from zero to hero

From zero to hero is a campaign that is committed to making a contribution towards South Africa's national agenda of growing the economy through creating and reducing unemployment, particularly in the local townships like where I'm from, to help improve the lives of people in the communities.

According to Stats SA poverty trends in South Africa that points out 55% of South Africans live on less that R1000 per person per month. Stats SA also shows that the face of poverty in our country is Black, African, Female is that of children below the age of of 17 and mainly those without education. There are 2.7 million young people aged 15-34 who are neither studying nor working half of them not completed Grade 12 and are unemployable, unless they receive some kind of training. Close to 60%of them are in long term term unemployment. They have never worked and have lost hope .These are the young people who depend on their grandmothers' pension and their children's social grant for survival.

From zero to hero aim to provide necessary skills, training and funding to all youth entrepreneurs in the communities and also create entrepreneur awareness. The aim is to change lives to those who have lost hope, to reduce the number of employment.