COVID-19 has been devastating for small businesses of every kind around the world and the country. Many have lost business and, almost all, have needed to adapt rapidly to national lockdown regulations. We’re proud to count several of our Business on a Bicycle entrepreneurs among those that have successfully adapted and are continuing to thrive.
Category: Story
Celebrating 3-Year Partnership with the EU
We’re excited to share the conclusion of a wonderful 3-year partnership with the European Union and Operation Hope South Africa, which enabled the expansion of our impact to Northern Cape, Limpopo and the Free State.
#YouthMonth Back to School: Insights from Learners on Education during COVID-19
This is an unprecedented Youth Week in South Africa as it also coincides with the second week that some learners have been back at school since March and the state of National Disaster and Lockdown were announced. With all that has been written about youth and schools being opened, very little has been written on the insights and perspectives of the education systems, the largest group of stakeholders – the learners themselves. In this blog post we share insights from learners gathered in a series of Whatsapp Live Chats discussing Education Solutions.
Our Response to COVID-19 Pandemic: Be Safe, Be Smart, Be Kind
Outlining our response to COVID-19 – Be Safe, Be Smart, Be Kind!
Celebrating 2018 Trailblazer Impact
Celebrating the work of our Trailblazer Class of 2018 – 335 Trailblazers from 9 provinces ran projects impacting 16.477 people in communities across SA
#TrailblazerImpact – Bongumenzi’s Creative Media Platform CAPTURE-ATP
Bongumenzi Creates Media Platform to Celebrate Youth Bongumenzi Siluma, from Krugersdorp High School (KHS) is a storyteller at heart took part in the 2018 enke: Trailblazer Program intake in Northern Cape. The community issue that he identified was that creative learners in his school didn’t have a platform to be celebrated. Thus, Bongumenzi channeled his […]
#TrailblazerImpact – Mashadi Building Community Gardens
Mashadi started gardening projects in her community and has now registered her own NGO to provide motivation, guidance and leadership for women in her community.
From Unemployed to Enterprising with Catalyst
Reflection on Catalyst Cohort 4: From Unemployed to Budding Enterpreneurs According to Statistics South Africa Q1 2018 Labour Force Report, 38.2% of youth (15-34 years old) are unemployed, with almost 7 million youth not in education, employment, and training (NEET). The numbers are scary. The solutions – such as youth employment accelerators and enterprise […]
In The News: Trailblazers in Makhanda Lead Action on Water Shortage
Trailblazers Lead Action on Water Shortage at Mary Waters School We are very proud of our 2018 Trailblazers for leading action on the water shortage affecting their school, Mary Waters, in Makhanda, Grahamstown. The learners were introduced to enke through their participation in Ikamva Youth Joza Branch, and started their journey at the enke: Forum […]
Catalyst Participants Discover a World of Opportunity
Since 2016, 81 unemployed, post-school youth have been trained in the enke: Catalyst Program and they are rediscovering a world of opportunity. Over 6 million youth in South Africa are not in education, employment or training (NEET). The impact of this goes beyond the statistics of a high youth unemployment rate; it has massive psycho-social, […]
