#CatalystImpact – 2020 Catalysts Stories of Change
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, economic and behavioral consequences that lead to a continuum of hopelessness. To tackle this we created and launched the enke: Catalyst program in 2016 to:
- Break the continuum of hopelessness. Work with post-school, unemployed youth to rebuild their self-belief and resilience through training, practical experience and inspiration.
- Inspire and support a bias toward entrepreneurial thinking and innovation by helping young people develop the skills, networks and desire to identify and access opportunity.
- Help youth place themselves into employment, education or enterprise
- Build a scalable program to reach hundreds of thousands of youth by 2030
Since 2016, 428 unemployed, post-school youth have been trained in the enke: Catalyst Program and they are rediscovering a world of opportunity.
Here are some of our 2020 Cohort 6 GP participant stories of change.