AGECP is a new community-based empowering project vision by Rev. Petros Mpisana who is concerned about the non-conducive situations of the Eastern Cape disadvantaged and young people caused by socio-economic and moral decay, and other reasons: such as young people being raised by single

parents, teenage pregnancy, broken homes and families, poor backgrounds, etc. These situations are manifested by symptoms of school, drop-outs, street kids, juveniles, criminals etc. The other concern is the unacceptable rate of unemployment, especially the Youths which has resulted to unemployed

people waiting at the corners of traffic lights, four way stops, etc., waiting for jobs with empty stomachs.

Lastly, the lack of competency at the workplace which results to the failure of service delivery of the basic human needs in our communities, etc. Rev. Petros Mpisana took the initiative of this project to

fulfill the vision by establishing and compiling the community empowering programs and contents of this project.

AGECP is therefore, established to provide training and support mainly the disadvantaged and youths with social and economic disadvantaged with special skills to enable them to stand for any inclination situation that may come before them in their lives and instilling values so as them to become the better citizens. Doing this through our programs both in phase one and phase two, ensuring that South African youths are equipped and empowered, so that they can reach their full potential and gifts.

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We offer programs that facilitate the learners for Inner Healing in terms of life recovery and restoration, self-esteem and bouncing back to real life, forgiveness, peace and reconciliation. Moral Regeneration based on moral intelligence which includes Teenage Pregnancy awareness, HIV/AIDS training with value- based approach, value-based lectures, assertiveness, decision making skills and making choices, and

socio-psychological and economical abuse. Resilience that combats against drug abuse, alcohol abuse and other substance abuse, suicide and self-injury, and re-integration. Self-Supporting by means of entrepreneurship, work skills, technological skills, Sports, Arts and craft, etc and Combating illiteracy through ABET, bursaries and loans.

The aim is to ensure that the holistic development and empowering the disadvantaged and young people involved in our programs in terms of good character in the community and competency in the workplace.

3.2 Projected Research

Amazing Grace Empowering Community Project is committed to community research for constant development of its programs to meet the changing needs of the communities that it serves. The

curriculum has been developed taking the local context into consideration. As a result, programs such as Leadership and Management, Coaching and Mentoring, Conflict management skills and community development have been introduced to this Project.

Continuous further research and development of the program will take place in order to provide the participants with the best possible education, training, and development.

4.2 Project Programs both in Phase 1 & 2 as follows:

Phase One:

1) Community Based Organizing:

• Lobbying, networking and involving: Stakeholders, Donors, and beneficiaries.

2) Training of Trainers/Facilitators:

• Provide Trainers with training skills on how to train the Trainers and Facilitators.

3) Leadership and Management:

4) Inner healing:

• Forgiveness, peace and reconciliation.

• Life recovery/ restoration.

• Self esteem and self image.

• Resilience (Bouncing back to real life).

5) Moral regeneration:

• HIV/AIDS training – value based approach.

• Coping with HIV/AIDS.

• Values & ethics (value-based lectures).

• Assertiveness.

• Decision making and making choices.

• Socio-psychological and economical abuse.

6) Resilience:

• Teenage pregnancy.

• Drug abuse.

• Alcohol abuse.

• Other substance abuse.

• Suicide and self-injury.

• Re-integration.

7) Coaching and Mentoring:

8) Work Ethics:

9) Conflict Resolution Management skills:

10) Anger Management

11) Community development

Phase Two:

12) Self Supporting:

• Entrepreneurship:
• Work skills.
• Technological skills.
• Recreational activities e.g. Sport, music, Arts, Craft and Culture, etc.
• Masakhane: (let’s build each other) – Stokvel, Umgalelo, etc.

13) Combat illiteracy:

• ABET.
• Bursaries.
• Loans.