Lara Slogrove, D3 managing director, says they help guide these students through the challenges of being a young adult.
“D3 stands for discover, develop and deploy. An essential component of our programme provides these learners with life skills that we believe will have a significant impact on not only building and equipping them for university and their careers thereafter, but also impact the reduction of HIV infections, unplanned pregnancies, drug abuse and violence,” says Slogrove.
She adds the programme further seeks to target and manage talent, through their career identification and mentoring programme which is done on behalf of their sponsors, contributing to meeting the country’s critical scarce skills and general skill’s shortages.
“Our vision and mission at D3 is very simple; engage, enhance and nurture so that the generation of today can discover, develop and grow into the leaders of tomorrow,” she says.
D3 launched their Career Day’s in Boksburg on Saturday, visiting Oosrand Secondary High School in Reiger Park.
“About 200 learners attended and approximately 20 parents joined us. We had eight guest speakers for the morning to tells the students about different careers on offer,” Slogrove says.
The guest speakers included paramedics, therapists, psychologists, doctors and chemists.
D3 is planning more Career Days in future in order to tell students about the different careers on offer.
