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You can keep children safe and off the streets this Freedom Day!
Request Ikamva Labantu invites you to support an innovative street soccer project in Cape Town’s townships which provides physical and emotional development opportunities and protects the most vulnerable children from danger on the streets in the afternoons. The...
Psychosocial Team Assists and Supports Senior Citizens in Need
*Siya was referred to the social workers by a Community Based Worker (CBW) working in the Umelwane team. He is living with a disability and is staying with his two sons. Siya cannot speak which makes it difficult to gather any relevant details about him. The social...
Senior Citizens Health Department Activities Back Up and Running
Lulama Sikweza, Ikamva Labantu's Aromatherapist, resumed her work last month, following the opening of the senior clubs. Lulama has blessed Ikamva Labantu’s staff and participants with her services for over 20 years. “I’m very excited to be working again because it’s...
Afternoon Angels School Uniform Drive a Great Success
Over 200 children received school uniforms from our Afternoon Angels’ Programme. This meant the world to them as they come from struggling families that mostly depend on child support grants for survival. Ikamva Labantu’s Afternoon Angels team distributed the unforms...
Seniors’ Department – Esther’s Vision is Restored
70-year-old Esther is a member of Noluthando 1 Seniors' Club. She lives in New Crossroads with her children and grandchildren. Esther was struggling to see because she had cataracts in both her eyes. Everything looked cloudy, and her sight problem worsened in...
Early Childhood Development Training Underway
Siphandla Nkosi Educare Centre was established in 2009 and registered as an NPO in 2011. Principal, Peter Makute, describes how challenging it has been to find the funds to pay staff and buy food and resources to keep the educare running. However, Peter explains that...
Paying homage to Ikamva Labantu’s Founding Mamas
Meet Ikamva Labantu’s extraordinary Founding Mamas: Helen Lieberman, Phumla Ndaba, Martha Makhuna, Vivian Joba, Lulama Sigasana, Geraldine November, Tutu Gcememe, Margaret Ntsila, Thobeka Mapapu, Nobuntu Nkanyuza along with a dear friend of Ikamva Labantu, Loren...
How will you claim your tax deduction in February 2022?
You can choose to be the power behind the work of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) - so essential in South Africa today, particularly when it comes to tackling some of our country’s most pressing socio-economic and environmental challenges. Your support can...
Celebrating Unity and Equality of People with All Abilities on International Day of Acceptance
Masters in the Making at 2 Knights Chess Academy On Thursday, 20 January 2022, is International Day of Acceptance which focuses on the ethos of love, acceptance, equality, respect and understanding for people of all abilities. The day of observance, created in memory...
Ikamva Design Partners with Yebo Fresh to Create Job Opportunties
According to a recent publication by The World Bank, South Africa’s economy can significantly benefit from entrepreneurs and self-employment in solving the current job crisis post the COVID-19 Global Pandemic. The unimaginable devastation left in the wake of the...
Ikamva Labantu Partners with Izame Zabantu Nature Helpers to curb ocean plastic waste
Solving the problem of plastic pollution entails a concerted global effort, but every endeavour both big and small goes a long way to minimize this scourge. With this in mind, one Cape Town-based venture working hard to remove single-use plastics before they reach the...
