She had worked for a Gauteng-based mining company for 10 years, but every time she returned to her rural home in Kubha, Eastern Cape, she was torn by what she saw.
She currently works with rural communities in the Eastern Cape and in KwaZulu-Natal, and last year was recognised for her efforts when she was one of the winners at the SAB Foundation’s Social Innovation Awards. She received R200 000 in seed grant funding for her efforts.“I have always looked for things that I can do for my community.
“I had some shares from the company, so I decided I would use those to get Urglobal started, so with those shares we were able to buy our first 17 laptops for the programmes,” she said. She negotiates with the schools to allow her programme to be incorporated into the school timetable for a period of two weeks – which is divided in two spells during the academic year.
She said during the lockdown, she had been receiving calls from companies who wanted to partner with the organisation to expand skills to not only young people in school, but also to young women and women in the community who needed skills.
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