Lucha Lunako has developed a suite of curated courses designed to shift mental models in young people and help them take active ownership of their own futures. Our research shows that many youth lack well-formed healthy foundations. This makes it challenging to build strong technical skills without addressing emotional capacity, personal agency, and resilience. The courses can roll out as standalone initiatives or be integrated into a partner’s broader programme to support whole-person development. Courses are between 6-12 weeks long, with each lesson lasting 2 hours.
Our programmes are designed to develop foundational skills in young people through a series of engaging learning journeys. We address not just the symptoms but the root causes of the challenges youth face, such as mental and emotional resilience, and relational health.
We don’t just provide content; we create a safe space where young people can explore their own potential. Our programs are rooted in research and best practices to ensure real-world impact. These programmes must help young people:
- Embark on a journey of personal discovery and confidence building;
- Develop critical foundations that will enable them to overcome difficult circumstances;
- Make their own decisions and pursue the opportunities available to them; and
- Have hope for a prosperous future.
The following list is our current offering, and may be added to in the future.
A maths literacy journey
Duration: 8 lessons / weeks
The M is for Money (not Maths) course revolves around simple mathematics and how it can be applied to everyday life situations. A main focus is on developing basic maths skills to manage your money more effectively. We cover gaps through a personalized learning journey that identifies your needs.
Financial literacy for life
Duration: 8 lessons / weeks
The Foundations for Financial Freedom programme helps youth understand their money habits, external influences, and decision-making patterns, equipping them with the tools to build a secure financial future.
Getting your business hustle on
Duration: 12 lessons / weeks
The Street Smart Startups course is a dynamic innovation think tank-type programme designed to equip entrepreneurially inclined youth with the necessary knowledge and skills related to starting, running, and growing their own businesses.
Bringing your best self to work
Duration: 12 lessons / weeks
The Foundations for Financial Freedom programme helps youth understand their money habits, external influences, and decision-making patterns, equipping them with the tools to build a secure financial future.
Turning your vision into reality
Duration: 6 lessons / weeks
Having a vision provides a sense of purpose and direction for a person. Thus, having a vision can support a young person’s career plan by keeping them focused on their long-term goals and setting realistic short-term goals. This can help them pursue job opportunities, leadership roles and valuable professional experience.
To ensure real-world impact, our programmes are rooted in research and best practices, modelled on and tested in accordance with our key guiding principles. We don’t just provide content; we create a safe space where young people can explore their own potential:
- We enable: Help young people find opportunities within themselves
- We support: Content and information doesn’t change people, but our facilitation creates an environment that is a healthy breeding ground for change
- We unlock: Encourage behaviours that can carry young people forward in life, helping them build personal & relational health
Our approach is based on a holistic theory of change. We address the root causes of youth unemployment by starting with self-development and character building as a foundation to a prosperous life. We work to develop the personal characteristics that build resilience, such as confidence, connection and competence. At the same time, we focus on aligning young people with their personal goals of wellness, prosperity, and agency.
Hear from our programme partners, ecosystem allies, host sites and other stakeholders whose work has been positively impacted by our programmes and initiatives.
Lucha Lunako’s Youth Have It™ Foundational Skills Programmes is a suite of curated courses which can roll out as standalone initiatives or be integrated into a partner’s broader programme to support whole-person development. The programmes can be implemented either:
- in partnership with a host service provider working together with a funding partner, or
- directly by a funding partner into their own organisation and networks.