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Great improvement for Makhaza matriculants
On Thursday 3 January the grade 12 results were released by the Western Cape Education Department and Makhaza achieved an 82% pass rate, up from 55% in 2011. This was testament to the hard work done by the learners and the tutors at the branch. 10 of the...
Final Matric Results: 89% pass rate and 87% eligible for tertiary!
Right now, learners all across the country are either celebrating or commiserating after receiving their matric results. And the national numbers seem to suggest that whether matriculants are partying or weeping has a lot to do with their level of economic privilege...
Matric Results so far: 100% pass rate with 91% eligible for tertiary education
The solutions and innovations that will change the world – the cure for AIDS, technologies that will curb environmental destruction, art that unites and inspires – are inside young minds. Young minds that need an education so that these solutions can be...
ABI Plant Tour
Monday, 10th December 2012: Excited Ikamva Youth learners from Umlazi and Chesterville were treated to a set of presentations by Amalgamated Beverage Industries (ABI) in Phoenix Business Park. ABI is the leading distributor of Coca-Cola products in the southern...
IkamvaYouth Eastern Cape
On the 22nd of October 2012; in Grahamstown; we approached our first school in our quest for partners in the fight against the Education crisis facing our country. The name of that school is Nombulelo Senior Secondary School; together with two other...
Makhaza prize giving
The 1st of December marked world AIDS day, but it was also a day where we honoured our achievers for the hard work they have done during the year. The prize giving was well attended by learners, their families, partners and supporters and IY staff and they bore...
Nyanga EwB report
Building a solid foundation in mathematics in learners at an early stage of their mathematics schooling careers is one of the major problems facing our education system. The Education Without Borders program (EwB) was piloted in Nyanga this year...
Makhaza EwB Report
Education Without Borders (EwB), a Canadian based organisation, aims to provide improved educational opportunities and facilities in disadvantaged regions of the world and highlights the simplicity of mathematics and emphasises the critical importance of...
Nyanga and Makhaza hold tutor appreciation
Volunteers from Nyanga and Makhaza were treated to a fun day at Ratanga Junction on Saturday 8 December 2012. The occasion was the tutor appreciation, held twice each year to acknowledge our biggest donors, the tutors, who give so much of their valuable time to...
Celebrating Masinites’ Achievements…
By Sanele Bani (Grade 11 learner) A group of 100 people composed of parents, partners, volunteers, Masi Library staff and the IkamvaYouth staff were happy to surround and congratulates the 71 Ikamvanites who graduated this year. Our two masters of...
Brave, talented filmmakers share their stories
IkamvaYouth has always recognised the importance of creative expression through media; the Media, Image & Expression (MIE) programme was first established at the Makhaza branch in 2006. Over the years, we've seen our learners build their identities and...
ABI Charity golf day
Draft ABI golf day blog Friday November 9th, a beautiful sunny day in Durban, this was the perfect setting for the 17th Annual ABI Charity Golf day and IkamvaYouth was the beneficiary. The IkamvaYouth team (Thabisile Seme ; KZN Regional coordinator,...
IkamvaYouth in the Global Giving Winter Open Challenge 2012
IkamvaYouth has tried, tested and developed an effective model for addressing South Africa's education crisis, and ‘it is working!’ We are now in five provinces, and receive countless requests from communities across the country to replicate the model. We...
Nyanga goes green
Nyanga learners added a green element to IY values as they participated in an environmental workshop this month. On the 17th of November, ERM’s Andreas Stoll came to help Nyanga branch with the official launch of the Nyanga Green Team. The...
Nyanga holds year-end function and prize giving
Saturday 24 November was a day of fun and celebration at the Nyanga branch. Nyanganites had their year end and prize giving ceremony at Zolani Centre. The prize giving is when learners get acknowledged for, and celebrate their commitment to their own...
Ivory Park hosts its 4th term Parents Meeting
On the 17th November Ivory Park Branch hosted its 3rd Parents Meeting at its branch. This event marked the official establishment of a parent representative for the branch committee. Two parents volunteered their time and commitment to represent parents at the...
IkamvaYouth Gauteng Celebrates Volunteers
Amidst the scorching mid-week weather of Johannesburg, around 50 volunteers from the IkamvaYouth Gauteng branches, Ebony Park and Ivory Park, gathered for their annual year-end celebratory outing at Zoo Lake. This was the first time that the two Gauteng branches...
Reel Lives Premiere
The past three months have seen a few of the Nyanga and Makhaza learners turn into local short film documentary film makers - learning valuable industry skills, while grappling with real issues they face in their lives. Partnering with a US based organisation, Reel...
Success breeds success
The big number of parents that attended, showed the willingness and dedication these parents have for their children’s education. At the meeting a number of issues were discussed with some of the more important issues being the role IkamvaYouth plays,...
Ivory Park receives Office Furniture donation
We received a favourable response from Jabatha Paper and Stationery who have generously donated 4 desks and 2 chairs to the Ivory Park Branch. Their generosity is a meaningful contribution to the smooth running of the branch operations and yes of course, help...
Lloyd Lungu