Empowering Youth through Skills Development Programme

This was a programme funded by the Jobs Fund/National Youth Service (NYS) to provide 3,000 youth service opportunities in youth service for Health and Education Services. These youth services were performed in conjunction with designated schools and clinics in mainly Buffalo City Metro and Amathole District.

The National Youth Service aimed to provide youth with the opportunity to serve their communities, learn new skills, and identify exit opportunities in education, health, small enterprises, or jobs. Small Projects Foundation, with Clinic Committees and School Governing Bodies, identified, recruited and trained youth participants to render community services for 6 months.

These Youth Ambassadors worked in conjunction with your facility/school under our supervision to provide services to community members and also provided monthly reports of work done. The ambassadors will be provided with various capacity-building packages including Skills to Care Modules (COVID-19, Primary Mental Health and Empathetic Care) and the Give Yourself a Job programme.