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The Build-Up To A New Computer Lab In Ivory Park
On the 17th of February 2016, a computer lab container arrived at the Ivory Park branch at Kaalfontein Secondary School. It will be great to see the sort of successes this achievement will allow us to bring about. It was early in the morning and Ditiro...
The Western Cape Alumni Meetup
On Saturday the 6th of February 2016, IkamvaYouth hosted its first alumni meetup for the year in Cape Town. The aim was to get the alumni to meet one another especially since they attended different IkamvaYouth branches in high school, across different years,...
Mamelodi’s Open Day
IKAMVAYOUUUTTHHH!!! IkamvaYouth Mamelodi hosted its Open Day on the 30th of January 2016, with the aim of celebrating our 2015 Matriculants and encouraging our 2016 learners. The branch recognised the Matriculants who did well in their respective...
Ikamvanite Career Spotlight: Environmental Studies
If you grew up in the 90s, you may remember Captain Planet and the Planeteers: the animated series about the superhero and his team of five youth from around the world, whose job was to defend the earth against various disasters, and educate mankind to prevent...
Open Day/Prize Giving Makhaza 2016……A Day To Remember!
One of the most exciting things about a new year, is the chance to make or introduce measurable changes into one’s life. One of the ways of doing that, is reflecting on the previous year’s achievements and be inspired to achieve at a higher level. ...
IkamvaYouth Branch Coordinators – What they want in 2016
There’s a growing trend of not making New Year’s resolutions lately because New Year's resolutions don’t seem to work. One of the reasons why they don't work is that they are based on things we think we SHOULD be doing but might not feel particularly...
A Year of Engaging and Giving Back
Martin Luther King Jnr once said “life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?”. On Saturday the 23rd of January 2016, the IkamvaYouth Ebony Park branch hosted it's annual open day to kick start 2016,welcome...
IkamvaYouth has a shot at the Jackpot!
IkamvaYouth has been selected to participate in All Star Slot’s #WinTheJackpot Charity Campaign. Our participation could see us winning a share of the $5750 jackpot! All you have to do is vote for us by...
IkamvaYouth Joza: Open Day 2016
The IkamvaYouth Joza Branch celebrated the achievements of its learners at the annual open day and prize giving event last Saturday. The awards ranged from those who have demonstrated academic excellence to those who were rewarded for their availability and...
Alumni Feedback Project
During the third term of 2015, IkamvaYouth carried out a feedback project, aimed at engaging our alumni community, and giving them the opportunity to participate in the development of the alumni programme going forward. The project included running an online...
“New Year, New Moves!”
Change is not quite easy, and Friday the 15th of January 2016 proved testament to that. Alongside the branch staff and District office, were tutors and resident contractors who were assisting with the official move of the Ivory Park office. Under a...
Q&A with top learner, Chumisa Yaphi
On the 6th of January 2016 (Matric results day) we had a laughter-filled chat with Chumisa Yaphi from Makhaza in the Western Cape. She obtained 6 distinctions (including in Maths and Physical Science) in the final exams and is planning on studying Geology or Pharmacy....
The Unknown Rocky Streets
Kamogelo Lebone Bakai is a learner from Ikageng in the North West. He achieved a bachelors pass and a distinction in the 2015 matric exams. Kamogelo plans on pursuing a BCom Law degree at the University of the North West. This is his account of his matric...
IkamvaYouth’s Matric Results | Bright Sparks Ignite Hope
The national matric pass rate dropped from 76% in 2014 to 71% for the class of 2015. And so it was with nerves and excitement that IkamvaYouth learners, volunteers, parents, staff and donors made their way to the organisation’s branches in ten townships across...
Big up #Matrics 2015 from Masi
We are proud of our Masinites who achieved a 79% pass rate this year. 4% of them got a National Higher Certificate pass, 38% a Diploma pass and 38% a Bachelor pass. We are wishing them all the best for their development in future.
Chesterville Tutor Appreciation 2015
After an eventful and successful 2015 it was time to honour and appreciate Chesterville tutors who played a first-hand role in assisting the kids in passing and improving their marks. Tutors openly volunteer their time and knowledge to the children without any...
Life at IY.
IY has been really good to me, it helps us with school work and also gets us feeling better about ourselves, although sometimes it can be a pain in the neck but at the end of the day it's really been helpful. Winter school was totally epic and fun...
MASSIVE GRATITUDE TO TRANSUNION, GSK AND CAF… SIYABONGA
Being an NGO whose sole responsibility is to ensure that the children in the society improve their marks and venture into post matric establishments, we have a number of people coming in and out of the centre. Therefore quality and comfortable...
Congrats Masinites!
By Philiswa Ntoyini Once again it has been that time of the year when prizes were given to students who were committed to their studies through IkamvaYouth. On the 28th of November 2015, Masiphumelele Branch had fun and celebrated their year-end at the prize...
Zoe-Life Workshops
The experience with Zoe-Life and their ICS volunteers was amazing and educational to both tutors and learners that were involved in the workshop. We were taught different types of bullying; emotional bullying; physical bullying; cyber bullying; and...
Lloyd Lungu