TESTIMONIALS FROM GRADUATES

Nomphelo

"I've learnt how to manage time and money. In order to be valuable you have to be excellent in everything you do. You must work hard in life to succeed. Nothing will be handed to you, you must work for everything in order to achieve everything you want in life. How to act in an interview. Always put God first in everything you do"

Yolande

“Before I attend these workshop I had no plans, no confident to begin a business person. I am filled with confident and I can't wait to become an entrepreneur. I have so much plans and have and have a better look at my future. If I had this knowledge I would be a different person. But now that I learnt to change my view and to honour my values , I know that I can be a better, stronger and self-confident mother and wife to my family. I will also teach them everything so that they can be successful in their lives.”

Kokerai

It has been a blessing attending these workshops. I have learnt alot and I shall never be the same. The lessons changed me in the following:

In summary, I have been positively changed. I am prepared for God to take me to greater opportunities in my life. I wish to become one of the people who develop from working, to starting a business and helping others to get starte.Keep on helping people. God bless you richly

Gloria

This workshop makes alot of changes in my life. I did not know about professionalism - now I know. I did not know about a budget - now I know. And I learnt to be honest at work. And I learn to be reliable. And I learnt to be valuable at my place of work. And I thank my redeemer Jesus Christ to accompany me to this place and these things I did not know. The word of God is growing more in my spirit.

Joseph

The workshops helped to put my life together. Last year I earned about R20 000 and used it without thinking wisely. Instead of breaking the chain of poverty in my family. I have learnt how to save! How to think ahead. The way God wants me to use my brain!! I learnt how to be professional in everything I'm doing. I'm planning to open my own business selling paraffin and buying and selling empty bottlesand as time goes by to open a tuck-shop. And to save money and buya kiln aand clay and hire people that studied art and are doing nothing and sell their handwork.

Lee-Anne

“It helped a lot with looking at things different. I learned about budgeting. To start saving again. To be more confident. To respect myself more. I know I can become anything and do anything I set my mind to. I learned a lot and I know where I made my mistakes in the past and I am learning from it. I want to become someone in life and not live like our forefathers did. To question our culture so that we can become better people. To know what I value in life. Not to do everything that your parents and friends do. How to keep everything open-minded. I want to teach my children everything that I have learned.”

Irene

“ These workshops have taught me to have confidence in myself. Before I attend these classes, I have a poverty mindset of saying I am poor and I will always be poor, nothing is going to change. I've been with people who just have had negative impacts in my life. Before I started to attend these classes, I had dreams and visions on making my future brighter but did not know where to start. We've been taught how to budget, something we did not have a clue on how to handle but at least now we know. The part I enjoyed the most was job hunting because now we know how to look for jobs and most especially how to do interviews and some communication skills. I can now say to myself that my situation can change and I can share this information with the people in my community. I want to do some courses like computers to better my skills for a job. After my job I would like to further my studies as my dream is to do nursing...”

Deejay

I just want to say thank you so much for organizing the workshop. I always had those principles with me but the workshop made it very clear and for me to realize that everything starts with me. I'm the only one who can make or break me and I can apply it in my work environment and in my personal life. I can sleep easy now because I run things instead of things making me run LOL. It was like a slap in the face like I need to catch a wake up made me value time and respect my job. It’s knowledge that I'm going to pass down to my son. Thank you very much.

Ntombekhaya

"I don't know where to start. This workshop changed my life to a best way. Before I came here I was a slave to loansharks because I could not manage the little meoney I had. Secondly, I have a talent I took for granted. This place made me to ask myself -"Why all these years I couldn't make something of myself?" You see, I can sew! But I did'nt make an effort of going forward. I am taking responsibility now for leaving my previous job without telling. Now I know I was wrong. In future I will know what is right or wrong because of this worrkshop. Lastly I thank Jesus for making me find this place..."

Praiden:

"Good course indeed. Taught to be disciplined, to be excellent in all I do.Taught to be skillful, to be business-minded. Taught to have a change of mind, to shift away from a poverty mindset. To be development-oriented. With this course I will never be the same again. With these skills you gave me I know that I will never be the same again..."

Hilda:

"It was an excellent course. I learnt alot of things. I learnt to be disciplined and to be excellent in all I do. I learnt to budget and to think big. Culture is dynamic so I should accept change in my life. I was equipped with so many life skills which I think will help me. Thank you very much. May God bless you"

Phin

"The workshops helped alot. I was a broken man, hopeless and directionless but now I am on my feet again and ready to go because I feel as young..."