Volunteer and Improve Your CV!

 Fresh out of high school and do not know what to do with your life? 

Not all of high school learners get to jump straight to work or go on to further their studies at a institution of higher learning. Some find themselves not having been accepted to any institution or placed in a job. This usually lives many young people frustrated and stranded, looking at their peers with envy when they go to school or work. This needs not to be the case.

"You do not have to sit on the couch the whole day if you do not want to".

 "You do not have to sit on the couch the whole day if you do not want to".You can instead go out there and learn new positive behavior that will add to your skillset and improve your curriculum vitae drastically, all the while you get to make new connections with people who can be greatly helpful in your life in future. You can get up and go volunteer your time to a local NGO or NPO that is in line with the career of your choice. Some NPO might have funders that gives them the ability to take their volunteers through training that has a recognized certificate after training. Some even have enough funding to give out stipends to volunteers.

We do not know what NGO is available near you. You can go to Your nearest Customer Care Centre to get a list of NGO's in your community and choose the one you think can cater for your interests. We know for sure that these two NGO's are available at the town near you. They are:

Lovelife

In most clinics country wide there is that Yellow Container. It is usuall y reffered to as A Youth Friendly Clinic/Service. Its task is to offer medical and health services in a manner that wont be offensive but attractive to Youth. It is also LoveLife. LoveLife teachers many skills from Entreprenurship to life hacks. They have A Mpintshi program and the GrounBreaker program. These programs train you to be a skilled facillitator of the LoveLife programs and lessons. Because of its commitment to its Mpinthis and GroundBreakers, lovelife volunteers have went on to be trained nurses and teachers through the assistence of the Love Life Program and the connections that comes with being part of this NGO.

CPF

The Community Policing Forum is a forum within the South African Police Service. It is composed of volunteers from the commmunity to help Saps combat crime in the communities they operate in. Anyone without a criminal record and has a valid RSA ID can volunteer in the CPF. The CPF gives you close links with the Man and Woman in Blue, meaning that you are nearer to being a cop than you would be while sitting at home. The training at CPF will give you much needed discipline that you can apply in most works of life. While working at the police station, you will meet many professionals who come there for various reasons and so they might plug you with the work that can change your life for good.

Go to your nearest clinic to ask about joining LoveLife or your nearest Police Station if you wish to join the CPF.