Building Skills and Creating Opportunities

Building Skills and Creating Opportunities

Grootbos Foundation

Building Skills and Creating Opportunities

Shifting our spotlight to the Employability Programme, the team facilitated a CV and Cover Letter assistance session this week for youths seeking help in their journey towards securing a job. Getting ready to work starts with knowing how to apply for a job and putting oneself forward on the best footing using digital tools and computers.

2025 Entrepreneur Dumile provides an essential service to his customers in Masakhane by running a small spaza shop. With personal business mentorship, Dumile is turning his business into a success.

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Thembakazi is also a 2025 Entrepreneur who has committed her business to a journey of mentorship which has made sure that she used her seed funding to turn her plans into reality. Thembakazi prepares and sells food in Masakhane.

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From the Horticultural Skills programme, the 2nd group spent the week working at Harold Porter Botanical Garden in Betty's Bay. They learnt so much from being able to put their skills to the test in a different place and with a different team.

Building Skills and Creating Opportunities

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Grootbos Foundation is a registered non-profit organisation in Gansbaai dedicated to conserving the Cape Floral Kingdom while uplifting the communities that call it home. The foundation protects over 22,200 hectares of fynbos and biodiversity across Grootbos Private Nature Reserve and the Walker Bay...

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