With the impact of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the Ed Bham Foundation has consciously shifted its intentions. Drawing on the expertise of life long community youth development organizations and practitioners, local youth and a broad network of corporate, government and academic institutions. Evolving to be a vehicle of healing, empowerment and transformation. Bringing about change in the landscape of service with and for humanity, more so to provide much needed support, guidance and assistance for the innovative nature of the youth in our country, Africa and the World.

With the aim of Rolling Back Poverty and Inequality, whilst providing tools to heal from the impact of systemic trauma, the Ed Bham Foundation focuses on providing much needed vocational programs, career guidance and skills development training with a view to holistic empowerment. By ensuring youth have a space that is compassionately kind, caring and creative, youth are able to engage with their lived realities, their capacity to overcome as well as their ability to thrive, be innovative and successful in their own right.

Drawing on the principles of the ecosystems’ ability to heal itself; Evology is at the core of  the work being done at the Ed Bham Foundation. Programs such as work readiness, social entrepreneurship, training & development, innovation incubation and wholeness is established with the framework to rewilding and incorporating permaculture, thereby grounding all we do.

These programmes provides the Ed Bham Foundation with the ability to be the catalyst to unlock and unwrap the potential to create sustainable livelihoods, further harnessing the unique skills youth have to celebrate who they are. By partnering with various stakeholders, including Schools, Colleges, Universities and locally positioned Ed Bham Foundation Pods (EBF Pods), we have access to the very youth who are in need of the support to be successful. The Ed Bham Foundation, drives  participatory youth development with CareerEmployment Expos with Corporate South Africa. We are confident that with our Multi-Dimensional Holistic Youth Development Framework, Skills, Networks and Passion, paired with the support of our stakeholders, we can transform the landscape.

The Ed Bham Foundation envisions a country with youth that are aware of their ability to be creative and innovatively sustainable.

Our mission is to empower South African youth in underprivileged areas with the skillset and tools needed to attain employment or start their own business within their communities. Thereby, enhancing their community as a whole