Who We Are

We believe every young person should have the opportunity to participate fully in learning and in life regardless of means or ability. Our aim is to help create a Bonnievale that has zero learning gaps, zero NEETs and zero youth unemployment by 2030. Our strategy is to intervene across four sectors in Bonnievale. We invest in the lives of young people by increasing access to skills-based education, supporting learner pathways from school to work, growing employment potential within our local economy, and sharing what we learn with others.

What We Do

Education is a key instrument in human capital development (Stats SA, 2020). The more educated people are, the more likely their chances are for employment and jobs with good working conditions (Stats SA, 2020). The organisation supports pathways to gainful employment for youth in Bonnievale through initiatives at pre-school, primary school, high school, and after-school levels.

Bonnievale 418’s overarching goal is to achieve zero youth unemployment in the community of Bonnievale by 2030. The most effective way to achieve this goal is to reduce the number of NEETs (youth between 15 and 24 years not employed, in education, nor training). Reducing the number of NEETs implies that youths of Bonnievale would follow pathways from education or training to gainful employment. This should have a multiplier effect on household income and the local economy whilst reducing socio-economic challenges associated with youth unemployment.

Current Projects

YearBeyond Programme

YearBeyond Programme is a partnership between the Western Cape Government (WCG) together with the Community Chest of the Western Cape and the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation.

The aim of this program is to provide 18–25-year-old young adults a valuable work experience and by ensuring a pathway for these adults to further their studies. YearBeyond is a ten-month program. It aims to encourage a sense of volunteerism amongst these young individuals. A further aim of the program is to provide additional literacy and numeracy support in areas where challenges arise. Additionally, a young adult is being developed and supported with his/her next step towards choosing a career path.

@HomeLearning

@HomeLearning is a community-based programme and is a collaboration between Western Cape Government Departments, schools, and NGO’s. This programme was piloted in the November 2020 to

March 2021 period and is now implemented in our schools (Bonnievale, Wakkerstroom West, Maraisdal

and Wellville primary schools) in Bonnievale. Bonnievale 418 as an Implementing Partner (IP) has recruited, trained, and is now managing 17 “@Home YeBoneers”. 

The mentor appointed encourages engagement between the IP and various community stakeholders, for example schools, district managers, departments of the WCG, such as Department of Social Development and SAPS to promote safeguarding of our children.The goal of the programme is to promote the value of education for these communities. This is achieved by supporting and connecting them with learning through play-based educational activities and creating learning support systems in their homes and communities.  The schools refer learners who need homework support and those who are at risk of dropping out. As mentioned, this programme is community-based and therefor interaction with the community occurs in the afternoon, where the YeBoneer promotes learning through play within the community. 

Caregiver workshops are provided to caregivers/parents as to how they can assist their child with homework or activities. Every Friday a Future Fit Friday (FFF) is held for the group of YeBoneers to give feedback to their mentor. During these sessions personal development training is provided to help them address issues dealt with the past week. 

Work For A Living (W4AL)

Work For A Living (W4AL) is an international NGO that train facilitators to present and establish Work Readiness courses as well as Skills courses in their towns, cities, and countries to equip people to find jobs, excel in their workplace, start local businesses in their communities and place spirit-filled people in the workplace who understands that working to a standard of excellence you as the employee will be looked after, will be paid well, and promoted in time.

The course is a 13 Day course where we deal with: 

• Job Readiness (Interviews, Values and Work Ethics), 

• Financial Literacy (How to budget, saving and investing in one’s future)

• Professionalism and deal into depth on topics such as Worldview, Truth & Words 

• Get people jobs, start their businesses with the resources that they have available and get people discipled for the Kingdom to thrive.

At the end of the course the “students” as we call them graduates with either a certificate of completion, 2E certificate, 3E certificate (meaning the student was excellent, excellent communicator and employable) or a 4E meaning the student was exceptional. The 3E and 4E students go on a national database for work placements that may open and gets notified if opportunities arise, supplying businesses, employers with excellent owner-minded employees.

Wolkskool

Wolkskool: The goal of the Solidarity School Support Center (SOS) is to make every school in our country where teaching in Afrikaans is offered, to provide world-class quality, keeping abreast of the latest research and international best practices. Schools are increasingly under greater pressure to deliver sustainably good results with limited resources. The challenge is to improve education affordably with less work pressure for teachers. 

Wolkskool offers schools the opportunity to decide how they want to use the system. There is already more than 10,000 video lessons, worksheets, and online assessments which teachers can make use of. All content is compiled by master teachers and complies with National Curriculum requirements (CAPS) and quality guidelines of Umalusi. Wolkskool’s content follows the annual teaching plans (ATPs), as prescribed.

Bonnievale Primary being one of the site’s where Wolkskool was implemented, now boasts of how this implementation has allowed the school to now be fully interactive. (www.wolkskool.co.za)

Teach The Nation Works

Teach the Nation works with primary and high schools as a Teacher Recruitment and Professional Development partner. They professionally develop all teachers at partner schools in training courses such as planning and vision, classroom culture and checks for understanding. Teachers receive dedicated coaching and mentoring as part of their Professional Development Plan. 

In Bonnievale 9 teachers are currently taking part in the program.

Partner With Bonnievale 418

We partner with Businesses and organisations who want to make a social impact and who shares the vision to restore self-worth among rural youth, build character, restore families and spark entrepreneurial inclination through skills-based education and mentorship.

Benefits of Partnership

We are a credible and certified Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) partner. By partnering with us,
your organisation is able to maintain or improve it’s
BBBEE standing. Individual supporters are eligible for a section
18A tax certificate.

Our trustees and the beneficiaries of our work are:

• Certified Black Beneficiaries
• 100% Rural Beneficiaries
• 100% Youth Beneficiaries
• 50% Black Trustees
• 40%Female Beneficiaries
• 25% Black Female Trustees