Architect and Builder November/December 2015 | Page 11

TOWNSHIP STUDENTS
REWARDED FOR RESILIENCE
AND DETERMINATION
TO SUCCEED
“If the Springboks can bounce back
so can you!”
This was the powerful message from
community development specialist, Sizwe
Mxobo an alumnus of the Go for Gold
education-to-employment programme
in his address to 82 students, who were
recently recognised for their extraordinary
achievements at the 17th annual Go for
Gold awards.
His message encouraging resilience, hard
work and determination to succeed was
echoed by the young Go for Gold students
who paid tribute to Go for Gold for helping
them develop the self-belief and confidence
necessary to lift them out of poverty.
All Go for Gold students selected for
the programme come from disadvantaged
communities and attend schools which
are under-resourced. In Phase 1 of the
programme, Go for Gold selects Grade
11 and 12 high school learners who show
an aptitude for Maths and Science and
then provides after-school and Saturday
morning Maths and Science tuition while
simultaneously developing the learner’s

social and emotional education, during
weekly Life-Skills sessions.
Once students matriculate they are
employed for a year by partner companies
in the construction sector as general
worker interns (Phase 2), enabling them
to experience the working world while
continuing to receive Saturday bridging
classes in Maths, Science and Life-Skills, to
better prepare them for their tertiary studies.
“Our annual awards ceremony is a
wonderful celebration of the incredible
commitment and determination shown

by our Go for Gold students who, despite
their generally poor socio-economic
circumstances, grab hold of the opportunity
to get a tertiary education by diligently
attending extra classes and working hard
to improve their marks,” says Go for Gold
Programme Director, Patti Bruyns.
For further information
on Go for Gold’s
education to employment
programme, visit:
www.goforgold.org.za

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