Psychosocial support is the support given to meet the mental, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of individuals. These are all essential elements of positive human development. Psychosocial support also allows us to heal psychological wounds so we can be active survivors rather than passive victims....
Through an ongoing partnership and collaboration, PepsiCo and the Tomorrow Trust were able to run three virtual career days in commemoration of Nelson Mandela Day 2021. The volunteers from all across PepsiCo business signed up to engage with the Tomorrow Trust learners about their career...
ECubed/DBE launched the TeacherConnect app to facilitate learning and mentorship, in real time, 24/7. The app was created with the primary focus of empowering educators through the provision of useful content and resources that would aid them in supporting learners. It was also intended to...
The beginning of the covid-19 pandemic in December 2019 sparked worldwide fear and panic, as more and more countries started to experience the spread of the coronavirus amongst their populations. In South Africa confirmed covid-19 cases were announced in March 2020 and the nation subsequently...
Mental health issues are prevalent to the point where at least one in every three South Africans suffer from one of its manifestations during their lifetime – which is higher than any other middle- and lower-income country. This is because South Africa’s post-apartheid socioeconomic and...
“A mentorship is a relationship between two people where the individual with more experience, knowledge, and connections is able to pass along what they have learned to a more junior individual within a certain field.” (https://www.wes.org/advisor-blog/definition-of-mentorship/) Positive youth development research has found that mentorship can be beneficial...
If I ask you to think about the term ‘belonging’ what is the first thing that pops into your mind? Maybe it’s your family, your school, institution, church group, work…it could be any number of things. Now how did thinking about where you belong to...
