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By: Maxine Schmid, IkamvaYouth Intern and UCT Masters Student With my exciting new (albeit temporary) place within the IkamvaYouth team, I have been given the privilege of working on a psychosocial programme for the learners of IkamvaYouth within the province of the...

Joy filled celebrations at the Kuyasa Branch It has been a difficult few years for Nelisiwe who joined IkamvaYouth at the Umlazi Branch, in Grade 10 back in 2020. She was already struggling with her studies when she joined and no one could have prepared her for the...

By: Delphino Machikicho, District Manager, Western Cape Beyond the statistics and the analysis of the academic performance of the Class of 2022, there are young people who preserved through a global pandemic, socioeconomic challenges and a skewed education system....

By: Thandazo Jafta, District Manager, Eastern Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal The year 2022 was one marked by transition and reinforcement of traditional methods of learning. This meant that learners had to buckle up as they were required to attend full sessions again. The...

By: Ntombi Mahlangu, District Manager, North West and Gauteng IkamvaYouth North West and Gauteng branches matric results, 2022 We are excited to announce the IkamvaYouth North West and Gauteng branches’ matric class of 2022 respectively, unlocking access to various...

Dear Friends After serving IkamvaYouth for the past three years, it is with a heavy heart that I write this message to you, my last Annual CEO Letter for IkamvaYouth. I have symbolically titled this year's letter, Onwards and Upwards, because, for the past three...

IkamvaYouth Class of 2021 Placements The class of 2021 portrayed great resilience by achieving an outstanding 90% pass rate. This is after two years of disrupted schooling due to the COVID 19 pandemic. IkamvaYouth not only supports learners to pass matric but to also...

With much excitement, our holiday programme is back in-person. Learners, tutors and staff were in high spirits as they spent the two weeks of the programme with full days of intensive academic support, a full lineup of workshops,  games, and excursions.  The first...

By: Damien Buckton, Fundraising Officer ‘Paying it forward’ is a core component in our award-winning model and it is a value we are proud to say is embedded in the ethos of our work. This component was on full display as IkamvaYouth alumni were invited to...

By: Yanga Totyi, Atlantis Branch Coordinator As we begin the year, celebrating our stellar 2021 matric results, and reflecting on the Atlantis Brach journey since its inception, I am drawn to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Tedtalk: “The Danger of a Single Story”.  In this...

By: Thandazo Jafta The Kwa-Zulu Natal and Eastern Cape matric cohort of 2021 has proven once again that resilience yields great results. The 2021 matric cohort has raised the bar, excelling in such difficult circumstances, to achieve an overall pass rate of 93% across...

By Busisiwe Nkosi, District Manager, Gauteng and North West The Gauteng and North West region has truly demonstrated true resilience, successfully completing their matric after two years of interrupted learning. The North West and Gauteng Class of 2021 achieved an...

By: Delphino Machikicho Minister AG Motshekga accurately described the 2021 matriculants’ academic experience when she said, “...the Class of 2021 will remember their Grade 12 year as one of challenge and triumph. The challenge was coping with the unknowns of new...

We are an army of young people, changing the face of education in under-resourced communities, one Mathematics question at a time.  Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. This year, once again, we celebrate a year of hard work, as Ikamvanites produce...

Dear Friends and colleagues As 2021 draws to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to look back at the year, to celebrate with you our successes, reflect on the hurdles we triumphed over, and update you on new frontiers we have crossed. I am excited to share...

By: Damien Buckton, Fundraising Officer More than 18 months after the pandemic hit, we are still dealing with the effects of the continuous lockdown. In turn, the subsequent school closures have forced us to be agile, to shift and pivot our approach to ensure that our...

By Damien Buckton, Fundraising Officer July proved to be a difficult month for the nation, as we witnessed on-going unrest mainly in the Kwa-Zulu Natal region. Four days of unrest left many residents without access to basic amenities as shopping centers were closed....

By: Sisanda Mtana - HR & Training Intern July marked the start of my journey with IkamvaYouth as Human Resource and Training (HR&T) Intern on the FirstJob Partner Programme, which is an initiative of the FirstRand Bank Limited.   The FirstJob Partner...

By: Damien Buckton - Fundraising Officer               It has been a month since I started in my new role. I joined IkamvaYouth in the capacity of Fundraising Officer. Since I started I had learnt about the organisation...

By Thandazo Mkhize - Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal District Manager Amidst the many challenges that came with the year 2020; an unprecedented pandemic, a gap in the academic year, and the struggles to finish the curriculum and prepare for their final exams, the 2020...