Development Programmes

The Development Programme at SASA aims to upskill the refugee and migrant community, encouraging self-reliance and better integration into South African economic and social life. SASA considers education as the key for change.

The Adult Education Project

English Classes

The adult English classes assist 540 people per year who are refugees or asylum-seekers to write, read and speak English. These courses run for a period of three months per level.

School Bridging and Sports Project
  • The school bridging project assist children who are not registered into public schools to continue learning while a place in a public school is secured.
  • The sports project offers recreational activities to youth.
Youth Workshops
  • The Youth Workshops include multi-nationality peer-to-peer trainings ensuring young people are active, integrated and confident, and receive career guidance for high school students.
  • The Workshops enables learners to engage in smaller groups and build a relationship with a caring adult.
  • The Workshops create opportunities for learners to expand their experiences and closes the gap between the resourced and under-resourced youth.
Women’s Project

The Women’s Project focuses on deepening life-skills and promoting self-reliance, encouraging women to be empowered, strengthened and independent. SASA facilitates workshops and courses in:

Skills Development Project
  • The skills development activities are practical skills for 60 women on average per year through: sewing and baking.
  • The aim of the skills development is to empower and promote acquisition of skills that cheers financial independence for women.
  • The skills development activities are aimed at developing strategies to provide for learnerships to support women.
Women and self-reliance workshops
  • The workshops aim to increase access to rights for 709 women on average per year regarding health, education and security.
  • The workshops promote personal development through parenting, counselling and women’s health courses.
  • The workshops supports women break down barriers, achieve their goals and have a say
    Women’s workshops empower women with business skills to improve self-confidence and self-discovery Women’s Wellness Group

The Women’s projects run at SASA’s Cape Town office and its Pretoria office except the skills development (sewing and baking) that takes place in Cape Town office only.

Accessing the Women’s project: In Cape Town and Pretoria, applications need to be made by clients through the reception.