Education South Africa Project #47436

SAYes Youth Mentoring Programmes South Africa

by South African Youth Education for Sustainability

SAYes Youth Mentoring Programmes South Africa

Project Report | Jun 21, 2021
SAYes Alumni' submission to South African Parliament to amend the Children's Act

By Michelle Potter | Executive Director and co-founder

Care leaver representatives from the SAYes Alumni took part in the first ever closed session with children and young people in the South African Parliament last month. Their submission was to amend the Children’s Act in favour of better support for care leavers.

They stood in the halls of power and boldly demanded “an explicit legal and policy mandate for individualized, extended care leaver support”.

Inspired by their experience with SAYes mentors, and by legislation in the UK affording care leavers with dedicated Personal Advisors until the age of 25, they proposed extending access to formal mentoring to young people in care and to care leavers throughout South Africa.

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SAYes transition support for under-served young people

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