This institution is a human rights and youth empowerment organization that works with citizens, refugees, and migrants to prevent conflicts, enhance social cohesion, and promote socio-economic development. The institution was formed in 2001 in response to violence against asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants in Nyanga – a sprawling, impoverished, predominantly black township on the outskirts of Cape Town in the Western Cape.

Participant duties include human rights peer education, business development, capacity development, social dialogues, advocacy, psycho-social counseling, HR and training of skills development projects in the township, and implementing a variety of business procedures, as well as educational and practical programs that help prepare youth to face the challenges of living in South Africa while also being agents of change within communities themselves.

Qualifications for this program are as follows:
- Studying towards a degree/diploma in Social Sciences/ Business Administration/ Human Rights/ Political Science/ HR or a related area
- Able to work with people from a diversity of cultures 
- Able to work well both in a team and independently

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