MANY pupils reach matric and still have no idea about what career they should follow.
But it shouldn’t be like that, said Fisokuhle Lushaba, CEO of Pace Foundation.
Fisokuhle, who is in grade 11 this year and is 16 years old, said it was important that pupils knew their skills, interests and personality type to make informed decisions about possible careers.
“Make sure you do something that you enjoy or love.
“This will keep you motivated and stimulated. You will grow from strength to strength if you are passionate about what you do.”
“I realised that even I would struggle to find a job after matric. So I decided to form a foundation that would help create jobs for people in Soweto.”
Her foundation aims to do a range of activities to educate the community in leadership skills, organise career expos and more.
Her foundation’s offices are in Zola and her biggest challenge now is to get sponsors who can donate money to the foundation.
She said Mzansi’s high youth unemployment rate remained a challenge but she hoped the foundation would help create more jobs.
Fisokuhle was speaking at the #YoungWomenLead seminar held at the Kwadedangendlala Secondary School, in Zola, last week.
She said the youth unemployment rate in South Africa increased to 55,90% between April and June of this year. It’s up from 54,30% which was measured between January and March, also this year.
The seminar also talked about challenges women and children faced in the communities, which includes rape, murder, drug abuse and other crime. Pupils from different Zola schools were in attendance.
For more information on other seminars, visit: www.pacefoundationinfo.org or like their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pacefoundationinfo
