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Youth Development Plan Business Plan 1
Youth Development Plan Business Plan 1
1. Introduction 1
2. The Concept 2
2.1 Description 2
2.5 Functions 5
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Executive Summary
The Faith & Hope Youth Development Centre (FHYDC) is a one-stop-center where youth are able to
access a single point to seek assistance. Through an integrated under one roof approach, the center
offers Education, Employment and Empowerment opportunities for young people.
Support agencies that do exist are concentrated in the Tshwane City Metro and are not easily accessible
to the youth of Ga-Rankuwa and surrounding areas. Therefore, FHYDC is taking the much – needed
services to the youth.
To address the problems of the youth in the Ga-Rankuwa and surrounding areas, the concept of the
FHYDC was born as a pilot project for Faith & Hope Foundation. The center itself is not an entirely new
concept.
The Faith & Hope Youth Development Centre (FHYDC) is formed through the concept of Centers for
Urban Youth Development of the Global Partnership Initiative on Urban Youth Development in Africa.
Although indicators and best practices were borrowed from a highly successful initiative in Kenya, the
FHYDC concept will be rooted in the culture of the community in which it will operate. The FHYDC will be
congruent and supportive of the National Youth Development strategy.
Our project involves putting the youth in our area into programs that will educate and empower them
be it career, education, sports and guidance.
Ordinarily, within our area, youth get to know about opportunities through, social media and word of
mouth but they don’t have the resource to access those opportunities. Our organization is a research
center that look out for those opportunities and bring them closer to the youth and make them easily
accessible
Our organization will look out for all these opportunities and publish them regularly on advert wall,
social media, public spaces, mobile units and other places in order to inform and educate our youth.
We will also partner with companies and other organizations to access assistance in any form, in order
to make sure that our organization is a success. For an example we want to partner with shopping
malls/centers, Fuel Station, government building and other spaces where we can have job/opportunities
placements in order for the youth to see. This will direct them to the center where they will be able to
apply for whatever opportunities there is. We will have computers, internet access, printing, copying,
email, fax facilities and other resources to assist them. In the case where the application had to be
submitted elsewhere, we will collect all their applications and submit them on their behalf in order to
save them transport fair.
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We will also liaise with companies and institution close to our center such as Rosslyn industrial area,
Zone 15 Industrial area and Brits Industrial area to inform us of any available opportunities, to make
them available and accessible to the youth of our community.
1. Introduction
1.1 The need
A quick survey of the number of general DTI-accredited support centers (e.g. Local Business Service
Centers) for SMMEs across the province will reveal the existence (and in many cases the merely
surviving) of about 7 such centers. In geographic terms only 2 (West Coast Business Centre and South
Cape Business Centre) serve the entire rural region of the province and the rest are concentrated in the
Cape metro. A myriad of problems continues to plague these centers, including flawed funding models,
poor capacity among staff, etc. The result is low impact on entrepreneurship and establishment and
growth of small businesses.
SMMEs through entrepreneurship should be the sponge that soaks up the unemployed and contributes
to a vibrant economy. Yet, annual reviews show that efforts to encourage the growth of SMMEs are not
getting the job done. Arguments for this failure range from a poorly conceived national SMME strategy
to ineffectiveness of government support agencies. However, our SMME sector is still characterized by
the following:
Opportunities:
1. Entrepreneurship
There are many entrepreneurship opportunities such as oil recovery, recycling, food franchises,
horticulture and more. We will teach the youth how to access those opportunities and where to
start. We will start the business where they will work and see how the business is run
Then at the later stage, we will register businesses for them so they become independent and
on their own.
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3. Road shows
We will do the road shows throughout our region to inform & educate people about our youth
development plan and the help they can get from the centre.
4. School Uniform
There are many opportunities in the school uniform industry. We need to work with schools and
have an agreement with the schools that the youth will produce the uniform and the school will
buy from them or insist that the learners buy from our organizations and donate a percentage
back to the school
5. Sports
There are many youths in our area who are good in sports and do not have access to
opportunities such as being scouted and recruited. There are association and clubs that recruit
regularly and we will contact them to come and recruits in our area for placements.
Have aspirations and want to participate fully in the lives of their societies.
Are key agents for social change, economic development and technological innovation.
Should live under conditions that encourage their imagination, ideals, energy and vision to
flourish to the benefit of their societies.
Are confronted by a paradox: to seek to be integrated into the existing society or to serve as a
force to transform it.
Are also a social and demographic group vulnerable to an uncertain future, even though they
represent society's greatest hope.
The Implementation:
The Centre has been designed to address the following basic components:
To provide career and employment opportunities for the youth in the job markets
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The concept of the FHYDC is not new – it borrows extensively from a model designed by the United
Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UN-Habitat), and Youth in Kenya formed through the concept of
Centers for Urban Youth Development of the Global Partnership Initiative on Urban Youth Development
in Africa. A successful example is the One Stop Youth Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.
FHYDC borrows extensively from the aforementioned, but takes on a distinctive South African township
flavor. The center will harness and reflect the culture, drive and enthusiasm of the local inhabitants.
Importantly, FHYDC is far broader and deeper than any South African initiative encompassing all
government information and services offered for supporting the youth.
2. The Concept
2.1 Description
The Faith & Hope Youth Development Center is a conveniently located center that offers information
and advice to all youth who reside in Ga-Rankuwa and surrounding areas. The center is staffed by
personnel who are well-trained, competent, sensitive to the needs of the youth and focused on
delivering a service to youth that not only increases the number of educated, employed and empowered
youth in the community, but also improves the socio – economic stance of the community. The services
offered will be determined by the needs of our youth. All advice and support will be provided to the
client in a language in which the youth feels comfortable and on a level that he/she understands.
Expert, friendly and supportive staff at the center will navigate clients through a process of their needs,
be their requirements very basic or highly sophisticated. FHYDC will be a familiar brand where the youth
can access reliable information and assistance as well as government and private sector opportunities.
The youth will be guided through his/her needs journey ensuring that optimum success is achieved.
FHYDC will also provide a resource facility, internet access and a training and capacity building
curriculum.
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All youth in the Ga-Rankuwa and surrounding area will be welcome as client of the youth development
center. Special attention will be given to those who fall within the youth, women and disabled
categories. Service providers to the FHYDC will be secondary clients of the youth development center.
The service providers will be used extensively for referrals and linkages.
Partners in this project will include national and provincial government departments, parastatals,
labour, civil society, NGO’s, business associations and chambers of commerce, informal business
associations (e.g. hawker’s associations), big business and local support organizations (both private and
NGO sectors). Gauteng Provincial Government and the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality are
identified as key partners for the Faith & Hope Youth Development Centre.
Finally, the services of the FHYDC will not be confined to the walls of the office in which it will operate.
Extensive outreach and capacity building programs will be rolled out to surrounding communities,
schools, farms, demobilized soldiers, etc. Much of this will be done in co-operation with service
providers.
The successful establishment and running of the FHYDC will be impossible without buy-in and support of
local and national stakeholders. Partners in this project will include national and provincial government
departments, parastatals, local government, Libraries, labour, civil society, business associations and
chambers of commerce, informal business associations (e.g. hawker’s associations), big business and
local support organizations (both private and NGO sectors).
Of special significance here is the support of the local authority. The local authority will need to view the
facility as a means of giving impetus to youth development in the area, especially where this has been
identified in its youth development plans.
Also, the FHYDC will play an important role in the local authority’s implementation of its youth
development policy.
The FHYDC will serve as an access point for the products of provincial and national government,
providing easier access to the youth. The facility will also serve as a point of delivery for the programs
and projects run by the Gauteng Provincial Government and its support agencies.
Having buy-in and support from national, provincial and local agencies by no means guarantees success.
Success however, will be dependent on the value that the local youth and the community as a whole
attach to the concept. Research and experience has shown that such initiatives become meaningless to
the very communities they were meant to serve when service standards are poor, staff lack capacity and
are insensitive to the needs of the clients, products and services are limited to that which the staff are
able to offer and the organizational model is inappropriate.
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The strategic objective of the FHYDC is to implement support programs and a develop service delivery
network that will improve the socio – economic standing of the youth of Ga-Rankuwa and surrounding
area.
In measuring the success of the FHYDC, the following will be included as success indicators (including
qualitative measures):
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2.5 Functions
Provide market access, procurement and market linkages for the youth;
The FHYDC approach recognizes that different people need different types of support and information
at different times, and that people have different learning styles.
To accommodate this individuality, FHYDC offers one-on-one personalized support services to the youth
to assist them in choosing the right public and private sector resources to access and in an appropriate
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sequence. In effect, the FHYDC staff members are peer navigators – they assist clients to discover what
they should do next, and where they can look for assistance.
The FHYDC not only demystifies the process of youth socio – economic issues, but also breaks down the
barriers that hinder the youth to establish themselves and succeeding in all that they do.
Generally, clients will not need to make appointments. They are accommodated as and when it suits
them during weekly office hours as well as Saturdays. Upon entering the FHYDC, the client’s details will
be captured and where necessary, a diagnostic will be done to determine the precise needs of both the
client and his/her business. Once the diagnostics is completed a unique development plan will be
drafted for the client. The center will provide relevant information and resources, and access to
networking and other opportunities.
Thematic areas
The center is organized under thematic areas that look into its education, educations and employment
namely;
Entrepreneurship
Business ideas and franchising Capital and funding access
Business Plan writing Manufacturing advice
Government incentives and programs statutory registrations (e.g. SARS)
Completion of tender documents BEE strategies and deal structuring
Turnaround strategies Business profiling
Patent search and registration Legal advice
Export and import logistics Buying and selling a business
Viability and profitability analyses Cash flow analysis
Market research Strategic planning
Global market opportunities Business set-up
Mentorship Product development
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Employment
Agriculture
Farming projects
Training
Cooperatives
Skills Training
Internships / Learner ship
Free Computer trainings
Train the Trainer courses
Environment
Recycling
Planting trees
Cleaning of open spaces
Clients will be able to use the Internet to access information, business opportunities, and business
research, generate ideas or communicate with suppliers and clients.
Complementary to this are meeting rooms and training facilities that will be available for business use,
as well as opportunities to showcase products and services. Workshops and seminars on a range of
youth development related topics and skills development will be scheduled regularly as part of the
curriculum at the Faith & Hope Youth Development Centre.
The FHYDC environment will need to be conducive to networking amongst the youth. A library of
relevant information to assist individuals with project and development ideas, support services,
information, guides, directories and journals is an important aspect of the center. Once a client has
established themselves, the center’s job is far from over. Ongoing access to peers, mentors, planning
support and information will then be provided by the center.
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Services offered at Centre that make it enhance youth empowerment, education and employment
Counseling services for young people with various needs on issues of reproductive health,
substance abuse and employment interventions
Referral services to young people’s cases that require in depth solutions to their needs.
Giving of timely and relevant information on up to date happening on the development world
The Faith & Hope Youth Development Centre needs to be more than a facility where advice is sought – it
needs to engage with community members on an outreach basis where and when required. The Faith &
Hope Youth Development Centre will maintain an active presence in schools, places of worship,
community organizations or wherever youth development needs to be promoted and fostered – the
community outreach programmed. The center outreach will extend throughout the community, working
closely with education, social services, the business community and other related stakeholders to
heighten awareness of all available support services, nurture an entrepreneurial culture and create
options for people in their home communities.
The outreach programmed can include courses and projects run off-site engaging with the following:
All programs and projects need to be properly structured addressing the needs of the targeted
audience. Again, the appropriate level (pitch) and language of the programs is of paramount
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importance. Where training programs are run, these must be accredited by the South African
Qualifications Authority.
The Faith & Hope Youth Development Centre – Non-Specialized Basic Skills.
Service providers comprising the MAWIGA Youth Development Centre network – specialized,
intermediate and advanced training.
The three important aspects underlying all training undertaken by both the MAWIGA Youth
Development Centre and the services providers are:
Appropriate education levels;
Appropriate language (for the area);
SAQA accredited.
The Faith & Hope Youth Development Centre’s broad target market is all youth from the previously
disadvantaged backgrounds, as are women, although not exclusively. It will also assist disabled
individuals and provide access to relevant opportunities and support groups. Furthermore, the facility
will serve as an important source of information and support – for both public and private organizations.
Service providers constitute a secondary target market and are clients of the Faith & Hope Youth
Development Centre by way of referral and linkages. The Faith & Hope Youth Development Centre
outreach will extend throughout the community by forming partnerships and working closely with
educational institutions, youth organizations, the business community and other related stakeholders.
These networks will ultimately heighten the awareness of all available support services, nurture an
independent socio – economic culture and create options for people in our community.
The location for the Faith & Hope Youth Development Centre is of paramount importance. Our locations
have been carefully considered and not based on the influence of narrowly focused groups. The initial
identification of location for the Faith & Hope Youth Development Centre will be done in close
collaboration with the district and local municipalities. In considering possible locations, the Tshwane
Metropolitan Municipality must consider the critical mass of people and the needs of our youth – it will
make little sense to consider locations where population is low and the need for services (as a result of
low consumer demand) are minimal. It is envisaged that the Local Economic Development units within
the municipality will play a leading role in this process. Once a broad location has been identified, the
selection of the specific site will need to meet the following criteria;
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The internal layout of the Red Door facility shall provide for:
There is no fixed model of ownership that is prescribed. In adopting a specific ownership model, the
following will serve as guidelines:
100% managed and funded by the Department (with non-financial support being received from
any other private or public sector bodies);
100% managed and funded by a local authority (with non-financial support being received from
any other private or public sector bodies);
Funded and managed by a partnership between local and provincial government;
Funded and managed by both private and public sector organizations.
Faith & Hope Youth Development Centre will act as a funnel in channeling all relevant government
support services to a point (the center), which is convenient to the local community. In heeding the
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President’s call, all spheres of government are obligated to support youth development. Faith & Hope
Youth Development Center can only be successful if it is owned and operated at the community level.
Community stakeholders will set the targets and direction of programs delivery. Utilizing the Faith &
Hope Youth Development Centre system, the following can be anticipated:
The Faith & Hope Youth Development Centre will act as a marketing agent to heighten the
community’s awareness about available programs, support services and initiatives and celebrate
local youth development related successes;
Celebration and drawing awareness of the successes of youth from the community.
The Impact
Introduce socio – economic opportunities to youth and get them excited about exploring
entrepreneurship;
Act as a stepping-stone to jumpstart ideas and build on local youths’ potential;
Act as a catalyst in nurturing partnerships focused on initiating meaningful interventions and
initiatives and accessing/drawing needed resources to the community;
Building partnerships and working in a complementary manner with all community stakeholders is key
to sustainable success. Funding and delivery partners will enjoy the following benefits:
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Faith & Hope Youth Development Centre staff will maintain high activity levels in the
community, heightening awareness and interest in available community programs, services and
initiatives;
The Faith & Hope Youth Development Centre will act as a bridge to available community
resources and support services;
The informed and calculated referral services will better prepare clients to take their next steps
and result in an increased number of better informed clients for other community support
services;
Provincial government will endeavor to work co-operatively and collaboratively with community
agencies, support organizations, schools, the business community and other stakeholders to
achieve a more integrated and client centers approach to service delivery; pool resources in
promoting common mandates; promote discussions to increase the efficiency and reduce the
cost of service delivery in the community; propose joint youth supports interventions and
initiatives in the furtherance of common objectives; and initiate joint mapping of the gaps in
service delivery/support and promote partnering to address such areas.
Sustainability
The organization and projects are easily sustainable with funding from companies, government
and other institution both locally and internationally.
Staff will be trained professionally in order for the organization to progress successful
We will engage and partner with other organizations so that there is consistence and continuous
learning
Public advice and participation will also be encouraged
To cater the needs and to explore new opportunities
3. Conclusion
It is envisaged that the Faith & Hope Youth Development Center through the direct intervention of the
Local and Provincial Governments and in collaboration with various stakeholder will begin to address the
key objectives of government, which is ultimately youth socio – economic development and stimulation,
a vibrant Garankuwa and surrounding areas and the creation of sustainable livelihoods for all our
citizens.
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