New Skill in South Africa

Introduction 

We aim to provide training to women through a 5 month program where they will learn to either sew, or work on a computer. This will help us tackle inequality in these difficult areas, empowering women and giving them an opportunity to develope their skills find employment.

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This project is opening a new center in a local township and is hoping to train and offer employment to at least 10 women in the next 5 months. The running costs for this centre are $2500 per month. High levels of gender inequality mean that women are unable to work or earn an income. This is due to the lack of access to education, leaving school early to look after their families and gender discrimination in the workplace. This keeps women in the cycle of poverty and they become dependent on their husbands for support. We hope to break this cycle through this skill-training project

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Introduction 

Pre COVID-19 South Africa had an alarming number of cases of unemployment and today the figures are critical meaning many people are left without a home or food. In November 2020 we started our women empowerment project again and we are now starting to teach sewing lessons and soon will extend to catering and computing. By providing skills training and CV support we hope to empower these women and give them a sense of independence as well as a source of income.

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We currently have 150 women signed up for the program and are busy finalizing a week long train the trainers program to launch the centre. Our goal with this project is to training and skills to women in townships across South Africa, allowing them access to new job opportunities and earn themselves an income. 

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