Ikamva Youth

In South Africa, pass rates for secondary school completion exams (“matric exams”) are low and falling, as are the rates of qualification for post-secondary studies; this situation is made worse by the fact that job opportunities are increasingly linked to having passed the matric.

Ikamva Youth was founded to address the inequities in educational quality that persist post-apartheid, helping its participants from poor townships: be prepared academically for tertiary study or employment; understand available careers and how to qualify for them; access funding for further education; express themselves constructively and assertively, have the skills to succeed in their post-secondary endeavors (e.g. computers skills, team work); and know how to protect their health.

EMpower’s fourth grant strengthens Ikamva Youth’s organizational structure to expand delivery of their core programmatic activities in KwaZulu Natal Province.

EMpower also made an emergency grant to help Ikamva Youth refurnish their office following a destructive fire in late April 2011.

South Africa Contact: Joy Oliver/Zamo Shongwe
Contact Email: joy@ikamvayouth.org
Website: http://www.ikamvayouth.org/
Year Established: 2003