Youth Actz MAGAZINE

GRADUATION read more pg.7

MOBILIZATION read more pg.18

PAYING IT FORWARD ...read more pg.10

Issue 001 03042013

KHAYELITSHA & PHILLIPI

Sports & Arts EVENT ...

Funded by :

Founding Members Graduation …...

Sponsored by :

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From Editor workbench …. Pg 4

Highlights of 2012/13 …. Pg 5

About Inyanda Youth Network …. Pg 6-9

Sports & Arts Transforming Lives … Pg 10- 18

Mobilization …. Pg 19

Staff Matters & Upcoming Events … Pg 20

Big Thank You ….. Pg 21

First Sports Graduates ….. read more pg.10 Basketball winning Team 2013… read more pg.12

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From Editors Workbench...

IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT POVERTY IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT HIV & AIDS

IMAGINE A WORLD CHANGE

Dear Partners , Friends & Stakeholders, Greetings from all of us at Inyanda Youth Network! Welcome to our First issue of Youth Actz, our quaterly news update. Let me start off by expressing our heartfelt thanks for partnering with us. Albert Einstein said “Only a life lived for others, is worth living”. The slogan of Inyanda youth network is your burden is mine.

Communities in CHAINS ….. Khayelitsha - 65% living in shacks, unemployment at 51%, the poverty rate at 78

Philippi - 69% living in shaks , 59% is unemployed, the poverty rate at 83%

Nyanga - 48% in shacks, 56% unemployed, the poverty rate at 80%

Mfuleni- 44% living in shacks, 57%unemployed, the poverty rate at 80%

Du Noon- unemployed 53%, the poverty rate at 86% Stats SA 2001

The war against unemployment , poverty , HIV & AIDS continue. We believe by caring for someone else burden it makes yours lighter. Transformation in our families, communities, workplace, schools is busy happening. Over the last couple of months, we at Inyanda have seen increase of youth making a positive contribution to their communities. I like to draw you attention to some exciting things things that happening in the project: Founding Members Graduation … Read more on page … 5 & 6 Our First Sports Management Graduates of 2012 …. Read more on page … 7 Communities going from CHAINS to CHANGE … Read more on page … 11 We hope that you enjoy reading this update. Many Thanks for your on going support Busiswa Sanqela ( Student Journalist )

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Highlights of 2012/13

Inyanda Youth Network

Project Update...

Sports touching lives...

Arts in Action...

Numbers of Youth Reached Sports & Arts Events

3500 Youth Reached

1000 Mosiacs at Schools

176 young artists was reached

88 artists out of a pool of 150 youth

have been selected for 10 weeks train-

ings in performing art

853 youth in total from

November 2012 to march 2013 have

attended performing art wk

PA programme, the event reached

198

Bursaries

Sports

Sports Managements : 25

Arts

Fine Arts : 7

Graphic Design : 5

Visual Arts : 75

Performing Arts : 30

Security course : 5

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Birth of Inyanda

INYANDA

YOUTH

NETWORK

In 2008 Philippi gave birth

to a dream. A collection of

artists, from different parts

of the Cape Flats, from

different aspects of art,

divided to created one voice

that will not speak only for

the artists but also for the

community tackling social

issues, such as teenage

pregnancy, substance

abuse, HIV/AIDS, domestic

violence etc.

By using performing arts

and informational/ preven-

tion workshops on these

social issues, with no help

from the government or

“professional assistance”

these artists manage and

organise their own social

awareness events. Com-

posing their own music and

plays, taking part in theatre

festivals with the support of

a local NGO Sizakuyenza

and an Italian organisation

named CESVI, as time

went on, we also got the

support from Cordaid. All of

the above mentioned

organisations, shared one

vision with Inyanda, and

that’s to improve the status

core of the disadvantaged

communities, increase

social cohesion and most

importantly job opportuni-

ties, that all leads to the

development that we all

want.

It was groups like ‘Street

Revolution, Survivors of

performing arts , Siyapham-

bili youth group, Blank

Ink ,art movement, Stars of

today etc. Different art

groups from different parts

of the ghetto, with help from

organisations from different

parts of the world, with this

joint effort there was a call

made to the European Un-

ion. It was positively an-

swered, this means now

Inyanda could reach more

of the people in the commu-

nity. Sports was also add-

ed, as it also added, as it

also occupies youth and

has a lot of career aspects.

2012 makes the dream and

the vision that was born in

2008 a reality, the child is

grown, let it be known we

fed her (the dream) in a

place that had nothing to

eat, kept her warm, when

there was no clothes but

because “it takes a village

to raise a child”, 5 years old

and she looks like this.

Even though I have though

I have to say so myself I’m

proud!

25 bursaries dedicated to

sports and arts.

That’s 25 households that

get a chance to dream, but

you will also agree that

there is still a lot to be done.

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Graduation Ceremony of

Inyanda Founding Members...

In the month of august 2012 some of our founding

members went on a nine weeks journey that at the

end made them graduates for a life skills and

accredited computer course held at the Beautiful

Gates by a non- profit organisation called Bridge for

Hope.

“The journey wasn’t easy for anyone if I may say so

myself, I know this because I was with them that’s

where our paths crossed (INYN and I).” INYN

founding members took this course not only to

improve their computer skills but to find themselves

(through life skills) and create a bigger network, which they managed to do at the end

of the course. New relations where formed, unity was increased within the members

and a better communication surfaced. Also it will give them a better opportunity for

the market place.

Thandile Nyongo (communication officer of INYN) : “ the course helped me a lot in

realising my dream, passion and career in life. I wish more people would attend the

course, that would mean more people will have a brighter future.”

Lulama Mame (President):” the life skills part was the most beneficial to me, it helped

me realise who I am. I gained computer skills that I didn’t have’’.

President of Inyanda

President of Inyanda Lulame Mame

making a speech at the Graduation.

From left :Thobelani Fihlani,Luthando Nkohla , Phumzile Nyongo, Lulama Mame , Thandile Nyongo ,

Odwa Sitemela , Nqabayethu Matoni , Baphumze Mtambeka, Mzuvukile Mtyumeka

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Sports Graduates of 2012 It was very joyful and rewarding to these four

coaches the day they got a taste of their suc-

cess, after receiving bursaries from Inyanda

Youth Network in 2012 to study sports man-

agement at Boston college in Cape Town.

These graduates now show their gratitude to

Inyanda by helping our local communities in

coaching in schools and organisations in a

placement of Inyanda.

Their success doesn’t only end there they will also be placed at

Virgin Active to do an internship with the possibility of being

employed.

The success of these coaches opened a path for twenty other

coaches that have the same dream as these coaches to get the

opportunity to do what they did, study, graduate, give back to their

community and get the possibility to get employed

20 Students receiving their Sports Management Bursaries …..

PAY IT FORWARD…..

On the 21 March 2013 an event was held in Bongoletu Primary school in Philippi, the

purpose of this event was to place the twenty (20) coaches who got bursaries to study

sports management at Boston College in 2013. The Inyanda empower the coaches to

pay it back to communities.

Odwa Stemela (Jah) and Phumzile

Nyongo

From left: Bedwill Mbewu ,Nozuko Goniwe ,Wandille

Sibindana, Zethabele Jojo

Nozuko Goniwe scores

the highest marks in

the class of 2012.

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Founding Members in Action...

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PHILLIPI’S MASS AND MINI

SPORTS EVENTS 2012/2013

For the past six months the Inyanda Youth

Network has been busy promoting sports

& Skills for Life through mini, and mass

events around our local townships: Phillipi

and Khayelithsa.

MASS EVENT

One of the mass events that took place in

2012 was the event held in Phillipi Browns

farm on the 19–21 of October 2012, where

400 people attended the event and 16

teams competed to where the throne of

victory.

MINI EVENTS

Friendly Matches to date :

13 October 2012— 64 kids reached

1 December 2012– 150 kids reached

3 November 2012 -124 kids reached.

26 January 2013— 101 kids reached

9 March 2013— 96 kids reached

Life Skills session before the friendly match ...

Sports Transforming lives...

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From CHAINS

to CHANGE...

On 23 of February 2013, the Inyan-

da Youth Network hosted a sports

and arts event at the Mandela Park

Stadium in Makhaya Khayelitsha.

This event was in partnership with

the following NGO’S: Grass Roots

Soccer that focuses on HIV/AIDS

awareness and soccer, Ubuntu

Africa that dose HIV/AIDS aware-

ness, Hoops for Hope for basketball

and netball and Africa Tikkun that

dose community development in

terms of spots.

Other than having fun on the day,

the focus of the event was to

combine sports and arts into one

solid competitive adventure, and

embracing the gifts and talents of

the youth. Activities such as Netball,

soccer, basketball, poetry, music,

dance took place. The likes of our

founding members Thembalomzi

Bathathu (Era), Phumzile Nyongo

and Odwa Sitemela (Jha) blessed

us with their unique original music

and other performances came

from our up-coming local artists from

different communities in Cape Town.

On the day a total number of 1373

people attended the event, 16 teams

of netball competitors, 16 teams of

soccer and 20 teams of basketball.

The lives of 202 people out of the

1373 were tested for HIV ,provided

by Grass Roots Soccer. Unlike arts

were everything was just fun and

laughter, in sports out of the teams

there only had to be one winner.

Over 200 people was tested for HIV/ AIDS...

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2013

KHAYELITSHA’S

MASS EVENT

SPORTS PICS IN

FEB 2013

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Cape Town Got Talent ….

Andy one of the most talented ladies in action….

Phumzile & Odwa in action.

Themba doing what he love….

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Sports Transforming lifes...

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Sports Transforming lifes...

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Arts in Action ….

Nqaba & friends doing the opening performance at Inyanda Launch.

Zet & Themba doing a short skit…..

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Arts in Action ….

Nqaba & friends doing the opening performance at Inyanda Launch. League of Friends performing at Phillippi Event

Nolunthando & Luthando in Action …..

Zet & Themba doing a short skit…..

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MOBILIZATION

Inyanda members, staff and volunteers take to the streets of Philippi informing

the youth about Inyanda and what it offers.

Nqabayethu one of the founding members of Inyanda, mobilizing at one of our

mass events in Beautiful Gates.

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Up coming Events Sports & Arts Event

Date : 21 April 2013

Time : 9am till 6pm

Venue : Du Noon / Bothasig

Sports & Arts Event

Date : 11 May 2013

Time : 9am till 6pm

Venue : Manenberg

For More Information please contact :

Elroy— 072 422 6695 or Jece—083 286 3434

Staff Matters - Meet the Staff…

From left : Inge Bouwman ( Cordaid Desk Officer for Southern Africa ), Elroy Duckitt ( Inyanda Liason Officer

Sport), Patrizia Gatonni ( Cesvi Desk Officer for Southern Africa ), , Adriaan Fokker ( Cordaid Finance Officer) ,

Andrea Grancini ( Inyanda Project Manager, Erica Gambe ( Inyanda Administrator , Isgak Stemmet (Inyanda

Liason Officer Arts) , Amor Strauss ( Cordaid South African Reprensentative).

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SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR FUNDERS

SPECIAL THANKS TO

Sponsor :

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Inyanda has its own website. If you want to know

more about the organization or if you are interested

to inyanda please visit FaceBook page on

InyandaYouth Network Face book page for

updates If you have a friend that might be

interested to becoming involved, please give them

the address.

Address: CESVI Foundation ,House of Smile

New Eisleben Road Corner Mpumelelo Street, Philippi

Cape Town , South Africa , 8000

Tel:+27 21 638 3127;

email: officemanager.capetown@cesvioverseas.org

Latest information about employment

Bursaries

Upcoming Arts & Sports Event

Training opportunities etc

Watch out for the next news update in May 2013

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