Jason (17), an AMANDLA Youth Leader, provides an insight into his life with the AMANDLA Programmes. Experience our daily work and learn more about our holistic approach!
Since 2007 AMANDLA has facilitated the creation of the first artificial turf facility, the Chris Campbell Memorial Field in the township Khayelitsha, Cape Town. The field, which also includes a community centre was completed at the beginning of 2009. It was sponsored by the CTC Ten Foundation and is managed by AMANDLA. AMANDLA implements its Life-Skill through Football Programme at the field (the Heads Up Programme) reaching more than 800 youth from the local community on a weekly basis. The programme targets young people on the street corners, bringing them into football programmes. Through football AMANDLA will engage them in workshops and community outreach projects, helping them develop into young men who are of greater value to their community. Beyond this AMANDLA very successfully implements a Crime Prevention Initiative on the field.
The Crime Prevention Initiative is a night league aimed at young men that spend their Friday and Saturday nights drinking and getting involved in undesirable behaviour. The league runs at peak crime times from 18h00 to 00h00 on Fridays and Saturdays and has more than 350 attendees.
Goal: Provide an exciting alternative activity on Friday and Saturday nights to young adults ages 16-30, in order to discourage drug and alcohol use, reduce crime, and provide a positive atmosphere for the local community.
Programme Description: The Crime Prevention League is 5-a-Side football league played every Friday and Saturday night. This time was specifically chosen to alter the behavior of the local population away from drugs, alcohol, and crime. Instead of frequenting the local bars, league participants can engage in a football league that will allow them to better their skills in a fun, positive, and constructive atmosphere.
Goal: Teach youth to make positive life choices through provision of life skills, football, and personal development training.
Programme Description: The Heads Up Programme is administered in Partnership with the Homestead Projects for Street Children. The programme consists of both football matches and life skill sessions designed to teach youth to make positive life choices and develop leadership skills. Additionally, all participants complete a basic registration form that allows us to identify individuals that are not currently enrolled in school or who are grade/age inappropriate. These participants are evaluated through Individual Development Plans (IDPs), which will include designing a personalized academic plan and home visits by social workers.
Goal: Promote self-confidence and women’s empowerment through sport programmes and life skill education workshops. Engaging as many young women as possible in afterschool coaching clinics and football leagues that focus on fair play and leadership development.
Programme Description: The women’s programme is one of AMANDLA’s rapidly developing programmes. The Girls programme provides the women with an alternative to playing in the street and a place to avoid interactions with the drugs, alcohol, and crime that are prevalent in the surrounding community. It runs three times a week, and life skills lessons are held the second and fourth weeks of each month. By involving the young women in our football programme, we provide them with positive role models with whom they can develop relationships with both on and off the football field.
Goal: Facilitate a Primary School football league that supports local educational structures and focuses on a healthy reciprocal relationship between football and academics.
Programme Description: The primary school league was designed to offer an interactive educational programme for Grade 7 boys in the Site B area of Khayelitsha. All participating teams are required to split their time equally between playing on the field and participating in educational workshops in the clubhouse. The educational workshops are comprised of individualized tutoring, math and science instruction, and life skills lessons.
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AMANDLA's target demographic is youth staying in residential childcare facilities in South Africa. Exact figures on how many youth are currently placed in residential facilities is not available. However, according to the Children Count ZA institute 18.6% of all children in South Africa are orphaned which does not include children in need of care due to alternative circumstances.
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