Programs
We Teach. We Mentor. We Impact.
FTHSA has seen the need to step into the problem of lack of Jobs in South Africa. We prepare unemployed youth for stable employment by providing them with skills & guidance in response to the unemployment crisis is simple. We don’t view our learners and students as multi-skilled and diverse; we drive their talents into tangible skills. Our programmes offer unemployed people a comprehensive and grounded learning experience in various demand-driven industries.
FTHSA Skills Developments
With most youth unable to access tertiary education institutions, we create a space of skills development, linked to job opportunities, to educate them to pursue their career aspirations with the right tools. We connect graduates to our social enterprise and parties in our network, to assist them in finding employment or becoming self-employed successfully.
Fashion & Design
This programme covers all the day-to-day activities and skills a successful fashion designer requires. Students are trained and exposed to related roles and job opportunities in the fashion design practice, textiles, editing/journalism, styling, fashion design retail and the apparel industry.
Fashion Design covers all aspects necessary to meet the increasingly sophisticated and technologically advanced needs of a Creative Practitioner within the fashion design context and industry. It also covers all the day-to-day activities and skills a successful fashion designer requires. Students are trained and exposed to related roles and job opportunities in the fashion design practice, textiles, editing/journalism, styling, fashion design retail and the apparel industry.
This is a one-year full-time or two-year part-time programme, students will develop a deeper understanding of the entire value chain and gain industry experience within a specialized field of interest whether it is apparel, accessory design or any other specialized field within fashion.
Agricultural Programme
Economic forecasts show that Investment in agriculture is key to achieving goals related to improving food security, creating jobs, creating wealth, and thereby reducing poverty.
We provide training programmes to teach agricultural modules, and land on which to farm, build mentorship in the production process, develop a network and market to sell the produce after the harvest, as well as provide the tools to manage a self-sufficient supply chain and business.
The development cycle of a Life Learner when becoming an agri-entrepreneur:
1. Training (Crop planning and turnover for sales) (4 months)
2. Entrepreneurship training (Agri-Enterprises crops planted and turnover projections) (2 months)
3. Placement on a farm (12 months)
4. Sales and business mentorship/coaching (insert diagram with topics and areas covered from the report)
Enterprise Development Programmes
FTHSA commits to increasing the number of entrepreneurs who are young and have a mark to make in their communities, as leaders and as business owners. We do this through our incubation programmes.
The aim is to develop businesses and enterprises built for longevity. We aim to develop youth entrepreneurs who can become suppliers to some of our most notable corporations in the country.
We develop a person for the business and the business for the community.
Our programmes work with a key matrix of functions making it effective and transformational. We walk the path from conception to fulfilment with the entrepreneur.
· Incubation
To nurture the idea from a seed into a harvest takes a deep dive with the individual. In this process, they go from a community member to a community builder by developing a mindset and nurturing an idea into a business execution.
· Developing business plans
This stage formulates a working document that states the business goal, objectives, strategies, competitors and market analysis. This shows a deep understanding and grasp of the environment that the entrepreneur will be infiltrating to make an impact and profit.
· Access to finance
Managing money and accessing it becomes a bottleneck for township and small businesses. We offer the right channels and means to access SMME funding, understanding funding models and how to use money effectively for their business needs.
· Office spaces
The mark of stabilization is having an operational base for the business and a place to be found by their clients and customers.
· Coaching from large corporations
Understanding operations at a macro level allows the entrepreneur to see efficiency and scaling up-close.
· Masterclasses
Intricate knowledge is shared in groups of like-minded individuals. The best method of learning is from mentors in all industries. We offer our entrepreneurs access to this wealth of knowledge.
· Access to networks
Networks are important for relationship building. Networks become the underlying support structure for a small business enterprise.
Our mission for impact entrepreneurs
We are emboldened to provide individuals in townships with entrepreneurship skills to navigate the markets they wish to infiltrate. By building the skills portfolio of an individual, they are able to harness their raw talent. This talent and insight will sustain an idea into a functional, operational service or goods provider.
Entrepreneurship Programmes
We’ve established business hubs complete with incubation programmes and open workspaces. These Incubators assist unemployed individuals from the townships grow their businesses, while providing entrepreneurs access to open workspaces. In addition to the business hubs we also aim to develop entrepreneurs who can become suppliers to our corporate partners.
Our mission for impact entrepreneurs
Our programmes offer unemployed youth aged 18 to 35 a comprehensive and grounded learning experience in various demand-driven industries. We are able to train students from a high school learning standard to taking on the knowledge and application of higher learning. We train, mentor and facilitate:
- ICT Training Level 3 – 5 focusing on End-User Computing,
- Technical Support,
- IT Systems Development
- IT Systems Support qualifications
Education Programmes
With a lack of ECD training providers for principals and teachers in Early Childhood Development, children are not properly educated during their important development years within informal settlement areas. Our educational programmes adopt township-based preschools to ensure school staff are adequately trained and equipped to teach the future leaders of our country.
Our programmes looks at the five domains of developmental achievement.
Quality early childhood education provides persistent, life-long benefits to the child and society long after they have left pre-school.
These domains ensure the foundational milestones for school-going age are met:
1. Gross Motor Development
2. Fine Motor Coordination
3. Visual Motor Integration
4. Early Numeracy and Mathematics
5. Emergent Literacy Language, Cognition and Executive Function
Our programmes in the ECD Levels 4 and 5 further these milestones.
1. ECD Level 4
This a 12 month full qualification accredited ETDP SETA, and is equivalent to matric certification. It has 6 modules that are divided by 22 unit standards.
2. ECD Level 5
Financial Management
This focal area provides students with key skills required by employers in various industries. To prepare our students to function effectively in a dynamic and volatile business environment, particular focus is placed on the development of critical thinking, problem-solving and research skills. An essential feature embedded in all our modules is the ability to analyse fundamental financial management questions by identifying and applying relevant theories, interpreting the findings obtained, and confidently communicating the implications thereof.
Financial management focuses on the following topics:
- Financial statement analysis
- Valuation
- Financial planning and control
- Capital budgeting
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Behavioral finance
- Financial management research
Career possibilities:
- Financial analyst
- Financial Consultant
- Financial manager
- Credit manager
- Supply chain finance analyst
- Performance analyst
- Risk manager
- Financial controller
Our Impact
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