 Growing up on the Cape Flats youth unemployment is a huge problem Many people feel like they have no choice and get stuck in the belief that there is no alternative and For a long time. That's what I thought Sometimes you just need a new perspective to shape the way you think I have the privilege of being here today Okay, with you guys and I always believe that we actually a very privileged community Us being from the Cape Flats. We've got the privilege of Of suffering and the reason I'm saying we got the privilege of suffering is because when we suffer we learn to overcome So they literally tell us, you know that youth unemployment over 50% and youth are lazy They don't want to work and all of you traveled from your homes to just be here today Because you want to work and that's the reason that we introduced Lato So a young person can go out and volunteer which many of you have in your community and because you guys are earnings Lato You can now buy things that you need Since Lato is a web app that removes many barriers for our users making it easy to access on entry-level smartphones When I got pregnant I had to leave my old job. I couldn't find work and I didn't know what to do Slatter helped me find something new that's much beautiful for me I With the points I earn I cannot write for my family while building a career for myself I was brought up with the belief that we should always serve others As a youth leader and deacon at my church, I'm all about building a better community for my sister So she never has to settle for less The web is the ideal solution as it's Lato can be accessed anyway on any device and it's amazing to see it help people in many different ways I'm very passionate about volunteering as a cuter and giving back to my community Right now there is a lack of resources with the kids having to share calculators and textbooks So now let's touch this side and hope that side I've been able to buy materials for the young people using this Lato I've earned to help them improve in their studies Once you take responsibility for your life, that's when things start to change At Slatter we're gonna invest not just in the lives of young people, but in the beliefs of young people We're gonna trust them to solve the problem that they want to solve It's important for us to make sure that people don't lose their dignity because of their circumstance That they understand that if they put in effort the effort will be rewarded