We head out this morning Heidelberg , the line up for today in Ratanda is basically the interviewing of several new businesses , after surviving the traffic ( we were almost taken out by some random in a busted-up delivery truck!) We managed to stop for a take-away coffee Yay!) and were in Ratanda just after nine a.m.
The few guys (and one woman) that met us have promising businesses varying from a DJ to a courrier company, we added their info to our ever expanding database, basically it's last year all over again! Finding the entrepreneurs, whittling the many down to the promising few, interviews,acceptance,induction and training! It's a good thing that we enjoy this line of work, anyone who didn't wouldn't be able to find the patience to deal with alot of these people, it's a long process but knowing what the outcome could be ( a life changing event for some) makes it worthwhile in the end. We met with a caterer from Ratanda who will be supplying all the meals for the trainees over the course of their training, keeping it local is a good move as it's all about empowering less fortuate individuals! The sessions will be held at the Ratanda community centre.
Our next mission was to travel across the border into the Freestate, to Maccauvlei.
We found Kristy Blackbeard and had a quick discussion with regards to all the work still being finalised, they're busy registering our programme with the seta's, it's all coming right!
The next few weeks will be centred around introducing more people to the programme and hopefully getting more areas to participate, it will be alot of hard work but i'll get to see areas such as Soweto! very exciting!!
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