ICHAF empowers workforce sustainability
According to the World Economic Forum Global Risk Report 2014, South Africa has the 3rd highest unemployment rate for people between the ages of 15 and 24 with an estimated 50% being without work.
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JOBURG – South Africa’s youth face increasing challenges when it comes to employment opportunities.
According to the World Economic Forum Global Risk Report 2014, South Africa has the 3rd highest unemployment rate for people between the ages of 15 and 24 with an estimated 50% being without work.
As higher learning institutions are set to begin the school year so too does the stark reality that many people are simply not able to afford the opportunity to further their education. Recently the Minister of Higher Education, Blade Nzimande, released a white paper highlighting “a strategy that is required to pull the ‘neets’ (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) out of the doldrums of poverty and misery”.
The I Can Help Africa Foundation (ICHAF) Training Institute is committed to educating and empowering the future business leaders of tomorrow by providing training and support during their transition into the workforce and throughout their career development. Founded in 2001, ICHAF is an accredited Further Education and Training Service Provider and registered Section 21 Company providing the requisite skills and development training that empowers students with skills that promote self-sustainable, socially aware and committed society members.
“There must not be a dustbin where we throw away living human beings. We are not only interested in those who went to school but also those who never went to school but who want to acquire a skill,” continues Nzimande.
Nzimande goes on to say “Plans are underway to make Further Education and Training (FET) colleges attractive, the Minister of Higher Education and Training said on Thursday. “One of the critical things we need to do with FET Colleges is bring them closer to employers.”
By providing transformative training courses to those who otherwise may not have had access to an education, ICHAF allows corporates to achieve their CSI responsibilities whilst actively empowering their staff with on-going development.
Currently ICHAF offers a range of practical business, leadership and communication courses that focus on in demand skills that will arm students with the necessary requirements when entering the marketplace. Prospective students can choose from a range of training that includes:
- Corporate Training: customer service training; business writing; conflict management; business budgeting; call centre management; controlling and supply chain etc.
- Leadership Seminars: Leadership Skills; Emotional Mastery; Goals and Objectives Settings etc.
- Communication: Language and Voice Training: Presentation Skills; Call Centre Voice Coaching; Corporate Voice Training etc.
For further information or to contact ICHAF, visit www.ichaftraining.co.za