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IkamvaYouth- Ebony Park’s first parent meeting
Ebony Park hosted its first parents meeting of the year on Saturday the 9th March. The meeting was very successful with a good turn out from parents who were very eager to show their support to IkamvaYouth. The agenda included welcoming the parents into the new...
Ivory Park Sailing through waves of Education
It has been a month since Ikamva youth Ivory park closed doors for 2013 applications and we are glad to welcome our 2013 Ikamvanites, this hectic and vibrant week was followed by the visit to UJ during Society Week/Orientation week on the 6th of February...
Cooking Classes 2013 in Nyanga
Hi Ikamvanites! We are two students from Metropol University College in Copenhagen, Denmark, studying a degree in Global Nutrition and Health. Currently we are based in the beautiful Mother City soaking up the summer sun and doing an internship at...
Ikageng first tutoring session
It's 6am and Johannesburg roads are slowly waking up to Saturday. Four of us in the burnt orange rental Micra bound for Potchefstroom for the first tutoring session at the Ikageng branch. It's early, so we check in, both the left and right brain present, albeit with...
2013 off to a flying start for Makhaza
The weekend consisted of planning for 2013 as well as an election to choose the new branch committee as well as choosing the different heads of the different portfolios. Present were more than 30 learners from different grades and tutors and they all had a...
Talent Chinogureyi’s experience at IkamvaYouth
My name is Talent Chinogureyi. I am 19 years old. I joined Ikamva Youth in the year 2009 as I was doing grade 9 at Bonela Secondary School in Durban, after my school received an advert from this organization in search of less privileged students from less...
KZN Staff Day Paintball
For some, the perfect staff team building/recharge day would be activities such as a relaxed lunch/picnic, or perhaps a spa session. For the KZN team, it was paintballing! What better way to let off some steam than shooting at your colleagues? And with only one...
UShaka Marine World
It’s a new year and the KZN branches were planning and preparing for open day and prize giving. Indeed all of the hard work paid off and was a success. The branches then decided to surprise the learners with a trip to uShaka Marine World. The trip...
Tutoring in Grahamstown.
On the morning of the 16th of February IkamvaYouth; practically; began the process of changing lives. As hordes of excited learners trooped into the hall there was a tangible sense of expectation in the air; the stakes are high; we had a brilliant Open Day and now...
Orange is the colour, North West is where we @.
IkamvaYouth continues to grow; a new branch has been established in Ikageng Township, Potchefstroom, in the North West. This branch has been honoured with an Orange IkamvaYouth logo, a warm and inviting colour, the colour associated with the gentle warmth of the...
Chesterville Open Day 2013
Not a single seat was left unused as we had our Open Day at the Chesterville branch of Ikamva Youth. In our midst were parents, former, current and aspiring Ikamvanites, librarians, our amazing tutors, staff and a representative from ABI. There were more than...
Open Day 2013 in Gauteng
Saturday the 26th of January 2013 was a very special day for IkamvaYouth Gauteng as we opened our doors to new applications for the year. Open Day for both branches in Gauteng were jointly held at Ebony Park and it was exciting to see over 600 learners in attendance....
Umlazi Open Day and Prize giving
Umlazi Open Day/Prize giving More than 150 community members from Umlazi AA section and surrounding areas came to the AA Library to learn more about IkamvaYouth last week Saturday on the 19th of January 2013. Among those in attendance, were existing and...
Umlazi Open Day and Prize giving
Umlazi Open Day/Prize giving More than 150 community members from Umlazi AA section and surrounding areas came to the AA Library to learn more about IkamvaYouth last week Saturday on the 19th of January 2013. Among those in attendance, were existing and...
Local High School opens its doors to IY Nyanga
A mere invitation to the Nyanga Open Day was not enough for New Eisleben High School, who requested that IY come and conduct a second ‘Open Day’ to its leaners in their school hall. The Nyanga team happily obliged and on the 23rd of January, spent...
Nyanga Open Day 2013
High School students and parents from Nyanga and surrounding areas trekked to Oscar Mpetha High School to hear all about IY Nyanga this last Saturday the 19th of January. The school hall comfortably seated the 80 people who were in attendance, who...
Numeric and Khan Academy
Just over a year ago I was approached by Andrew Einhorn, a UCT grad student, who was interested in implementing an online maths program at Makhaza. All he needed was access to the lab, access to a class and a tutor. A year down the line not only he has completely...
Numeric and Khan Academy
Just over a year ago I was approached by Andrew Einhorn, a UCT grad student, who was interested in implementing an online maths program at Makhaza. All he needed was access to the lab, access to a class and a tutor. A year down the line not only he has completely...
Ebony Park’s Success Story
My name is Rhondashein Ntebaleng Morake and this is my story. I grew up in the dusty township streets of Kaalfontein Midrand. My mother, being part a generational cycle of domestic workers in my family, sacrificed a lot of things of things to enable me to escape...
90% pass rate for Nyanga Matric class of 2012!
Thursday 3 January 2013 was a jubilant day for IkamvaYouth Nyanga as the Matric results came in. The Matrics made their way to the branch to share their results with staff, fellow students and tutors; and by mid-day, 100% of the learners’ results were...
Lloyd Lungu