Emadlangeni Skills Development Academy

Team Leader

Makhosonke Ntshangase

Solution Overview

Solution Name:

One-line solution summary:

We do not have health facility, we are in deep rural area. We believe that mobile clinics during this time will help us a lot.

Pitch your solution.

Due to Covid-19 people lost their jobs. We are Non-Profit Company we are training people to enquire skills in Woodwork and Sewing and we are experiencing a high number of people getting infected due to no vaccine provided in our rural area with no clinics to provide vitamins or provide PPE

What specific problem are you solving?

Skills Development programme to fight unemployment resulted by Covid-19

What is your solution?

We train people to acquire skills in handwork so that they create their employment

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

Employment Creation and fight poverty

Which dimension of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Combat loneliness, stress, depression, and other mental health impacts of disease outbreaks.

Explain how the problem you are addressing, the solution you have designed, and the population you are serving align with the Challenge.

We want to train people on Sewing and Baking in rural area so that after the Covid-19 they can sew and sell their finished products in the cities.

The sewing will focus on sewing the clothing and school uniform

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?

KwaZulu, South Africa

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Concept: An idea being explored for its feasibility to build a product, service, or business model based on that idea.

Explain why you selected this stage of development for your solution.

We have a very high rate of unemployment especially young people in KwaZulu Natal at large.

Young people are depending on social of government grants

This initiative will create employment which it will be a solution to the government and to the community at large

We are expecting more than 300 young people buy in to the initiative

Who is the Team Lead for your solution?

Makhosonke Ntshangase (HR and Marketing Director)

Partnership & Prize Funding Opportunities

Solution Team:

Makhosonke Ntshangase