Graduation Ceremony 15 November 2008

It was truly inspiring to see the fruit of our labour and the community interest in "learning"! We had Muvhango artists "Annikie and Ivy" as MC's, we celebrated personal development through dancing and a very unique group of teenagers "Youth with Vision" inspired us with hope for their communities and their own future!

We NEED PAINT PLEASE! - The Emadwaleni High School Orlando SOWETO

Please come get your hands dirty on 8 November 2008 - See details under Calendar of Events!

Calendar of Events

1 November 2008
We were generously given the opportunity to market our initiative at a fashion show hosted by a Friend of the Enspire Trust – Svere Design with brilliantly talented new designer Saartjie van Reenen.
Please support the fashion show, it will be a great morning full of entertainment, a talk by a life coach, finger brunch and you will have the opportunity to network and support the Enspire Trust, all in one sweep!
Venue: Fourways
Time: 09:00 – 12:00
Cost: ONLY R150!
Please contact chalane@enspire.co.za to reserve your seats and for details and directions to the venue!

8 November 2008
We need you to come get your hands dirty please! Bring the whole family!
The Emadwaleni High School in Orlando SOWETO, generously provided their School Hall at NO CHARGE to be used at our Graduation Ceremony of the first group of unemployed ladies later in November.
As a THANK YOU! We would like to touch up the Hall with a bit of soap and/or paint!
The school is located within 1 km of the new 2010 Orlando Soccer Stadium – so it’s very easy to find!
Please could you support us in kind with your Hands and Time on 8 November as Volunteers!
We will travel together to the venue! Leaving from North Gate Shopping Centre (Coca-Cola Dome), Randburg, JHB in front of the VIRGIN Active at 10:00am on 8 November 2008.
If your hands and time will be tied up elsewhere, please support us in kind with paint, paint brushes, paint rollers and other related utensils, including cleaning clothes, cleaning materials, etc!
We will COLLECT!
Please contact christa@enspire.co.za for further details and some pictures of the venue to give you an idea of the task at hand!

15 November 2008 – Enspire Community Learning Centre - Graduation Ceremony
Theme: For the Community, in the Community!
Venue: Emadwaleni High School – School Hall, Orlando, SOWETO
Time: 10:00 – 12:00
Dance Entertainment: “Come Salsa” Celebrity – Thabo Moloto will be performing!
Celebrity Entertainment: Come meet some Muvhango Actors!
School Entertainment: The Emadwaleni High School pupils will dance for us!
Cost: ONLY R25!
Please contact ethel@enspire.co.za to reserve your seats and for details and directions to the venue!

3 December 2008 – Glitzy Art Exhibition in Parkhurst
By invitation only!
Intrigued …? You should be!
Contact christa@enspire.co.za for more details!

The MODEL that sets us apart!

Holistic Generational Community Based MODEL
•Target the grandmother, mother, auntie, sister in a disadvantaged community and impact the whole family with focus on children and poverty reduction
•Inspire unemployed ladies towards a better life
•Provide mobility towards employment – training at the centre and placement in entry-level positions (domestic, cleaning, etc)
•Mentor, build and maintain relationships with these ladies
•Inspiration filters down to their family members
•Bursaries, school fees, career guidance, etc. available to their children and extended family members who meet certain criteria
•Motivated learner introduces us to their home community elsewhere in SA and we identify the next opportunities for development
•Next centre is established by creating word of mouth awareness in that community, finding, equipping and employing a suitable facilitator from the community and erect next learning centre in that community with quality control on a national basis

Vision, Mission and Objectives

Vision:
•To be the community based training infrastructure of choice to provide workplace-readiness, basic entry level computer training and related initiatives to unemployed members of communities on a national basis.
Mission:
•To connect previously disadvantaged, unemployed community based individuals to their inner potential to assist them in finding employment and reducing poverty within their communities.
Objectives:
•Community development for poor and needy persons and anti-poverty initiatives, including:
1) the promotion of community-based projects relating to self-help, empowerment, capacity building, skills development or antipoverty;
2) the provision of training, support or assistance to community based projects contemplated in item (1);
•Providing of financial assistance such as scholarships, bursaries and awards for study, research and teaching to students from a previously disadvantaged community;
•Providing a mentorship program to these students;
•Enabling students to achieve their full potential;
•Providing a workplace environment to these students;
•Directing students in career opportunities;
•Safeguarding assets and investments held for the purpose of supporting these students.

The Enspire Community Learning Centre: Protea Glen SOWETO

Our aim is to assist unemployed community based individuals to increase their income/employment potential, by providing workplace readiness and basic entry-level computer training. We then place these students in employment to reduce poverty in their communities. The Pilot Programme commenced in August 2008 and will run for 3 months. With the next programme commencing on 4 November 2008. Come visit us at 5500 Inkwezi Street, Protea Glen Ext 4, SOWETO.

Topics include:
Attitude, punctuality, responsibility, confidence
Expectations
Dress Code
Teamwork
Introduction to computer skills
How to keep your boss happy, to name but a few.

For further information please contact us on connect@enspire.co.za