Empowering youth with practical skills for 67 minutes

The Greater Eldorado Park Youth Innovation Hub? upskill the youth.

The Greater Eldorado Park Youth Innovation Hub (GEPYIH) and Blueprint Engineering and Skills Development (BESD) afforded young people an opportunity to gain pragmatic skills as part of celebrating Mandela Day at EXT 4, Eldorado Park, on July 18.

The programme sought to impart welding skills and educate young people about the late former President of South Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela’s role and commitment to the culture of peace and freedom.

Most of the beneficiaries (learners) who took part have enrolled in different accredited courses including business and artisan trade courses.

Phyllis Vilakazi, board chairperson for GEPYIH said their mission is to upscale the youth with various programmes and business courses.

She said they have a partnership with various stakeholders that ensure that they give credible certification to the learners.

“Under business, we are funded for end-user computing, ICT and Cisco, and for artisan, we have welding and electrical.

“But we provide many other extended scopes namely, upholstery, merchandising and tyre repairs,” said Vilakazi.

She emphasised that it was important to start the programme by educating learners about their history because some just hear about Mandela Day and they do not understand the meaning of it.

“It is important for learners to know that today they can do free courses and gain skills because there are stalwarts who fought for them to ensure that they have these facilities.

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