G.j.C.B.C Corner

"We are not poor, we are just going through a moment of poverty" There is a difference between going through poverty and being poor, this difference is easily overlooked. Going through poverty is a phase that passes, however being poor can be viewed as a static state that is engraved in you and too soon it becomes a deadly culture preventing growth. In 2019 I dedicated the year in landing my hand in rural development and growth within communities plagued by what I call the Poverty Culture. This is beyond the lack of proper sanitation and functional water systems, this culture manifests it self within communities as hopelessness and stuttering development, where the before picture taken 50 years ago looks too similar to the one taken yesterday. This culture openly reflects itself as men and women drink away their worries as a means to forget that alcohol is more abundant than employment . It is dreams shattered by the lack of resources, when even public libraries a

Date: 31 July – 02 August 2019 Workshop Speaker : P.N Gamede ( GJCBC ) Day 1 of activation: manufacturing demonstration Exploring the rawness of one's province is beyond beautiful and eye opening, it is similar to seeing a woman with no make-up on, in fewer words it is breathtakingly imperfect. The genuine awe of driving through Zululand and observing the beauty of the natural fauna and flora can really put you on tourist mode. My tourist mode switch started to flicker when the reality of why I was taking a two night trip away. The G.J.C.B.C (Global Joint Council Of Business Communities) had recently partnered with W.A.R.D ( Women In Agriculture and Rural Development) to drive the agenda of rural development, so instead of game drives I was instead driven to a few days of manufacturing demonstrations, workshop seminars and coming heads on with pit toilets that were close to overflowing. I was about to be involved in a less glamorous visit, one that reflected on th

Welcome to the Global Corner This is G.J.C.B.C's (Global Joint's Council Of Business Communities) official blog. If you haven't visited our website please do so you can get a better understanding of the organization, but for convenience here is a brief summary: The organization was founded in 2017 as a non-profit policy development and implementation institution, focusing on youth development and community development within grassroot communities. That kind of sounds like a mouth full so I am going to quickly break it down. Grassroot Communities also viewed as rural communities are plagued by a lack of development such as a large percentage of unemployment, lack of infrastructures such as roads and proper water systems and this is amongst many other factors. The organization's founder created this platform were constructive research is conducted in answering the question of "why is there lack development in these areas" and most importantly what are the