OBSID - Job shadowing shows results

Three of the four internship spots at the Observatory Improvement District (Obsid) has been filled since the launch of the Obsid’s Internship& Job Shadowing program.

One intern, 22 year-old Asive Myataza originally from the Eastern Cape,is currently capturing data for the Operating Incidents Reports for the Public Safety portfolio.

Asive has a qualification in Business Management from College of Cape Town and has been a part of the Internship& Job Shadowing program since September last year.

Hudson McComb, Obsid COO, said: “She is a courageous person with impeccable manners, determined and reliable.”

In January 2017 she begins a Job Shadowing internship at Pick n Pay Observatory,” he said, adding that she is “bound to go far”. Asive, who is the breadwinner and head of her household of two younger brothers since her mother recently passed away, said that she wants to become an entrepreneur and run her own business one day.

Interviews are being held for the fourth place in the Internship and Job Shadowing program since a previous person dropped out. Anyone who is homeless or unemployed can apply to enter the program.

Referral partners include Loaves and Fishes, Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre, the Observatory community and the Obsid itself.

Residents can refer a likely candidate to Kenneth Roman, Obsid Social Development manager, by contacting the Obsid.

Choose a homeless or unemployed person who you know quite well and who you believe really wants to make a change in their lives.