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Empowering Youth

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Participating in farming as a voluntary student from UJ.     You may be wondering why I chose to write about farming. To be honest, I haven't always been a great admirer of agriculture. However, working with Mama Fifi from Betram's City completely altered my perspective on it. I and other UJ CE students agreed to help Mama Fifi on her farm, which is called FIFI'S Veggie Farmacy. Visit Fifis Vegetable Farmacy's website at https//fifi'sveggiefarmacy.co.za/ for additional details about the farm.  We all recognize the significance of farming to today's young, making agriculture (farming) the most effective sector to combat poverty. If we have a purpose in mind, I believe farming may be a gold mine for us young people who can contribute and produce enough healthy food to meet the demands of the expanding population and unemployment.  We all know that agriculture is the backbone of our nation and that the future of the country is in our hands as youth, which is why fa...
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Stopping the spread of Covid-19 misinformation

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  One Minute Counts One Minute Counts is an NGO that is focused in telling facts and having accurate information that can help diminish individuals "fears and anxieties" around "fake news" and support their ability to cope with any impacts in their lives. The NGO has became aware of the misinformation about Covid-19, that has been circulating for some time from one social media to another. We have then decided to take a conscious stand in stopping the distribution of unreliable and unhelpful fake news and be in support of the evidence-based reliable public information about Covid-19. In the past few months Covid-19 has swept the globe, the internet and the media have also been blazing with stories, reports and constantly changing guidelines on how to stay safe in the world that has appeared to be out of control. Since Covid-19 started there has been a lot of fake news going around being spread by people who think they know better, because not so long ago after the W...
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