Rays of Hope partners with the Alexandra community to create sustainable change through psychosocial services, learning and development programmes. We’re currently working with 6 schools in Alex to present life skills to the Grade 8 learners (in some cases it will be a different grade). This will cover anger management, bullying, sexuality, teenage pregnancy, etc. As a result of the intervention, we’ll have more young people attending support groups, facilitated by skilled workers (social workers primarily). We’re very excited to be able to pay these young women for the important work they’ll be doing.
The unskilled workers are doing admin and tutoring for the Education programmes: Yarona Afterschool Programme, which is for Grades 1 – 3 and RoseAct Saturday School, which tutors Grades 4 – 11 in English and Maths. They help with set-up, lunch preparation, admin, marking and tutoring.
Thanks to The Good Economy we’ve been able to give them something for their time and effort, because although they enjoy volunteering with the organisation and positively contributing toward their community, it means a lot for them to receive a stipend for their efforts. To find out how you can get involved, head over to our campaign page.
