Young people from marginalized communities are undergoing a six-month technical vocational education and training programme.

The project is intended to improve the livelihoods of San youth through the provision of entry pathways to TVET, which in turn is hoped to improve their livelihoods.
 
The Namibian Community Skills Development Foundation (COSDEF) and Palms for Life Fund, a USA-funded non-government organization, entered into a service-level agreement on this project.
 
This initiative aims to address disparities in access to TVET for San youths, as well as provide a platform for dialogue on matters concerning education.
 
Kingston Makoni, the National Coordination of the Palms for Life Fund, says the programme is expected to have a positive impact on the San community.

"Our partner Palms for Life fund financially founded these students in terms of their personal upkeep, accommodation, and monthly allowance for them to be able to reside in these urban centres so that they are able to attend this TVET program that is over at COSDEF."
 
The programme will also help to fully integrate the San youth into the socio-economic mainstream.

"So that they may then access, or at least find a way to access, employment opportunities in the mining and logistics industries in the Erongo Region."
 
Engeljie Filliminu, a learner, is one of the fortunate ones to take part in the programme.
 
Prior to the program, Filliminu did not know how to work on a computer, but now she is able to type and navigate her way through the windows programs without any assistance.

It is an expectation of the initiators that by the end of the training program, participants will have skills they can use to improve their lives.