Empowering Youth

Empowering Youth

Grootbos Foundation

Empowering Youth

At Grootbos Foundation, our Sports for Good sessions go beyond sports. We focus on teaching kids important life skills, conservation, health, nutrition, mental health, and career pathways. This week, a group of young people learned about their personal strengths.

Through a fun activity called Power Hand, they discovered their five strengths. What started as a simple drawing activity turned into a valuable lesson about life. They talked openly about understanding their strengths and how to use them in their lives.

Start by tracing the outline of your hand...

Write down your strengths... think about your unique set of interests... get to know yourself. This information will help you to plan ahead.

Empowering Youth

Grootbos Foundation

Grootbos Foundation is a registered non-profit organisation in Gansbaai committed to conserving the Cape Floral Kingdom and uplifting the communities that reside within it. The foundation protects more than 22,200ha of fynbos landscape and biodiversity on Grootbos Private Nature Reserve and the Walk...

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