Funding: Kelloggs Foundations funded Poverty Relief Programme
October 01, 2007
Small Business Skills provide the youth with Life Skills, Job Hunting Skills, Basic Computer Skills & Small Business Skills over a period of one-year to increase independence, self-reliance and to escape a cycle of poverty.

“These trainings will instill confidence and build their self-esteem, preparing them for the job market and will also give them skills to start their own business”

National Youth Development Outreach (NYDO) is a nonprofit organization formed in 1990 and is right on the cutting edge of our vision to see a new nation of young, diligent and responsible leaders who will serve our country and our people with integrity and commitment.

Small Business Skills Development is a Poverty Alleviation initiative of which the target group is the poorest of the poor, where there is a very low income or grant in a household. According to statistics provided by government, 70% of the unemployed are youth, thus this project focuses on unemployed youth between 18 – 34 years in Eersterust, Mamelodi & Nellmapuis.

About the Press Release
This Poverty Relief Programme will empower the youth to foster self-reliance and become self-sustainable through provision of economic empowerment & vocational skills. The project is funded by a $50,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of South Africa.


 
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