Empowering Hout Bay's youth

A new youth-focused initiative aimed at equipping young people with skills and opportunities is set to launch in Hout Bay, with applications for its first intake now open.

- TARA ISAACS

Facilitators and participants after training week at one of the SINA communities in Uganda.

The programme will be led by Steven Kreeftenberg, of Hout Bay, a former pupil of Kronendal Primary School and Camps Bay High School, who is spearheading the introduction of the Social Innovation Academy (SINA) initiative locally.

SINA is a global network founded in 2014 in Uganda that empowers young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to tackle challenges through self-organised, practical learning rather than traditional classroom methods.

Over the years, SINA communities have been successfully established in multiple African countries, supporting the creation of over 100 social enterprises that address social and environmental issues while providing dignified livelihoods, said Mr Kreeftenberg.