An advisory centre for youngsters is to open in Eldorado Park

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Youth advisory centre to open in Eldorado Park Better Life plans to open a comprehensive youth advisory centre at its premises in Eldorado Park, where young people will be able to get career guidance and information on bursaries and learnerships. March 6, 2006 By Emmanuel Mulaudzi YOUNG people in Eldorado Park will be able to expand their horizons when Better Life, a non-governmental organisation, launches a youth advisory centre in the area. The Better Life Youth Advisory Centre is a project of the Better Life Centre, a multi-purpose community development centre in Eldorado Park that offers much-needed services to that suburb, Soweto, Lenasia and the surrounding informal settlements. Although it has been operating on a small scale since January, the youth centre will be launched in full by mid-March. It will be run by Better Life, and the core funder is the Umsobomvu Youth Fund. It will operate from the Better Life Centre premises. It aims to offer career information to young people, as well as enhance employment opportunities for unemployed and unskilled people between the ages of 18 and 35. It will also give career guidance to grade 12 learners. The University of Johannesburg has come on board and will demonstrate the career training it offers to young people. It will also give guidance on applying for bursaries. According to Better Life manager Tessa Dooms, Damelin and Boston City Campus have agreed to offer career advice to school pupils. The centre has three full-time employees and one volunteer. It is sponsored by private companies, although the Umsobomvu Youth Fund is the main sponsor. It also approaches companies such as Eskom, Telkom, South African Airways and South African Breweries to fund bursaries. In addition to its youth services, Better Life offers HIV and Aids counselling, life skills courses and help with social issues that affect the community, like woman and child abuse. "We will also offer services such as foster care to children and the socially destitute," Dooms explains. Motlalepula Thupudi, an Umsombvu Youth Fund programme officer, says the youth advisory centre will focus on education and access to information for youngsters. It will offer career counselling and information on learnerships, and help learners write their curriculum vitae, she adds. The centre will also hold community outreach campaigns to educate young people about Aids. The centre is based at 19 Circle Road, Eldorado Park extension 5. For more information call Tessa Dooms on 011 342 2054. Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za