Trevor Noah might be living large in the States and touring the world with his Back To Normal Comedy Tour, but he knows where home is. The Trevor Noah Foundation in partnership with YouthBuild SA (YBSA) have decided to donate a total of R8 million towards a local project.
The saying 'charity begins at home', is something our big celebrities, living it up in the States are practicing. For Trevor, youth development is something close to his heart, as he believes every young person deserves to be given the tools to better their lives. Many of these young people might be living in impoverished areas but they are told that they are the future leaders of this country.
Trevor wants to help sort the gap between these two by creating opportunities for the youth in the country. His generous donation will make it possible for the young people to work or better yet create work opportunities for other people in the tourism and hospitality sector, construction, as well as information and communications technology (ICT).
“Today's kids are told to be the leaders of tomorrow, but they're not given the tools. I'm excited about this partnership with YouthBuild because we're creating life-changing opportunities for SA youth. We all deserve to achieve our fullest potential no matter where we come from,” Trevor said in a statement.
The foundation also seeks to help teachers get basic knowledge of skills they might lack. The found that these teachers needed to receive basic training in Microsoft skills and they did.
"Earlier this year, we found that 47 teachers in our Khulani Schools required basic computer skills in MS Word, Excel, Email, and PowerPoint. After receiving training from Edunova all teachers surpassed the 70% pass mark!"
Whilst he is doing the great work with the youth in the country, he is touring the world with his Back To Normal World Tour. The tour will fall onto the 2022 calendar with the addition of 21 new dates.
The people who encouraged him to get back to stand up comedy were comedy Giants Chris Rock and Dave Chapelle. "When you haven’t been on stage in almost a year and Chappelle tells you it’s time to get back on stage, you get back on stage!
"Few things in this life have meant more to me than having these two legends as my mentors and friends. All 3 of us share a love for stand up that only fellow comedians can truly understand, and it’s easy to keep that love going when you get to share a stage with the greatest to ever do it! DC It’s time to get back on stage, let’s do this people!"
The tour kicked off in September and of course his first stop was in America and all the other dates announced are in American cities and a few from Europe. "I’m excited to announce my first-ever digital collectible! This is a limited-edition collectible that commemorates my upcoming tour," Trevor announced.
But Mzansi was not impressed because they wonder why call it a World Tour if other parts of the world are side lined.
