Laurian nortje biography of nancy

Dream Factory Foundation is a Cape Town based youth-led non-profit organization that empowers young people (13-22 years) to actively participate in the economy through their dreams and aspirations. The concept of Dream Factory Foundation was born towards the end of 2011, when the founders, Laurian Nortje and Lusanda Gwayi were working in under-resourced schools in the Western Cape and were confronted with the realities of lack of access to quality education, high levels of unemployment, lack of exposure to sustainable livelihoods and poverty faced by young people in these schools.

The two felt a deep call to impact the lives of young people positively through an educational programme titled #BeTheDream, designed to develop and enhance participants’ self-development skills, such as self-confidence and interpersonal skills; as well as offer points of connection through entrepreneurial and employability interventions at schools such as work experience placements.

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