The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) was developed in South Africa as a strategy for job creation amongst poor people. However, this desired outcome of EPWP is often not achieved. This research follows an action research approach to analyse the potential of two organisations to collectively help overcome development gaps and improve living, learning and working conditions for EPWP participants. A new framework is proposed that will support all collaborating organizations to achieve their common objectives of overcoming poverty and unemployment and providing opportunities in rural areas for vulnerable people to earn an income. The research assesses the opportunities for collaboration between the organizations to help create business opportunities in tourism once participants exit the EPWP programme. This study included some primary data collection and adds new insights to the body of knowledge that deals with effectiveness of EPWP programmes in achieving objectives of poverty alleviation and job creation.

南非制定了扩展的公共工程计划（EPWP），作为在贫困人口中创造就业机会的战略。但是，EPWP的预期结果通常无法实现。这项研究遵循一种行动研究方法，以分析两个组织共同帮助克服发展差距并改善EPWP参与者的生活，学习和工作条件的潜力。提出了一个新的框架，该框架将支持所有合作组织实现其共同目标，即克服贫困和失业，并在农村地区为弱势群体提供创收机会。这项研究评估了参与者退出EPWP计划后组织之间合作的机会，以帮助在旅游业中创造商机。