Sijonge Kuwe job creation&poverty alleviation

Sijonge Kuwe Youth Development Project has been active this period as usual.This report records activities for the period July to November 2o23.

Art/Culture Job Creation and Poverty Alleviation Project

14 People were trained in Art/Culture on how to make beads and traditional wares.

10 People completed Basic Business Skills Training which is a two week course on how to run a business.

15 Communty Entrepreneurs were counselled on Business Plan,Costing & pricing,Marketing,Record Keeping and on how to tender.

Food Gardening Project

This is a pilot project that was started in September this year and more people are  interested in this project.6 Households were assisted with start up kit to start to grow vegetables in their homes.These people attended food gardening skills training as well as business skills training.

The aim of Sijonge Kuwe Project is to fight unemployment and poverty amongs our communities of Khayelitsha and surrounding areas.

Conclusion

We would like to thank GlobalGiving for your good support and also to thank other donors for supporting our project.

Sijonge Kuwe Youth Development Project is pleased to report about our activities for the past four months from 15 March to 13 July 2023.It is very cold in Cape Town since it is winter and the winter is made to be more cold because of loadshedding which is very destructive.Despite these challenges Sijonge Kuwe as been active as usual during this period.

11 Youths,6 women and 1 person with disability were trained on art/cultural skills training during this period and all these people completed Basic Business Skills Training which is a two weeks course on how to run a business.

24 Businesses from the local community were counselled during this reporting period and counselling was mainly on Business Plan,Costing& Pricing,How to tender for business and Budgeing.This include 5 new business start ups that were started in April 2023.

3 Different workshops were held during this period including Swot Analysis for the business,How to register businsses for tendering and Costing& Pricing for the business.30 Entrepreneurs attended these workshops.

Meetings/networking-We attended Sataholders meeting conducted by Khayelitsha Development Forum on new developments in Khayelitsha and a report meeting on Budge for the City of Cape Town for 2023/24 Financial Year.

Conclusion

I would to take this opportunity to thank GlobalGiving and the team for their support during this period as well as the Donors.