girl learners

Hey there!
The Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day® is dedicated to you. Each year in May, Cell C provides you with the opportunity to learn more about the next steps towards your future career by affording you the opportunity to spend a day at “work” learning about career options and opportunities available to you.

In partnership with various corporates, government departments and civic organizations, we open our doors to welcome you with a view to providing guidance as you make decisions that shape your future career choices. This opportunity enables you to actually see first-hand how the working world operates. Interested in jumping on board with this exciting project?

here's how to

• Find out from your teacher if your school is involved in the project this year.
  If your school has already been selected to be a formal partner in the project, Cell C will partner your school with a company that will host at least 20 girl pupils from your school on Thursday, 29th May 2008. If you’re really enthusiastic to be a part of the project, ask your teacher if you can be one of the 20 pupils representing your school on Take a Girl Child to Work Day®.
• This year, Cell C is hoping to make the project bigger than ever. We are hoping that over 800 schools from all nine provinces in South Africa will get the opportunity to participate in the project.
• Other girl learners, like you, will spend their day at various companies, organisations, and government departments exploring the different career and job opportunities open to them.
  The girls and boys remaining in school won’t be left out. They will still support the day by having discussions about gender differences and barriers to the success of girl children in South Africa.
• If your school is not in a formal partnership, nothing stops you from asking your parents / neighbors / family members if you could accompany them to work on the day. Keep in mind though, that this adult has to get permission from their superiors before taking you along to work with them Take a Girl Child to Work Day®. Should they agree, provide your school teacher with a written request to participate on the day. You must also make sure that your parent/guardian has completed an indemnity form that would be given to the coordinators of Take a Girl Child to Work Day®. at their place of work.
• Ask your principal (or a teacher) to approach a company with whom they have a good relationship or one that is nearby to your school and ask that company if they would host girls from your school.
• Cell C has chosen “Choice Empowers” as the theme for 2008. The theme places emphasis on girl children making the right choices for their future. Choices that will ensure that they achieve their goals and ambitions.

Boy learners

Cell C has developed a Take a Girl Child to Work Day® handbook that provides valuable information for boys, to help them in their career planning also helps them understand why there is a need to set aside a special day each year to help girl learners with their aspirations and future career decisions. The handbook includes a section on this year’s them of “Choice Empowers and how it applies to boys, parents and educators