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Journal Article
The resurgence of service-learning as a social impact tool for youth confidence-building and learning: the untapped latent capital of the Saldanha area
2023
Overview
Social impact is complex and requires a multi-faceted approach to youth development. Hence, it is a comprehensive and all-inclusive process, and approach. This article highlighted the urgent need for youth service-learning activities in Saldanha through partnership agreements between secondary and tertiary educational institutions. The alignment of effective community activities and supportive service-learning structures on various institutional platforms should trigger youth development and or empowerment. Through service-learning and social impact intervention, communities can develop their resilience strategies. Modern youth’s face numerous encounters associated with the real-life issues of both rural and urban communities, for example, the incessant surge in youth employment, lack of capacity in upskilling and even reskilling of youth, early school dropouts, crime, drug, and alcohol abuse that bring about social disturbances in family households. This research focuses on the existing literature regarding the significance of social impact as a tool to galvanize and inspire the youth to bring about change for the socio-economic betterment of communities. Research in South Africa and even in local areas lack the propensity and the political will to collectively embark on an effort to merge economic and current development with youth development. This article foresees and or envisions the current youth-supporting development structures in the study area, the underlying causes of youth decay, and what changes have been institutionalized to improve the youth’s educational, social, and economic circumstances (environments). This article focuses on a secondary (desktop) research approach that involves using already existing literature and applying it in a real context. The research question is as follows: What service-learning programmes are available for youth confident-building in Saldanha?
