Learn to Earn

Learn to Earn was established in 1989 in Khayelitsha, originally as the Baptist Training Center, and in 1995 it was renamed Learn to Earn. Learn to Earn is an organization that seeks to train and equip a previously unemployed person with skills so that they can become employed. The skills training includes sewing, wood work, computer, and graphic design. However, Learn to Earn seeks to provide more than potential jobs; they attempt to impart life skills and a higher sense of person on the individuals that come through their doors. Learn to Earn teaches their values with a very strong Christian outlook, and are not shy about their religious affiliation, as they have daily prayers and life orientation classes weekly.

 

TESTIMONIALS

Ryan Corr

Fall 2009

I am currently working with the Business Resource side of Learn to Earn, which basically entails me being an administrative assistant. I go to Learn to Earn twice a week from 8-4 and while I am there I am attempting to assist the Business Resource Manager, Andrew Lane in any way possible. This has included but is not limited to doing costing for materials, material orders, keeping books, and also dealing with cliental. I was supposed to be in charge of Learn to Earns involvement in the Khayelitsha Festival, however while I was planning I found out that Cape Town did not approve the necessary budget for the Festival, so it was put on hold indefinitely. Andrew was quick to find another project for me, and since then I have been working on stream lining the international shipping. Currently it is very expensive and not efficient to market products abroad, so I am working on changing that.  Learn to Earn is very well run organization and provides a great service, however I did not have a lot of interaction with the trainees as I was more working on the business aspects.

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