Resource organization
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The community resource organization that is aimed at directing resources to under-resourced communities in a sustainable manner. by working through a national grassroots women’s network that organize themselves around a daily savings model designed to form the foundation on which these women grasp their poverty & development issues and are able to identify solutions to the widest range of challenges, and are able to manage their responses to these challenges in a spirit of self reliance. As part of their initiative the organisation has also started a Youth in Sports” project within the St. Martin’s Softball Club. The project engages large numbers of young people in Softball as an alternative to the negative life-styles that swallow up our youth in low-income areas. This project is specifically a youth development programme that includes personal and leadership development, awareness, mentorship and even counceling but takes the form of a sports project because sport is proven to be the best way to engage youth and it is used as a neutral platform to tackle other, life issues affecting our young people.
Students | Volunteers
The need is for interns to get actively involved in coaching and imparting skills to other coaches and should therefore have relevant skills in a field such as Sport-Science or similar fields. The intern would however need to stay for a reasonable length of time, between 2 and 6 months for it to be effective and will receive all the support they need from the rest of the team and local volunteers. The interns will also assist with the planning and managing of sporting events as the organisation is actively involved with other sport clubs. Although your days may be long and exhausting, your reward will far exceed the effort. You will have the opportunity to experience Cape Town through the eyes of the youth, giving you a renewed sense of the best Cape Town has to offer. Your internship with organisation will be both a very, fulfilling, rewarding and challenging experience.