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EwB report Makhaza
Last year the Makhaza branch had an opportunity to pilot a project with Education without Borders (EwB) who aims to provide improved educational opportunities and facilities in disadvantaged regions of the world. The program focussed on Grade 8s in aid to work through...
#WhereAreTheyNow – Get Familiar
Having begun in 2003 in Sinako High School in Khayelitsha, initiated by Joy Olivier and Makhosi Gogwana, IkamvaYouth now has 7 branches in 3 provinces across South Africa. Over these 9 years, we have touched...
IYKZN’s Winter School
The hallway was buzzing and excitement filled the air as learners from Umlazi and Chesterville branches gathered outside Durban University of Technology’s ( DUT) passages of the library basements. It was a mixture of old and new learners as well as...
ABI – Truly walking the walk
Funding from major corporate companies is always welcomed by organizations such as ours, as it means we can continue serving the communities we work in, in the best way we can. It is however so humbling and indeed encouraging when the employees of that company...
Matrics in WC
While all the Makhaza students enjoy the last week of their winter school holidays, taking a much needed break from the intense focused energy needed for winter school, the Western Cape matrics have given up their entire holiday to continue with tutoring, mentoring,...
Winter School Sports Day: IYKZN
On the 29th of June, at the Durban University of Technology Sports grounds, IkamvaYouth Umlazi and Chesterville branches held the first IYKZN Sports day. The day was to be filled with fun activities for the learners and volunteers alike. The best part of the...
Makhaza winter school 2012
Winter school snuck up on us this year, and not in an unassuming king of way, kind of when a loud bang goes off next to you when you least expecting it kind of way Yes… just like that! 160 learners, 40 tutors, 3 busses and loads of enthusiasm, excitement...
Financial Literacy Training in WC
Activities at the Makhaza winter school are in full swing, with one of the Wednesday and Thursday morning sessions being financial literacy training presented by Capitec Bank to all the pupils. During these sessions, learners had the opportunity to share their career...
Capitec participates in Nyanga Winter School
It was a fun and educational morning for our learners as Capitec bank graced us with their presence at UWC. The aim of the workshop was to equip the learners and make them aware that there are always obstacles in every short...
Ikamvanites Feature Again on Mail and Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans
It's almost becoming a yearly ritual but once again Ikamvanites feature on the Mail and Guardian's list of 200 Young South Africans. This year two more Ikamvanites have been honoured: Thobela Bixa (Former IkamvaYouth learner and now...
WINTER SCHOOL TIME 😀
Its that time of the year again. We have reached that crucial midyear point. Umlazi started operations on the 14th of April 2012, tutoring began on the 23rd with just 18 learners. Winter School sees a number of 58 learners and 14 tutors making up the Umlazi team. ...
Moving up
Every once in a while someone comes along into your life that forces you to examine your own, examine the way you relate to other people, the way you pay it forward, the way you appreciate every little thing that comes your way. Unathi is one of those people. She...
Activating South African Youth
HSRC: Challenges and opportunities in addressing youth unemployement seminar What way forward? IkamvaYouth was invited for the HSRC seminar that was held via video conference in the three major cities of South Africa (Tshwane, Cape Town and...
Where Our Leaders Will Come From
I had the good fortune of being in America at the time of President Obama’s inauguration. It was a time of high hopes and intense optimism. During my travels I came across a quote from Obama’s Harvard Law School professor Christopher Edley Jr....
International Interns in Gauteng
Five International interns are at IkamvaYouth centres (Ebony Park and Ivory Park) in Gauteng for the next six weeks. Four of the interns are from India and one is from The Czech Republic and they have already begun to actively interact with the Ikamvanites in...
Nyanganites write mock exams to get ready for June
As preparation for their June exams, Nyanganites had a week of mock exams from the 29th of May to the 2nd of June. The atmosphere was serious and business-like as the learners wrote the first subjects on their school time-tables, under strict exam...
IkamvaYouth on Etv
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25 Ikamvanites from Western Cape being innovative.
12 Makhazanites, 9 Masinites and 4 Nyanganites have been enrolled with the Young South African Innovator Challenge organised by HIP2BE2, 3M and the Western Cape Education Department. This Challenge will see learners competing for the title of Innovator of the...
Ikamva Cares
IkamvaYouth programmes are provided to the township youth at no cost. The learners are expected to commit themselves so as to improve their results in school. The Ikamvanites in Gauteng (Ivory Park and Ebony Park) have gone beyond being just...
Makhaza leaners and ACCESS
“These trips made realise how broad the study of nature is” Afika Mabali, Grade 9 Makhaza has the incredible fortune of having some amazing workshop partners who take our learners all over the province. One such person is...
Lloyd Lungu