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Entrepreneurial support for rural youth
MBE supports young people’s entrepreneurial initiatives by providing start-up resources, ongoing follow-up, and assistance in accessing markets for their agricultural produce.
The programme further supports the young people’s entrepreneurial initiatives by providing start-up resources, following up on their development and assisting them in finding markets for their produce.
Places
KwaZulu-Natal
Reference
https://www.dbsa.org/index.php/projects/integrated-rural-development-kwazulu-natal
Support for young farmers in the Midlands region
MBE supports young and passionate farmers in the Midlands area of KwaZulu-Natal through advocacy, mobilisation, and collaboration with agricultural colleges. The programme provides training, start-up resources, and assistance in finding markets for their produce.
Through advocacy, mobilisation and working with the agricultural colleges in the Midlands, the programme has helped educate young and passionate farmers.
Tertiary education opportunities for youth in rural KwaZulu-Natal
The maBhengu Umbelethisi Multiversity (MBE) provides access to tertiary education for youth in rural KwaZulu-Natal who lack access to higher education. This includes helping students from the uMshwathi area enrol at Ezakheni TVET College in Ladysmith, where they receive accommodation and financial support while awaiting NSFAS funding.
In the year under review, MBE helped students from the uMshwathi area in the Uthukela district enrol at the Ezakheni TVET College in Ladysmith.
