{"id":2878,"date":"2018-11-20T00:27:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T00:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webcubestore.co.za\/susters4life\/?p=2878"},"modified":"2021-06-24T12:31:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T12:31:59","slug":"susters4life-drivers-licenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webcubestore.co.za\/susters4life\/susters4life-drivers-licenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Susters4Life Drivers Licenses"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2878\" class=\"elementor elementor-2878\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f834169 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f834169\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-996ec58\" data-id=\"996ec58\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da22497 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da22497\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4 class=\"vc_custom_heading\"><em>Helping Local Women to Obtain their Driver\u2019s\u00a0<\/em><i>Licenses<\/i><\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>After getting to know the women we work with in South Africa\u2019s impoverished communities, we discovered that many of them aren\u2019t able to drive, and don\u2019t have their learner\u2019s or driver\u2019s licenses.<\/p><p>The ability to drive is something that many of us take for granted; even if the learning process is a bit hair-raising, as youngsters we look forward to the day when we no longer have to rely on our families and friends for lifts! Many of us learn how to drive as teenagers, and we will have a license and a car by the time we start our careers.<\/p><p>However, this is not the case for most of the ladies we work with, and without their own transport, they are often not able to be as independent as they wish to be. Lack of a driver\u2019s license and transport also impacts their ability to find employment.<\/p><p>We realised that if we as an NGO are serious about empowering women, then helping them to learn to drive should also be a part of our programmes.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4 class=\"vc_custom_heading\"><em>Getting our Susters On the Road<\/em><\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>This initiative wasn\u2019t originally part of our planning for the year, but we are keen to implement it as soon as possible. That\u2019s why Susters4Life co-founder Rene\u00e9 Thompson has decided to personally fund the program. We have identified four women \u2013 two from Cape Town and two from Worcester \u2013 to begin with, and we can\u2019t wait to get started!<\/p><p>The driver\u2019s license program will be part of our planning for 2019, and hopefully we will be able to assist more women in the coming year.<\/p><p>We wish our ladies good luck in obtaining their learner\u2019s licenses, and everything of the best with driving school. We\u2019ll keep everyone posted on their progress, and we know they will make us proud.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After getting to know the women we work with in South Africa\u2019s impoverished communities, we discovered that many of them aren\u2019t able to drive, and don\u2019t have their learner\u2019s or driver\u2019s licenses. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcubestore.co.za\/susters4life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcubestore.co.za\/susters4life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcubestore.co.za\/susters4life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcubestore.co.za\/susters4life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcubestore.co.za\/susters4life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2878"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/webcubestore.co.za\/susters4life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2883,"href":"https:\/\/webcubestore.co.za\/susters4life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878\/revisions\/2883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcubestore.co.za\/susters4life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcubestore.co.za\/susters4life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcubestore.co.za\/susters4life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcubestore.co.za\/susters4life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}