. ♪ narrator: christine buthelezi was one of the first women who erin and maven employed. er one weekend, going to church, then i met a maid who gave me a lift. she started chatting to me, are you working, what are you doing at the moment? are you still at school and everything? currently i am working at a farm a chicken , farm. we were paid like 20 per day. then she said, but why don't you come and join? i said after a week, have got nothing to lose, so i went for my training. then from there, started working at the spa as a therapist. i started at the bottom. i really enjoyed it. then within three months, i moved into becoming one of the treating managers, and then within a year, i was promoted to be a general manager, which for me, it was such a growth in such a small time. ♪ narrator: it has become a prolific job creation scheme. expanding across south africa and propelling women like christine from rural poverty to senior managerial positions. >> we estimated we have trained about 20,000 people. we had ladies who have been with us for 8, 9 years, and they really reache

. ♪ narrator: christine buthelezi was one of the first women who was employed. weekend, going to church, then i met a maid who gave me a lift. she started chatting to me, are you working, what are you doing at the moment, are you still at school and everything? i said, no, i'm working at a farm, a chicken farm. we were paid like 20 per day. then she said, but why don't you come and join? i said after a week, have got nothing to lose so i went for my , training. from there, i started working at the spa as a therapist. i started at the bottom. i really enjoyed it. within three months, i moved into becoming one of the managers, and then within a year, i was promoted to be a general manager, which for me is such growth in such a small time. ♪ narrator: it has become a prolific job creation scheme. it is expanding across south africa and propelling women like christine from rural poverty to managerial positions. >> we estimate that we have trained about 20,000 people. we had ladies who have been with us for eight years to nine years and had reached the top. they were

narrator: christine buthelezi was one of the first women who was employed. i remember one weekend, going to church, then i met a maid who gave me a lift. she started chatting to me, are you working, what are you doing at the moment, are you still at school and everything? i said, no, i'm working at a farm, a chicken farm. we were paid like 20 per day. then she said, but why don't you come and join? after a week, i said i've got nothing to lose, so i went for my training. from there, i started working at the spa as a therapist. i started at the bottom. i really enjoyed it. within three months, i moved into becoming one of the managers, and then within a year, i was promoted to be a general manager, which for me is such growth in such a small time. narrator: it has become a prolific job creation scheme. expanding across south africa and propelling women like christine from rural poverty to senior managerial positions. >> we estimate that we have trained about 20,000 people. we had ladies who have been with us for eight years to nine years and had reached the to