About Us
Our Background
In 2015, a group of 10 young, unemployed graduates, established IYDSF to give back to the community Prudhoe and the broader Ngqushwa local Municipality, in response to a lived understanding of the challenges facing children and youth in Nqgushwa municipality.
Together with past beneficiaries, we continue to change the game, can we count you in?
Let’s build the world together
Can you imagine an environment where children and youth are safe, healthy, empowered, optimistic, self-reliant? Where they have access to quality education and health care? Where they can have fun together?
Today, our children and youth are growing up in an environment characterised by violent crime, poverty, substance abuse, high rates of teenage pregnancy and limited access to health. Where youth are the victims and perpetrators of crime. We can change this! Are you ready to be a game changer?
What we do
IYSDF is a youth-led organisation that uses the power of sport to educate, motivate, and inspire children and youth to overcome challenges, and live healthy and productive lives, whilst being game-changers in their communities. In addition, programs encourage community participation, contribute to crime prevention strategies, and promote rural safety.
How we do it
We use sports as a vehicle for learning and youth development for female and male youth. To facilitate holistic youth development we offer we incorporate life skills and work readiness into our programs.
Background, Values and Mission
Inkwenkwezi Youth Development Sporting Foundation (IYDSF) is a black youth-led rural non-profit organisation that uses the power of sport to educate, inspire, and mobilize at-risk youth in Ngqushwa local municipality in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa. Helping at risk adolescents overcome their challenges, live healthier, more productive lives, and be agents for change in their communities.
Our beneficiaries are children and youth between the ages of 10-19 years. Programme activities are offered to in-school and out-of-school youth.
We empower children and youth in the Ngqushwa local municipality to improve their health and wellbeing to live productive and fulfilled lives – promoting rural youth safety and development.
Vision – Our vision is one of empowered, self-reliant youth who initiate and participate in socio-economic development both of themselves and others trapped in similar socio-economic conditions.
Mission – Our mission is to mainstream youth in all spheres of society. To promote healthy living among youth, and academic excellence. To combat crime through integrated, holistic youth development through sport.
Life Skills
Higher Education funding
One of the primary obstacles to rural youth progressing after completing secondary education, is having the financial resources to follow a higher education learning track. IYDSF, through partnership with the CATH SSETA, link beneficiaries to bursary opportunities.
Work Readiness
To prepare young people for the workplace, IYSDF have partnered with the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) and Harambe to offer graduates and school leavers access to work readiness programmes and registration onto the employment seekers database.
Raising up Game Changer Champions
IYSDF, while addressing need for opportunities to further education, substance abuse, high levels of youth crime, gender equality, and sexual and reproductive health, also focus on determinants of health such as education and employment, to ensure adolescents stay on positive path into adulthood. Game changer champions are programme participants who have been engaged in the programme for some time. They are mentored to support and act as role models to younger participants. A total of 30 game change champions are trained and mentored each year. Key game changer commitments: Engaging physical fitness, Avoiding drugs and alcoho, Employabilit, Community service
Permaculture – Inter-schools food garden competition
We encourage primary schools learners to participate in food gardening – providing for the nutrition needs of the school and surrounding communities. Each year, primary schools in Ngqushwa municipality are invited to participate in the IYDSF inter-schools food garden competition. Learners and educators are trained in permaculture and receive a starter kit for their food garden. These gardens are maintained by learners and parents.
Get in touch
P.O. Box 491
Prudhoe Community
Peddie
5640
zanemvula.dayimani@gmail.com
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