Mobilising Future Careers for South Africa's Youth

Dear AVA friend

There is much to celebrate as 2025 is nearing it’s end. The MCC reached a record number of youth - almost 2000 - with career and work-readiness education workshops, this year alone!  Here’s some stats on the MCC, since our last report in September:

•       320 youth (15-34 years) reached with 7 MCC events: 269 youth in the Eastern Cape and 51 in the Western  Cape
•        Youth reached: 269 in Eastern Cape and 51 in the Western Cape
•        Unemployed youth:  78 and in-school youth: 242
•       16 unemployed youth were assisted to register and upload their CV on an online job portal for entry level positions; of whom 2 gained employment after the MCC!  This is so significant considering that this MCC was in a small, rural community in the Eastern Cape.
•       2500 kms (1553 miles) travelled to reach the youth

The MCC is now at a pivotal point and with the demand for the MCC services in the Eastern Cape growing so rapidly, establishing a part-time team in that region will be enormously helpful, should the MCC want to continue reaching those most in need of career education.  AVA knows that an investment in young people has the greatest prospect of changing their long term educational and economic trajectories.  We simply can’t stop the momentum now. 

Thank you so much for your continued support and interest in the Mobile Career Café.

Kindest regards.

Janine