StandardThe Hope Factory is an enterprise development programme which improves the lives of previously disadvantaged and unemployed South Africans. By providing people with an opportunity to be trained and empowered, they are able to become financially productive. After graduation, learners join the Job Creation programme where they manufacture a wide range of beautiful corporate gifts and conference materials, before going on to start their own businesses. All profits from the sales of the products are re-invested in skills and enterprise development.