IkamvaYouth

About us

IkamvaYouth is non-profit organisation that provides academic support; psycho-social support and career guidance to high school students in township communities across South Africa free of charge. IkamvaYouth has a twenty-one-year track record of successfully ensuring that learners who live in economically challenged communities reach Grade 12, matriculate, and go on to access post-school opportunities such as tertiary education, learnerships and jobs.

The programme offering

We provide after-school support for learners in Grade 8-12 three times per week.  Our model uses peer-based support, group tuition, Grade 12 mentoring, and facilitated access to computers and ed-tech products.  Learners enrolled in the programme have access to over 250 hours of tutoring & workshops per year as well as a one-week winter school programme. In case you haven’t seen it, here is a short about us video which provides more information about our programme.

Our model has been replicated in fifteen sites in five provinces in South Africa, and in over 30 other sites by implementing partners and other tutoring organisations inspired by the work.

We envision a world where young people have opportunities to create sustainable livelihoods. Our mission is to use cutting-edge educational approaches to create pathways for young people from under-resourced communities to pull themselves and each other into sustainable livelihoods.