Youth Employment Service (“YES”)

The Youth Employment Service (YES), a South African non-profit organization (NPO), is a joint national initiative between business, government and labour that aims to address the youth unemployment crisis in South Africa by providing 12-month quality work experiences (QWEs) to unemployed youth. Since being founded just over four years ago, YES has worked with over 1,607 South African companies to create more than 129,135 work experiences, all with no state funding.
YES is entirely private sector funded and has, to date, placed over 150,000 high-potential youth from disadvantaged backgrounds in South Africa’s businesses.