In June, we focused on celebrating and empowering South African Youth through various career growth initiatives that took place throughout the month.
RMA career month
This is an annual initiative aimed at empowering tertiary students embarking on kick starting their career. We offer a platform for young people to see what the future of work will look like and empower them with tools, ideas and access to mentors who can prepare them for their upcoming career journey. The aim of the event is to ensure that young people are given the opportunity to obtain the necessary skills, education and support to fully benefit from the opportunities that may exist in the sector but that are often out of their reach due to lack of access to information.
Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day
We collaborated with Cell C in supporting their socio-development programme aimed at motivating and empowering school-going girls. The value of this programme is to expose and empower girls on their paths of career development. This year, the initiative was extended to girls in grade 8 to 12. We partnered with neighbouring schools such as Rand Girls High and St Enda’s Secondary School along with other learners from schools in Johannesburg.
We believe it is important that girls are exposed to accomplished female role models that are great examples for igniting a girls’ passion for leadership and excellence. As part of the agenda for the three workshops taking place until 30 August is a line-up of successful career women engaging learners on what to expect in the work-place, delivered through a motivational workshop by Malebo Sepodi, a South African writer and researcher that has worked with many schools, NGO’s and the private sector tackling numerous socio-economic projects.
These career sessions also provide students with information on our skills development programmes such as the Learnership and Internship programmes as well as possible career opportunities within the company. The students have the opportunity to also engage with our staff working in specialised career fields to gain a better understanding of their career journeys.
“RMA lives by its caring and compassionate way. We see it as a privilege to help communities further their skills and enjoy seeing people being educated, reaching for their dreams and achieving their goals. We live to see the joy on people’s faces when they’re empowered and improve their standard of living. Lending a helping hand is what warms our hearts,” said Ms. Gracious Bambisa, Marketing Manager at RMA.