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TOUGH TIMES DO NOT LAST BUT TOUGH PEOPLE DO. It has been a year since I joined Young Africa Zimbabwe as General Manager. It has been quite an experience coming into the field of social work from the corporate world. The results are not comparable to the Balance Sheets and Profit and Loss Accounts that are used as measurement of success in the business world. These results last for a lifetime and they change a community, society and even the whole nation in the long run. Young Africa is a place where you see a young person’s life being transformed before your very eyes. When a young person comes here either from an orphanage or the community they are quiet and not sure of really what it is they are coming to Young Africa to do. When the classes begin and they begin to take part in the practical training they start to get excited about their studies because they begin to realise that they can produce something. When they get to meet students from other courses when they are taking part in the Life Skills Lesson and HIV/AIDS classes they begin to realize that as young people they go through the same life cycle and their challenges in life are not confined to them only. Students have testified to me personally that some issues they were dealing with have been solved by these lessons. Students who have had intense problems have been greatly assisted in the one to one counseling sessions with the counselor. Students have discovered talents that they never knew existed in them by participating in activities like Arts and Sports. However there are other young people who want to come to Young Africa to acquire skills in courses like cosmetology and catering that I hope we will be able to accommodate in the near future. I would like to see Young Africa really supporting all the young people that have passed through by following them in whatever manner we can so that the time they would have spent here does not go to waste. Lastly, I would like to see Young Africa work closely with the communities they are located in on various aspects like HIV/AIDS or after school clubs. 2008 has been a difficult year for every Zimbabwean but more so for the student and I salute those students who have stuck it out with Young Africa and say to all of them: TOUGH TIMES DO NOT LAST BUT TOUGH PEOPLE DO. | ||||
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