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Image caption: At graduation ceremonies at Castle Kyalami, continental Scientology headquarters, and other Scientology Churches in South Africa, Tools for Life graduates receive Volunteer Minister\u2019s certificates and bright yellow jackets for their use in grassroots community work.<\/em><\/p>\n
\u201cTrue empowerment begins when individuals have the power to change their own lives and the lives of others,\u201d says Sandile Hlayisi, chairperson of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers of South Africa. \u201cWe have witnessed the power of this simple yet profound training.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Scientology Tools for Life were developed by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard in the mid-1970s for the training of Scientology Volunteer Ministers<\/a>. Graduates use these skills to serve their communities, improve educational standards, respond to emergencies and disasters, launch successful businesses and create new opportunities for themselves and others. \u201cThe essence of the Scientology Tools for Life,\u201d says Hlayisi, \u201cis that they equip people with the skills they need to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n The Scientology Volunteer Ministers began providing Scientology Tools for Life workshops in 2019 at Castle Kyalami<\/a> in Johannesburg, South Africa, Scientology continental headquarters for Africa. These courses provide practical skills that ignite meaningful change, as these graduate testimonials illustrate:<\/p>\n Each week, new graduates turn dreams into reality and uplift their families and communities.<\/p>\n \u201cWe welcome everyone, regardless of their background,\u201d says Hlayisi. \u201cThis training is for all\u2014it transcends religion, profession, race and circumstance. Everyone deserves the chance to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Hubbard described the Volunteer Minister<\/a> as \u201ca person who helps his fellow man on a volunteer basis by restoring purpose, truth and spiritual values to the lives of others.\u201d Their creed: \u201cA Volunteer Minister does not shut his eyes to the pain, evil and injustice of existence. Rather, he is trained to handle these things and help others achieve relief from them and new personal strength as well.\u201d<\/p>\n Their motto is, no matter the circumstances, \u201cSomething can<\/em> be done about it.\u201d<\/p>\n Castle Kyalami<\/a> serves as a home for the community and a nexus for all who share the goal of bettering the lives of individuals and strengthening communities across the region, nation and all of Africa. Scientology ecclesiastical leader Mr. David Miscavige<\/a> dedicated Kyalami Castle on New Year\u2019s Day 2019, reaffirming Mr. Hubbard\u2019s belief that \u201cfrom Southern Africa will spring the next great civilization on this planet.\u201d<\/p>\n For the full impact of the South African Volunteer Ministers\u2019 pandemic response, watch the award-winning<\/a> documentary Operation: Do Something About It<\/em><\/a>. <\/em>Produced by Scientology Media Productions, the film is available on the Scientology Network on DIRECTV Channel 320, DIRECTV STREAM, AT&T U-verse and at Scientology.tv, on mobile apps<\/a> and via the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms.<\/p>\n LEARN MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.scientologynews.org\/press-releases\/<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@vmafrica<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.castlekyalami.org.za\/about-us\/working-together-to-build-a-better-and-safer-world.html<\/a><\/p>\n VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.scientology.tv\/documentaries\/operation-do-something-about-it.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n
![https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/24-0919-s2p-ScnSAFVM-300dpi.jpg<\/a><\/p>\nPHOTO CAPTION: <\/strong><\/p>\nAt graduation ceremonies at Castle Kyalami, continental Scientology headquarters, and other Scientology Churches in South Africa, Tools for Life graduates receive Volunteer Minister\u2019s certificates and bright yellow jackets for their use in grassroots community work.<\/p>\nTAGS:<\/strong> #ChurchOfScientology #SouthAfrica #VolunteerMinisters #ToolsForLife<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 19, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — With more than 31,000 South Africans trained on the 19 Scientology Tools for Life courses, the Scientology Volunteer Ministers are well on the way to achieving their purpose: to empower the people of South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8949,"featured_media":121060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[608,18164,12804],"tags":[18214],"class_list":["post-121075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-religion-news","category-africa-business","category-ap","tag-scientology-south-africa","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":3777,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8949"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/24-0919-s2p-ScnSAFVM-300dpi.jpg\"){kind=link}