Family
Africa’s history has been shaped by many challenges.
Through it all, the African family has been our strength and helped us survive.
Today, that family structure is under pressure — and protecting it creates real opportunities.
You can build a meaningful career and make a living by supporting and strengthening families in your country.
Spotting an Opportunity in promoting social cohesion in your Country
- Many social challenges in your country are actually opportunities waiting for young people like you.
- Behind these challenges are chances to create jobs and build your future.
- Look around carefully — the opportunities are closer than you think.
- This site gives you a great place to start discovering some of them.
What to Do When You Spot that Opportunity
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Write it down.
As soon as an idea interests you, note it on paper. -
Give it time.
Come back to it after about a week and ask yourself: Does this still make sense? -
Learn more.
If it still feels good, read about it or ask people who know more. -
Improve the idea.
Use what you learn to make the idea clearer and more practical. - Act at the right time.
Keep the idea and work on it during your studies—or after you finish school.
Results & Implications
- You can spot an opportunity while you are still in school, and start working on it during holidays or after you finish school.
- With time, that idea can grow into a business, create jobs, and give you influence in your community.
- This is one of the clearest and shortest paths toward wealth and positive impact in your country.
Quality Career Guidance
This interesting story builds self-belief, self pride, resilience, and strong decision-making to navigate adolescence, peer pressure, and academic choices responsibly.
Careers through which you can realise your opportunity or dream in protecting the family in your country
| Career | Description |
| Anthropologist | -Studies people, their relationships, and how they live together as members of society. |
| Attorney/lawyer | -Gives advice to people/govt./companies/organization; tells them what they can and cannot do under the law. Also defends clients in the courts of law. May work for govt., law-firms, companies, etc. |
| Author/writer/novelist | -Develops original written materials for books, magazines, journals, online publications, company newsletters, radio/television broadcasts, motion pictures, and advertisements. |
| Clergyman | -Responsible for the spiritual well-being of people. |
| Clothing designer | -Creates and helps produce men’s, women’s, and children’s apparel, including casual wear, suits, sportswear, etc. |
| Film director | -Interprets scripts, auditions and selects cast members, conducts rehearsals, and directs the work of cast and crew. |
| Freelance writer | -Self-employed, and sells his/her work to publishers, publication enterprises, manufacturing firms, public relations departments, or advertising agencies. |
| Home economist | -Focuses on the improvement of the well-being of individuals, families and the community. |
| Journalist/Reporter | -Gathers information and writes news stories. |
| Judge | -In charge of trials in the courts of law. |
| Police | -Enforces laws in a country. |
| Politicians | -Supposed to be the most hopeful messengers of a society’s will to improve. Thus, run local and national government. |
| Producer | -An entrepreneur who makes the business and financial decisions involving a motion picture that is made for cinema, television feature, or stage production. |
| Social worker | -Helps people overcome problems, and make their lives better. |
| Sociologist | -Studies the means by which people and groups behave towards each other, as well as socioeconomic developments and changes. |