Elizayo: Transform the Future

Funding Request: Stimulating innovative and

entrepreneurial mindsets among young learners
Realize the potential of young people toward economic growth and stability by promotion, education
and practical implementation of entrepreneurship initiatives

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. 1. Administrative Details....................................................................................................................... 3

2. Problem Statement............................................................................................................................... 3

3. Background and Strategy of the Organisation ..................................................................................... 4

4. Our Programmes................................................................................................................................... 6

5. Monitoring and Evaluation ................................................................................................................... 6

6. Sustainability......................................................................................................................................... 7

7. Networking and Partnerships ............................................................................................................... 7

8. Highlights/ Success stories.................................................................................................................... 7

9. Funding Request and Budget for Arts and Culture Project .................................................................. 8

10. Implementation Plan ............................................................................................................................ 8

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 1. 1. Administrative Details

Name:
Physical address:
Postal Address:
Telephone:
Fax:
Website

Contact Person:
Designation:
Email:
Mobile
Fax:

NPO Registration:
PBO Number:

Auditors:

Banking Details:
Name of Account:
Name of Bank:
Type of Account:
Account Number:
Branch:
Branch Code:
Branch address

2. Problem Statement

South Africa has the third highest unemployment rate in the world for people between the ages of 15 to 24,
according to the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risk 2014 report. The report estimates that more than 50%
of young South Africans between 15 and 24 are unemployed.

Unemployment is arguably the single most significant obstacle to poverty reduction in South Africa The incidence
of unemployment falls most harshly on young South Africans, who are generally low-skilled and have little to no
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experience of formal employment. It is exceedingly difficult for one of these unemployed young people to exit
unemployment. The South African labour force makes up just 0.5% of the global labour force, but accounts for
2% of the world’s unemployment.

Black Youth, and in particular, poor Black youth face enormous challenges. Communities are plagued by extremely
high crime rates, a very high level of drug related crimes and the use of drugs, single parent families and child
headed household, very high unemployment, gangsterism and pandemic diseases such as HIV/Aids and
tuberculosis. Inadequate education contributes to the cycle of poverty by making it more difficult for low-income
children to lift themselves and future generations out of poverty, thus perpetuating the cycle of poverty and social
exclusion. There are also limited or none opportunities for social and cultural enrichment.

Poverty and social exclusion are seen to have significant outcomes on children’s lives both in the short and long
term, across a variety of physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional and economic outcomes. Children living in
poverty are more likely to suffer low self -esteem, do less well at school, and are more likely to suffer
unemployment, low pay and poor health in adulthood. Poorer children and teens are also at greater risk for several
negative outcomes such as poor academic achievement, school dropout, abuse and neglect, behavioral and socio-
emotional problems, physical health problems, and developmental delays. Poverty has a particularly adverse
effect on the academic outcomes of children, especially during early childhood. Violence exposure can also
predict future violent behavior in youth which places them at greater risk of injury and mortality and entry into
the juvenile justice system.

Youth unemployment is a particularly serious issue in South Africa because the country is experiencing a youth
bulge, which presents opportunities for growth if young people are meaningfully employed and the potential for
serious social instability if they are not employed.

3. Background and Strategy of the Organisation

The NPO X believes that if we could effectively address youth unemployment, not only would we lift millions of
South Africans out of poverty, but we would also place our economy on a trajectory of sustainable, inclusive
growth. We believe that we should be investing in teaching youth the mind-set, coupled with the skills, to be
innovators and entrepreneurs. Developing the ability to recognize opportunity and giving young people the
tools to capitalize on those opportunities empowers them to take ownership of their future in ways which
directly link education to real-world success. In other words, putting a young person to work does not only
mean finding them a job. In some cases, with the right investment in entrepreneurship and the
encouragement to succeed, young people will create their own jobs and, in many cases, hire others. They can and
will invent the next big things that change lives, lift up communities and grow economies.

NPO X promotes the positive development and resilience of youth by enhancing their competence and sense of
autonomy. The Foundation strongly buys into a resilience based approach to youth development. Resilience is
a

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strengths-based construct, meaning its focus is on providing the developmental supports and opportunities
(protective factors) that promote success, rather than on eliminating the factors that promote failure.

We believe we can shift the mindset of the youth from believing that the government will provide for them; to
taking responsibility and understanding how they have to make it work for themselves.Research evidence
suggesting that entrepreneurship education plays an important role in the promotion of entrepreneurial
intentions of learners and many researchers support the inclusion of exposure to entrepreneurship education as
a variable in entrepreneurship intention models.

Our entrepreneurial-directed teaching approach is one where the instructor becomes a learning facilitator. Other
competencies to be developed in successful entrepreneurship education include social and civic skills; digital
competencies; creative and artistic skills; and cultural awareness – all aspects which are covered by the full scope
of NPO X services. South African youth are enabled to reach their full potential, regardless of current or projected
future economic standing.

The Foundation currently works with 14 schools and runs 5 after school centres that reaches over 1 800 township
learners daily. We focus our efforts on disadvantaged youth and children who have to overcome a number of
barriers to learning in order to make a positive contribution to the South African economy. These barriers include
(but are not limited to): inadequate recreational facilities, single parent families, hunger, gangsterism, crime,
violence, drug and sexual abuse, adolescent pregnancies and pandemic diseases such as HIV/Aids and
tuberculosis.

Our Vision: To provide the best children and youth programs that allows children and youth to realise their full
potential
Our Mission: To provide a safe environment in challenged and vulnerable communities where we develop
emotionally well rounded children and youth, who make positive life choices and become contributing members
of society
Our Objectives

• To maintain a constant agenda to advance violence prevention initiatives in the country, with emphasis on
education as a liberator of the abused on oppressed.
• Implement, expand, coordinate, and evaluate the integrated educational, health, safety, cultural, and
recreational services to the youth of the relevant communities
• Contribute to poverty alleviation by developing socio – economic initiatives which will ensure youth are more
employable
• Decrease of social exclusion amongst youth by developing the confidence and social skills of participating
youth.
• Encourage youth to aspire to developing to their full potential to create positive role models within
communities and future leaders and entrepreneurs in South Africa

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 4. Our Programmes

The Foundation currently operates in five centers which provide the following services in challenged and
vulnerable communities within the Western Cape, including Nyanga, Gugulethu, Khayelitsha, Phillipi and
Crossroads, and each hosting over 300 students per day.

Sports Programme Educational Program Extra Mural Program

Objectives • Provide a safe and supportive • Contribute to poverty • Build the capacity of individuals to
environment for children to alleviation by assisting youth participate in community life through
experience the physical and to improve academically the provision of recreation;
mental challenges associated • To implement, expand, • Enable individuals to develop and
with sport coordinate, and evaluate the sustain social and community
• Assist youth in internalizing integrated educational, relationships;
teamwork principles as health, safety, cultural, and • Increase the ability of individuals to
additional relationship recreational services to the self-manage their social interactions
building skills youth and community participation;
• Development of youth • Provide life skills training that • Facilitate and promote opportunities
discipline and goal setting specifically target community and pathways to ensure ongoing
skills associated with active problems identified learning, training and development;
sports • Facilitate enrichment • Enhance the choice of recreational and
opportunities and healthy leisure activities available to Youth
activities for participating • To partnership with the community to
youth provide a safe and supervised
• Promote better health recreational program
awareness and practices
Projects Hockey, Soccer, Swimming, After School Care, HIV/AIDS Music, Creative Arts, Dancing, Greening
Table Tennis Diving, Cricket, Prevention & Peer Education, and Environment
Volley Ball, Golf ,Muay Thais Literacy, Computer Literacy.
Math’s, Entrepreneurial

5. Monitoring and Evaluation

The following interrelated factors form the cornerstone of NPO X evaluation and monitoring processes.
• access to and sustained participation in the program;
• quality programming and staffing; and
• promoting strong partnerships among the program and the other places where students are learning,
such as their schools, their families,
The main indicators used to measure the success of the programme are included in implementation plan
Additional evaluation tools:
• Feedback from stakeholders including partner Organisations, principals and parents. .
• Analysis of cost effectiveness.
• Report analysis and statistical data
• Staff meeting and programme meetings
• Contracting the services of an external independent evaluator.

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 6. Sustainability

NPO X has put various measures in place to ensure the sustainability of our programmes and services. These
include
• Individual Giving and Pledges Programme
• The Village Card: the NPO X is one of the listed beneficiaries. If chosen, a % of purchases is donated to the
Foundation
• Sales: NPO XR Bracelet
• Hotel Partnerships: (Twelve Apostles & Newmark Hotels – Ambassador, V&A, Queen Victoria, La Splendida)
• Events/Income generation: Annual Fundraising Gala Dinner, Annual ehl Youth Spirit Awards Annual Cape
Argus Cycle Ride; McDonald’s Golf Day Cultural performances at prominent events such as the Tourism
Indaba, Western Cape Cultural Commission, Table of Peace & Unity, Wheat event for 1000 Women at CT
Convention Centre & many more; The ultural Township Tours supported and promoted by Cape Town
Tourism
• Donations in Kind: Through the development and nurturing of partnerships with various corporates and other
business entities the NPO X has been able to significantly decrease their operational costs (as illustrated in
the audited financial statements)

7. Networking and Partnerships

The purpose of the Foundation’s focus on networking with a wide range of sources and building partnerships with
various parties is to develop a flexible, creative response to the needs identified by the community using the
strengths of partners. Partnerships focus on improved services and working efficiencies and the promotion of a
shared responsibility and sustainability. Contracts and MOU’s ensure that there is shared responsibility in
achieving the desired objectives. The Trust and respect between the Foundation and the various partners is
evident in the sustained period in which partnerships have been maintained.

The NPO X has formed a number of partnerships with local and international Organisations that have enabled the
Foundation to offer opportunities to participating youth that would not ordinarily be available to them.

8. Highlights/ Success stories

• 12 Northern Ireland delegates run annual hockey and soccer coaching weeks. (Also train students in first aid,
raise funds and donate sports equipment.)
• Media 24 best Reader Award Completion
• Three of the girls who participated in the HIV/AIDS peer education programme were invited to the Leadership
Institute for Teens Conference in California, USA
• Through Global Leadership Adventure 13 students from the USA renovated 2 classrooms
• NPO X learners received awards at the Hugo Lambrecht School of Music
• Students from the Codarts University in Rotterdam collaborated with NPO X learners to present a fantastic
music festival in Gugulethu

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 9. Funding Request and Budget for Sporting Project

Expenses Entrepreneurial Project Total Organisational Budget

Operational 143 468 3 530 357
Advertising / Promotions/Fundraising 8 000 146 150
Bank Charges 324 9 332
Communications/IT Support 15 618 189 431
Consultancy Fees 7 105 162 197
Insurance 2 588 77 651
Postage & Courier 32 1 127
Printing & Stationery 11 000 96 619
Rent 16 000 206 182
Repairs & Maintenance 9 200 168 733
Salaries & Wages 48 119 2 020 690
Staff Development 5 633 198 588
Teas & Refreshments 259 9 022
Transportation - Travel, Land, Air 19 590 244 634
Direct Project Costs 435 000 3 451 784
Monitoring and Evaluation 12 000 265 000
Printed and Other Project materials, workbooks etc 40 000 328 408
Marketing and Networking 32 000 200 388
Workshops and Education/Capacity building 300 000 2 195 340
Food Supplies/Catering 0 178 500
Project Travel 25 000 140 800
Educational Events 26 000 143 348
Project Equipment 22 000 293 000
Total Expenditure 578 468 6 982 141
Expenses Entrepreneurial Project Total Organisational Budget
NDTLF 78 575 586 825
Department of Social Development 3 143 456 873
Donations, Grants Confirmed 45 000 1 239 576
Income Generation/Fundraising Events 0 450 000
Income to be fundraised 417 495 3 990 495
Total Income 544 212 6 723 769
Surplus/Deficit -34 256 -258 373

We are requesting your organisation’s support for our Entrepreneurship Project and would appreciate a financial
contribution of R100 000. We are however thankful for any financial support that your organisation is able to
contribute towards our program in order to promote Entrepreneurship in High Risk and Disadvantaged Youth.

10. Implementation Plan

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Objective: Stimulating innovative and entrepreneurial mindsets among young learners in order to realize the potential of young people toward economic growth and
stability by promotion, education and practical implementation of entrepreneurship initiatives.
Activities Inputs Outputs Indicators Outcomes
Ten Month School Entrepreneurship • Raw materials • 20 learners • Students level • Student able to recognize a business
Programme for capacitated in the 10 of opportunity that fits them
• Conduct Business Course o Crafting month understanding • Demonstrate the understanding of how
 Marketing o Sewing Entrepreneurship of Business to launch an entrepreneurial career
 Human Resources o Beauty program Practices • Theoretical and practical knowledge
 Financial Management o Hospitality • Number of increased and student able to make
 Administration o Plumbing students that informed choices regarding economic
 Business Communications • Facilitator participate future
 Information Systems • Venue • Nr of students • Apply effective written and oral
 Operations • Business that complete communication skills to business
• Facilitator to conduct additional Mentors from course situations.
theoretical sessions in various • Level of • Analyze the local business
Introduction to business corporates sophistication environment.
Development of Entrepreneurial • Monthly in • Use critical thinking skills in business
behavior, attitudes and skills ( opportunity assessments entrepreneurs situations.
seeking, ownerships of development, and task hip of students • Apply an ethical understanding and
networking capacity etc) reviews • Number of perspective to business situations.
Innovation – How to generate ideas and viable • Entrepreneurial behaviors, attitudes
the life cycle of an idea businesses and skills developed
Principles of marketing and how to draft a • Expert to started • Key entrepreneurial values inculcated
marketing strategy facilitate • Motivated toward an entrepreneurial
Generic entrepreneurship competencies program career
developed ( how to find and appraise and secured • Understanding of the processes of
idea, see problems as opportunities, • Program will venture creation, entry and associated
assess business development needs etc) continue to be tasks
Business competencies development ( relevant • Generic entrepreneurship
products and services, total service • Corporate
competencies developed
package, customers, completion support – • Belief that rewards come with own
Drafting a business plan and a funding mentors and effort
proposal lecturers • Financial Independence of students
• Prescribed reading for students
after completion of education
• Conduct practical assignment for
• The Student gained an up to date
implementation of Business course and
understanding of the field in regard to
additional theoretical knowledge gained
the process of assessing the commercial
• Participate in social entrepreneurship
potential of and existing markets
initiative

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Objective: Stimulating innovative and entrepreneurial mindsets among young learners in order to realize the potential of young people toward economic growth and
stability by promotion, education and practical implementation of entrepreneurship initiatives.
Activities Inputs Outputs Indicators Outcomes
 Start your own business /initiative • Ability to find next level of training or
 Provide successful participants with access other resources and services
limited amount of stock/raw materials at • Creation of entrepreneurial thinkers
completion of the year programme who also have the skills and tools to
 Provide a link to a mentor in order to start their own businesses.
establish, run and grow their own small • Heightened awareness of the role of
business. entrepreneurs
 Ongoing support and mentorship of • Learn to identify and recognize
participants opportunities
 Create opportunities for students
 Assist student in linking with external
resources such as funding, business
support and markets
 Evaluate project to determine
replication possibilities
Two Day School Entrepreneurship Workshops • 40 learners from 5
• Conduct a two day intensive workshop after school centre
on innovation, idea generation and complete 2 day
pitching business ideas. school
• Generic entrepreneurship competencies entrepreneurship
developed ( how to find and appraise and introduction
idea, see problems as opportunities, program
assess business development needs etc)

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