Internships offer unemployed youth a terrific chance to expand their horizons. With youth unemployment at an all time high, we're glad to be part of the solution. This Youth Month we're excited to announce that our new YES4Youth sponsor is Refinex. Previously, our monthly round up was called "Tutors tell it like it is" as all...
On Youth Day it’s fitting to celebrate Nobantu Mshumpela, one of our own team members! This determined young woman started as a tutor on the JumpStart programme, and has since completed and expanded her qualifications to meet her new career challenges. Nobantu is a co-ordinator of the JumpStart Foundation’s Ekurhuleni South programme who has successfully...
Last month we focused on Betty Oliphant, the first JumpStart staff member to be employed, back in 2011. She shared her recollections of the early days when she helped out as a receptionist in the JumpCO office. In those days, JumpStart was a tiny organisation and its founder was a solo pilot. The organisation has...
Our YES4YOUTH tutors impact many young lives inside and outside the classroom. Every month we hear from beneficiaries of this partnership, many of whom have already secured qualifications. This month we have five stories from tutors who are equipping the next generation of South African mathematicians. We're proud of our tutors who go the extra mile...
In every organisation there are unsung heroes behind the scenes. At JumpStart that person is Betty Oliphant, our office administrator. She is the person who plans, organises, orders, checks and double checks to ensure smooth running of our events and processes. In March this year at our annual strategy planning session, Betty received a long...
Our YES4YOUTH tutors impact many young lives inside and outside the classroom. This month we share five unique stories about individuals who care where it was most needed, be that fundraising for school uniforms, , purchasing pencils or digging deep to reach a child in distress. We're proud of our tutors who go the extra...
Jabu Thomo, our Educational Programme Director, is in the spotlight this month. We want to share our fun and fearless staff members who care about mathematics education and youth employment more than anything else! Jabu leads our fabulous team who are dedicated to turning underperforming classrooms into centres of maths and science excellence. Maths marriages [caption id="attachment_14334"...
We are terrifically proud of our tutors, and are thrilled to partner with YES4YOUTH. These partnerships make all the difference, enabling unemployed youth to gain the experience that will help them access employment, return to studies, or commence them, and help to change mathematics outcomes on the ground for the youngest learners struggling to gain...
In February we kicked off the year with a splash, quite literally by jumping into the aquadome at the Emerald Resort! “It’s not every year we throw a party in the first week of term,” said Programme Director, Jabu Thomo, “but with the Omicron wave last December the health of our tutors and staff took...
The JumpStart Foundation provides -- literally and metaphorically -- a jumpstart for unemployed matriculants who have the drive and ambition to make careers for themselves, but who got stuck along the way. The combination of skills training, the chance to return to or initiate tertiary studies and the provision of a stipend that feeds families...
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