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Ikamvayouth NSPW 2012
Hearth & Soul is where its all happening. 22 Ikamvanites from across the country (4 provinces and all branches) have come together for the much awaited National Strategic Planning Week, which is a roadway to 2013. This will be an intensive 2 weeks of...
Day 2 of the IkamvaYouth NSPW 2012
Day 2 has been a day of learning, fun and bonding here at Heath and Soul in Cape Town for the IkamvaYouth Team. It is true that when people put their minds together great things are sure to happen. The day started with a great ice breaker, where IkamvaYouth staff were...
English tutoring with Michael an intern from Trinity College
For the past 2 months Michael McLean from Trinity College has been working at Ikamva Youth’s Makhaza branch as an intern. He had a range of responsibilities, but was primarily tasked with creating English lessons and a framework through which future tutors can...
Nyanga computer lab, 2 months down the line
Nyanga branch continues to benefit from IY’s relationship with our partners and sponsors. In July this year, we shared on our Facebook group, that our computer lab was being installed . Today, barely 3months later, we sit beaming with pride...
HERITAGE DAY DEBATING WORKSHOP
Heritage means a lot of things to a lot of people. This is a day in which we are all encouraged to celebrate our cultural traditions in the wider context of the great diversity of cultures, beliefs and tradition that make up the Nation of South Africa. ...
Lights, Camera and Action!
Who said young people couldn't create, direct, produce, film and act in their own movie. About 30 Ikamvanites in Gauteng had the opportunity on Saturday 22nd of September 2012, to go onto a professional movie set in Johanesburg at The Home Movie Factory and...
Masi learners take part in the Annual International Coastal Cleanup 2012
This past Saturday (15 September 2012), ERM (Environmental Resources Management) together with the Masi and Nyanga branches took to Muizenberg’s Sunrise beach for the Annual International Coastal Clean-up. With the equipment sponsored by Plastics SA, the...
Nyanga launches IY’s alumni program
Saturday the 15th of September will remain a memorable day in the history of the Nyanga branch as we held our first ever alumni meeting . The purpose of the meeting was to launch the IkamvaYouth alumni program, aimed at connecting our alumni at...
IY participates in UCT NPO Careers expo
On Tuesday 18 September , IY attended the UCT careers expo. The expo was aimed at showcasing NPOs in the Western Cape to UCT students. The whole day was a flurry of activity with students coming in, asking about IY and signing up to volunteer,...
Nyanga holds 3rd term parents’ meeting
On Saturday the 8th of September, Nyanga held its termly parents’ meeting at Zolani Centre. The meeting was well attended, with 41 of our 69 learners represented by parents, guardians and other family members. The meeting was three-fold, aiming at...
Nyanga participates in international coastal cleanup day
Saturday 15th September dawned a bright and sunny day, which was fitting for Nyanganites who were participating in the coastal cleanup day at Monwabisi beach near Khayelitsha. IYWC was invited to take part in the coastal cleanup by Andreas Stoll of ERM and...
Gauteng Mentors Workshop
A mentoring workshop was held at the Ebony Park branch during the weekend, fascilitated by Nomfuzo Ntolosi, a life coach, of The Coaching Centre, with experience in running mentorship workshops. Aspects covered by the the workshop include: - career mentoring, the...
Career Indaba 2012
This past Friday finally saw months of preparation and planning for our annual Career Indaba come together in a hugely successful day. Over 1800 students, parents, and community members flooded the Zolani Centre hall in Nyanga to explore their post matric choices and...
“Funeka’s Story” released
Inspired by the National Planning Commission's story of Thandi, which Trevor Manuel told as a way to depict the key challenges facing the country, IkamvaYouth has launched Funeka's Story, which explains IkamvaYouth model and its impact, and sends out a call for...
Masi Winter School 2012
It may have been about 2 months ago since we've had our winter school programme at the Masi branch, but yet it feels like 2 weeks ago. We hosted it at the Masiphumelele library, which is also our venue for the homework and tutoring sessions. Despite all the challenges...
Equal Education Congress 2012
On the 7th of July 2012, I took a trip to the Equal Education Congress of 2012. The trip was fully funded by Equal Education (Many Thanks for the opportunity). It would be a very interesting 5 days for me. From the viewpoint of an outsider,...
Ebony Park Branch launches their own library
On Saturday, 25 August, Ikamva Youth’s Ebony Park Branch opened it’s own library. It was opened after a ceremony introducing the Ikamvanites to the library and its rules. After watching entertaining videos on the wonder of books, learners made their own...
Gauteng Ikamvanites take part in a heated BBC Talk Radio Debate
(Listen to the actual debate at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/p00x8h4d) Ikamvanites in Gauteng were invited to take part in the BBC Africa Debate at the University of the Witwatersrand on the 31st of August. The question posed was: South Africa at 18- Does...
Conquering a Natural Wonder of the World
This past Sunday the Masinites hit Table Mountain. Despite the outing being cancelled twice during winter school because of unpredictable Cape Town weather, the learners finally made it to the top of our local natural wonder of the world! Thirty-five learners and...
Who says exercise can’t be fun?!
Today the Ladies’ Club from the Masi branch shook, shimmied and sweat in a nia class. The girls went to Ocean View High School to attend a class put on by Maggie Joubert. Nia is a form of cardiovascular aerobic exercise that is done to the beat of...
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