Tsiba Education
Western Cape: Cape Town and rural Knysna
Contact: Leigh Meinert on 021 532 2750

One Voice
Kwa-Zulu Natal: Durban
Contact: Ravind Sewpersad on 031 202 0550

OneVoice South Africa is a vibrant and unique non-governmental organisation, which uses innovative and creative ways of actively involving young people in HIV and AIDS prevention. Our programme is appealing to young people because it provides them with a platform to discuss and address HIV and AIDS, sexual reproductive health, gender and human rights issues. Being a young person in South Africa is not always easy. Growing up is a journey often burdened with the effects of a seemingly unrelenting AIDS epidemic, educational systems still recovering from the country’s previous inequalities – and the inevitable trials and tribulations of negotiating adolescence.

We therefore feel it is crucial to target young South Africans (13-19 years). We believe these young people are in a stage of transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood, which is both a time of risk and opportunity for change. By teaching learners to use specific life skills and linking these to the realities young people face – OneVoice South Africa hopes to support behaviour change and ultimately, a reduction in HIV incidence and prevalence. 

Noah
KZN, Gauteng and North West
Contact: Katie Andrews on 010 003 3130

Nazareth House was established in Cape Town in 1882 when a small group of Sisters of Nazareth arrived, at the request of the Bishop of Cape Town, to care for the most impoverished, frail elderly and children of the city who had been orphaned and abandoned. Many of these children were also gravely ill. Some 130 years later, Nazareth House continues to provide quality residential care and nurturing for abandoned, orphaned children living with HIV and other mental or physical challenges as well as the very frail, needy aged.

83% of the beneficiaries, benefitting from the services of Nazareth House are from previously disadvantaged communities with their racial demographics are greater than 75% black. The aim of the Sisters at Nazareth is to show their beneficiaries love, compassion, hospitality, respect, patience and justice through the care provided. Though each day brings new challenges, it is commited to this goal that makes Nazareth House overcome these obstacles and continue to work.

Kutlwanong
Gauteng, Freestate, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape, Limpopo, Northern Cape, North West, Kwa-zulu Natal
Contact: Tumelo Mabitsela on 011 475 7119

Kutlwanong Centre for Maths, Science and Technology is a  non-profit organisation which provides skills and building capacity required to stimulate true empowerment, economic growth, job creation and poverty alleviation through education. It provides extra tuition in Maths, Science and (Accounting) to learners from historically disadvantaged communities, from grade 10 – 12, with bias towards Mathematics. Kutlwanong was founded in 2001 by Tumelo Mabitsela, offering computer literacy classes in Soweto. In 2005, Tumelo realised a great need to improve high school learners' academic performance in Maths and Science as there was an increasing number of learners who achieved poor marks and consequently become unable to access tertiary education or bursaries and therefore unable to get into the fields of scarce skills - such as engineering, commerce and science. In 2005, this organisation partnered with Investec, and focused on providing an intervention in Maths and Science for high school learners; ProMaths Programme is a program with an objective to build a solid and effective model which would then be replicated in other parts of the country and internationally.

Since the inception, thousands of learners from disadvantaged communities benefited enormously. As a result of continuous excellent results, more funders joined in and supported Kutlwanong's mission. Today, Kutlwanong Promaths Programme is running in eight provinces in South Africa, with 20 centres and continues to make a significant impact in transforming lives.

Ikhaya Labantu seeks to restore dignity and unlock opportunity through the provision of education, training and shelter.  Our aim is to give the adults and children who receive our services the tools to create a better future for themselves, empowering them to live a life of dignity, purpose and hope. Ikhaya Labantu Homeless Shelter and Eyabantu Crèche (Ikhaya Labantu) was established by Nobuntu Nkanyuza in 1986.  Concerned by the number of children left to their own devices while their parents worked during the day, Nobuntu decided to open a crèche in her home.  In 1987, Nobuntu moved the crèche to its current site in the Clifford Harris Building in the centre of Langa. The huge need within the community became apparent when Nobuntu found homeless people hiding on the site overnight. She then opened a soup kitchen for the destitute followed by a homeless shelter. The crèche is accommodated on a self-contained part of the site and provides day-care and early learning opportunities for up to 100 children aged 0-6 in four different classes. 

It is the only homeless shelter in Langa and residents include teenagers, pensioners and disabled people.  We attach great importance to assisting residents with skills development and job search during their stay, empowering them to be self-reliant when they leave the shelter. Both the crèche and the shelter have been successful in securing government funding over the last year, but this only covers a fraction of our day-to-day costs.  Insufficient funds mean that our director/ principal, project manager and shelter supervisor receive only occasional honoraria and the salaries we pay our teachers and cooks are wholly inadequate. Ikhaya Labantu is constituted as a single organisation but the crèche and shelter are each run from separate budgets. Contact Ikhaya Labantu if you would like to assist in any way. 

MDF (Muscular Dystrophy Foundation of South Africa)    
Gauteng Province, Freestate, Mpumalnga, Limpopo, Northwest
Contact: Bulelwa Dungulu on 011 472 9824 (Mornings only)

The Muscular Dystrophy Foundation is a non-profit organisation which supports people with Muscular Dystrophy and Neuromuscular disorders; and endeavours to improve their quality of life. Muscular Dystrophies are a group of genetic conditions that are characterized by progressive muscle weakness and wasting of the muscles, primarily the skeletal muscles. This affects the patient’s mobility, in some cases leading to complete paralysis and others, premature death. The Muscular Dystrophy Foundation supports affected members and their families by providing information, counselling, housing, clothing, school fees, medical care, and equipment to assist with mobility. Our mission is to identify as many as possible so that they may receive the assistance they require.

Historically, the foundation was founded by parents whose son had the condition. They reached out to other parents and that's how the organisation grew. The organisation was only formally registered as an NPO in 1999. If you would like to get involved in any way and are interested in making a difference, read further on the link above.

Techno Girl is a programme of the Department for Women, Children and People with disabilities, in partnership with UNICEF, the Department of Basic Education and Uweso Consulting. The programme is an innovative job-shadowing programme for girls who show a bias toward science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Techno Girl enables girls to experience the world of work iin person and, ultimately, make informed career choices. The programme is premised on the understanding that exposure to the public and private sector workplace can significantly contribute towards motivating girls to take up careers that are in demand and where women are under-represented. This will lead to sustained employment opportunity and, in so doing, the cycle of poverty for girls participating in the programme can be broken.

The goal of the programme is to place 4000 disadvantaged girls in a structured job-shadowing programme in the participating provinces and expose them to the world of work. The objectives  are to also to increase the knowledge of girls on careers they are exposed to, to increase awareness of the importance of subject choices, to expose the girls to mentors in the workplace, to expose girls on practical job tasks and to increase knowledge of girls planning their future career choices.

Young Movers and Shakers Magazine (YMS Magazine) is a monthly youth leadership publication which informs youth between the ages of 16 and 25 about South African and international opportunities in education, careers, entrepreneurship and leadership development. To harness the development of these young people we partner with corporate leaders who impart their leadership insight to the young leaders.

The core purpose of Young Movers & Shakers Magazine is to address South Africa’s youth economy participation challenges. YMS Magazine’s content is compiled monthly to bring about positive social change through linking young high performing learners in low income areas with development opportunities that will assist them take their leadership, education and careers to the next level and be a step closer to participating in the main stream economy.