Deputy Minister in the Presidency and NYDA chairperson to visit NYDA grant beneficiaries
The Deputy Minister in the Presidency responsible for Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Honourable Buti Manamela and National Youth Development Agency Executive (NYDA) Chairperson, Mr. Yershen Pillay will this week conduct site visits to NYDA funded youth projects in Gauteng.
The aim is to provide the new ministerial leadership of the NYDA with insight into the young people who have benefited from NYDA products and services.
The beneficiary site visit will take place at Siyaphumelela Community Development and Projects (SCDP) in Orange Farm, South of Johannesburg. SCDP is a recycling youth owned cooperative enterprise that received R93 695 in grant funding from the NYDA.
Since inception in 2013 the NYDA grant funding has assisted over 500 youth owned enterprises to start, maintain or expand their existing businesses.
The project visits will give the Deputy Minister a sense of the work undertaken by the NYDA through its various programs. It will also afford both the Deputy Minister and the NYDA Chairperson an opportunity to interact with the beneficiaries to also understand their progress and establish if there are any challenges the young entrepreneurs are faced with.
The media are hereby invited to attend:
Date: 16 October 2014
Time: 12h00-2h00
Venue: Siyaphumelela Community Development Projects, 1/15747 Extension 4, Orange Farm (Pikitup Dumping Site near the Chris Hani Stadium)
RSVP:
Nawhal Kara-Foster
Cell: 084 894 2213
E-mail: Nawhal.kara-foster@nyda.gov.za
Siyabonga Magadla
Cell: 083 686 9016
E-mail: Siyabonga.magadla@nyda.gov.za
