Achievements and Some Success Stories
We have been through the grind of very tough lessons in development, and have achieved successes in spite, or because of (!!) difficult times. A passion for pioneering innovation has driven us to seek solutions for poverty and go where some fear to tred... Most of our success stories are linked to breaking new ground in development practices and ensuring benefits to communities. We treasure our relationships with individual beneficiaries as people matter most in our projects. The stories of their lives, and their successes, we acknowledge and celebrate, as these have inspired us...2007 Guguletu Skills Audit well on its way!
A collaboration between DANIDA (the Danish Development Aid) and College of Cape Town as part of the SESD programme, made it possible for Uthango to implement a massive first-of-kind skills audit of the Guguletu community.
The appointed Uthango fieldworkers (some featured in the picture at the Ikwezi Centre) completed surveys with 12 500 residents of Guguletu in an attempt to map the skills and barriers to economic entry of the community. This phase of the project was completed successfully with wonderful stories recorded from the community at grassroots level!
We are now busy with capturing the data manually in our Kommetjie offices. The team is having some fun whilst trying to reach their individual targets. Good luck!!
The audit is part of a broader community profiling process, uniquely developed by USI as part of best practice in civil society engagement.
The appointed Uthango fieldworkers (some featured in the picture at the Ikwezi Centre) completed surveys with 12 500 residents of Guguletu in an attempt to map the skills and barriers to economic entry of the community. This phase of the project was completed successfully with wonderful stories recorded from the community at grassroots level!
We are now busy with capturing the data manually in our Kommetjie offices. The team is having some fun whilst trying to reach their individual targets. Good luck!!
The audit is part of a broader community profiling process, uniquely developed by USI as part of best practice in civil society engagement.
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We all feel that we can’t cut back on anything. But as long as our work is so vital that we can’t slow down, we don’t have to look at our own lives: a marriage that isn’t working, a career that isn’t satisfying, children we are out of touch with, friendships we’ve outgrown. There’s nothing more ‘dangerous’ than having a little time on your hands.