By Eldery Gertze | Project Leader
Introduction
It is with great pleasure and pride that I present the Project Leader’s Progress Report of Built Africa for the activities rendered since we received support from donors.
In this report, I have outlined the activities that were implemented during the period from 1 April 2021 to 30 July 2021 after receiving the funds and the impact made on the lives of young people and vulnerable women.
On behalf of Built Africa and the Board members, I would like to sincerely thank you for your generous donation and report on what the funds have done to support the above-mentioned project through GlobalGiving during the Accelerator period from the 5th to April 23, 2021.
Your support makes our work possible.
What is done with the funds received from GlobalGiving?
These donations created an opportunity for Built Africa to offer valuable programmes with the aim to empower the youth in general and specifically the unemployed youth between the ages of 18 to 35 who left school prematurely, matriculants and graduates.
This is achieved through creating awareness of the remnant resources available, provision of skills programmes and services that equip the youth to become responsible, self-reliant that culminate to become ready to secure work or make them potentially employable or self-employed.
Projects at no cost
Our projects include but are not limited to Psycho-Social Support and Educational Programmes at no cost.
The success of the past six months speaks for itself. We are on par with our targets and reached many young people who are benefitting from our services. We were able to help the youth and women to change their lives for a better “future” through our skills development programmes.
What started off as an idea waiting to happen towards the end of 2017 and begin to grow so rapidly during 2018 and 2019, and we are now able to harvest the first fruits of our labour at the end of July 2021. This process has been diligently driven by a very motivated team of board members who supported and believed in me.
In no order, I would like to thank the Department of Social Development (DSD), and HWSETA who trusted us as a new organization, individual donors including the support from all the board members.
Given the tough economic situation we are facing as a country, most corporates inadvertently cut their Corporate Social Investment (CSI) budgets, but we will keep on approaching them to support us so that we can continue with our mandate to help the most vulnerable amongst us.
I would also like to thank the employees and volunteers of Built Africa for all their hard work. I take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation for your commitment and dedication to advance our organization goals.
Different services and pillars on our mandate
Our services are based on four (4) pillars: (i) Advice, Information, and referral, (ii) Social programme, (iii) Life & Business Skill (iv) Technical Skills training.
The focus of this report is to give feedback on the project “Transform unemployed Youth with Computer training” (51749) which you supported through your donation
End User Computer training skills is an essential enabler for any prospective job seeker in any kind of business today and is required in businesses to meet local and global economic challenges in a digital world.
Additionally, the End User Computing NQF Level 3 qualification is a foundational and generic level, which allows for maximum mobility between qualifications. Apart from the workplace needs, this qualification is an entry-level one needed in any further education and training field. It is also one of our successful programmes due to the high demand from our prospective beneficiaries. To meet the demand emanating from our prospective beneficiaries, we have divided sessions by having two sessions each day (morning and afternoon) to accommodate them. That is why that we are asking for many more partners to help us by donating laptops, computers, and money to meet the demands as we have a long waiting list due to our limited resources.
This training is essentially a platform where the youth are taught to use Microsoft Word package including (excel, internet access, word, powerpoint).
2. Data Capturing
To teach the beneficiary a skill to collect format, arrange and storing data electronically in ways that make it easy to search for information and retrieve the data. This skill can help them to find employment.
3. We managed to procure
The work readiness programme which forms part of the Life Skills Workshop is the entry level to our business and technical skills.
Despite of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have managed to train young and vulnerable women in skills as follows:
Programme Male Female Disability Total
Life Skills 53 137 1 190
End-User computing 30 79 1 109
CV's created 5 28 0 33
Data Capturing Training in progress 20 0 20
Challenges experienced:
Due to the Covid-19 lockdown restriction, conducting regular community mobilisation was a challenge. Large gatherings and face to face contact sessions were also interrupted due to the pandemic. We overcome this challenge through the use of E-learning, Social media, such as WhatsApp and Facebook, social media is an effective communication tool where we continue to share information about Built Africa.
Maintenance of relationship with existing and prospective partners
We will also continue to build and maintain relationships with the public, private and stakeholders. Through these partnerships, Built Africa is committed to render an excellent service which strengthens our reputation amongst the community of East Lynne and surrounding areas of Pretoria.
Conclusion
With the above matter in mind. We hope that this will bring us together as a unified structure to execute specific objectives by serving communities to achieve even bigger results and I am most excited to continue with this journey.
Eldery D. Gertze
Executive Director of Built Africa
Cell : 081 391 6318
2 August 2021
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