“I see myself as someone who can help change… lot of my friends were on drugs… when I’m back, they saw that I changed…I sat with them... organized stuff to do... so we did not had to participate in drugs…few of them stopped... so I feel good about it.. Chrysalis was helping me with my life and then I could help other people as well.” (Female Graduate in 2006)
"The Academy has changed my life in many ways I could have never imagined.”
I was born on 04 November 1984 and grew up in the Tafelsig community with my mother. After completing my schooling in 2002, I attended Varsity College where I studied International Hotel Management in 2003.
I learned about Chrysalis Academy through a friend Moses Piet, who also completed the 3-month Empowerment Training in 2003. I came to the Academy in 2004, attending the last course of the year.
The trip to London and the experience there will certainly open doors of opportunity for me and I intend to seize this moment.”
I was born in Langa and I am the youngest in a family of four. In 2005, I came to Chrysalis Academy where I began learning cooking and catering skills. It was through the Academy that I came in contact with MyLife Project where I discovered that food and catering was my passion and a way forward in life.
“Never give up in life, if you want something in life, go for it.”
Nomphumelelo Coury Rixana was born in Grahamstown on the 28 January 1982.
I grew up in Beaufort West with my grandmother and I am the oldest of four kids. I matriculated in 2002 and still needed direction in my life, as I was not certain what I wanted to after school. I then decided to go study for a N4 management assistant at Port Elizabeth College, Russel Road Campus.
“My time spent at Chrysalis was the best time of my life.”
Luvuyo Band is a hardworking enthusiastic young man, born on 28 March 1982 in Beaufort West.
I grew up with both my parents and I am the eldest of four children. After I matriculated I went to further my studies and went to do a Diploma in Marketing Management (N4)at the South Cape College, Mossel Bay. Unfortunately I could not complete the course and found a job opportunity at Jet stores in Beaufort West.
“The one thing I learned at Chrysalis Academy is that there should be no limit you can push yourself to, I just want to learn more and more each day.”
I matriculated at Heideveld High in 2001, thereafter I got a job at a clothing factory called Jaques Hau, but I felt that I wasn’t growing as a person. Meanwhile I found out about Chrysalis Academy from my uncle who volunteered to take I.D photos for students at the Academy. I applied in June 2002 and was accepted to come on the Life skills Programme on 10 August 2002.
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“The one thing I learned at Chrysalis Academy is that there should be no limit you can push yourself to, I just want to learn more and more each day.”