These are the words of Dumisile Fakudze, chairperson of Love Soar Learning Centre (LS Learning Centre), is a non-profit organisation based at the Music Academy of Gauteng, in Putfoinein.
The organisation was founded in 2011 and recently launched their I Am Love project.
This project aims to train and rehabilitate parolees and ex-offenders by creating job opportunities and social reintegration for them.
Fakudze said the project got its name from the pledge that participants will filter every decision through self-love.
“This intiative was born from years of working with inmates in the offender rehabilitation,” said Fakudze.
“When ex-offenders return to the community, there is a higher possibility that they will go back to crime..
“In the effort to stop re-offending, we decided to use this intervention to change the mindset of society about ex-offenders.”
LS Learning Centre renders programmes like business coaching, mentorship, counselling, entrepreneurial training and communication skills.
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