Equipping Our Team to know their rights and responsibilities as employees, and our Youth with a toolkit to take with them into the working world to know the difference between reasonable expectations of employers and breaches on their rights as an employee. As part of our Staff Development Programme, Sparrow Society partnered with LabourExcel to […]
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Equipping Our Team to Save Lives As part of our Staff Development Programme, Sparrow Society partnered with Emergency Medical Services Western Cape to provide Emergency First Aid Responder (EFAR) Training. Through this training, our staff gained vital skills to respond effectively in emergencies, ensuring they are prepared to provide immediate care and support when it
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One Step Closer to the Road!Sparrow Society is proud to support our staff in taking important steps toward independence and opportunity. We recently partnered with Honeybee Driving School to provide Learners License classes, helping our team prepare for and obtain their Learners Licenses. This initiative brings our staff one step closer to achieving their Driver’s
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Building Skills Beyond the Workplace As part of our Staff Development Programme, Sparrow Society partnered with TCB to host Me and My Money — an engaging training focused on financial literacy. The session equipped our team with practical tools to manage personal finances, budget wisely, and build long-term financial resilience. Empowering our staff with knowledge
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Investing in Our Team, Investing in the Future Sparrow Society recently invited a group of our female staff to take part in an 8-week Positive Parenting Training with The Parent Centre, held on Tuesday mornings. This training provided tools for gentle, positive, and holistic parenting, supporting our staff not only as professionals but also as
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Sparrow Society has partnered with A21 to do a sewing skills training program with survivors of human trafficking. The ladies are now equipped and ready to join Sparrow Society’s SewBoss Network which creates opportunities for home-based work for seamstresses across Cape Town. This allows them an opportunity not only to earn a viable income which
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Give a (woman) a fish, she will eat for a day. Teach a (woman) to fish, and she will eat for a lifetime. …or so the saying goes. But what about access to a fishing rod and other equipment? What about access/ownership of the pond that holds the fish? Sparrow Society works to create viable
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A message from our Field Logistics Coordinator, Wayne Eaves: Background on the SewBoss Program Sparrow Society is an NPC. If, like me, this leaves you a little perplexed give me a moment: We run a business that empowers and uplifts mainly women (over 90%), creating employment, building skills, business, and ultimately stable households. Our SewBoss
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As part of our Business Skills Training Course, we did a break out session on fabric printing techniques. In addition to the screen printing and stamping techniques, we has a special guest come to teach our team the art of Shibori dyeing. It was a LOT of fun and the designs came out so beautifully
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We’ve launched a business course for our amazing Creators! We have so many talented creatives working with us and our dream is to see each and every one of them succeed in chasing their own dreams. We have budding fashion designers, leather workers, screen printers and even a shoe designer! But as any entrepreneur knows,
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After a year of working with us, one of our Master Creators, Nothemba earned enough to put herself through Fashion Design School!!! She is insanely talented and we are so grateful to have her with us. She is in her first round of exams now so wish her luck! Here are some of her first
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