Empowering Cape Town’s unemployed youth
Ikamva Labantu has grown a street soccer and netball project to provide children in Cape Town’s townships with opportunities for physical, social and psychological development. As part of this project, Ikamva Labantu provides professional and personal development opportunities as well as a stipend to 32 previously unemployed township youths who work as safety marshals. South […]
Community-based rehabilitation services change lives
Ikamva Labantu expanded its Older Persons Programme to include community-based rehabilitation services. Many older people in the townships have treatable impairments and disabilities, but due to limited services and referrals or lengthy waiting periods for mobility devices, they are not able to lead full and independent lives, with many being frail and home-bound. With inadequate […]
Celebrating 60 years of Ikamva Labantu
Special Statement from Our Founder, Helen Lieberman “I saw hope, and I wanted to be a part of that hope” People often ask me why I went back into the townships after my first visit in 1963. The answer is simple: I saw hope, and I wanted to be a part of that hope. After […]
Follow Pheliwe Mbunje’s Journey of Becoming an Early Childhood Development Practitioner
Hailing from a large family in Eastern Cape, Pheliwe Mbunje says her love of early childhood learning started young. When she was just 10 years old, she was tasked with taking her 8-month-old nephew to daycare near their village of Gaqa. She was instantly hooked! Thus, when the opportunity came to teach her own class […]
School Uniform Appeal – A Great Success Thanks to YOU
We asked, and you delivered! A huge THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to help us get school uniforms to children in need! Thanks to your support, nearly 300 disadvantaged learners in Ikamva Labantu’s after school care programme, Afternoon Angels, now have brand new school uniforms to wear for the 2023 academic year. We couldn’t […]
Coffee for Kindness
2 000 children URGENTLY need school uniforms. Can you help?
Did you know? Having school uniforms improves school enrolment in disadvantaged communities by over 40% Having a school uniform reduces dropout and teen pregnancy rates 18 million people live below the extreme poverty line in South Africa on less than R35 (£2) per day More than 4 million children in South Africa are raised by […]
2-Knights Chess Academy – The Dream Made Reality
Sidwell Mayekiso was first introduced to chess by his physiotherapist while in primary school. He has since dedicated 30 years to teaching children from disadvantaged backgrounds how to play the game. He works with his wife and various primary schools in Khayelitsha, including Noluthando School for the Deaf. “Since I was lazy to do the […]
Santa for Seniors: Let’s make their Season bright!
As we approach Christmas 2022, we invite YOU to join our Santa for Seniors campaign. Don your Santa hats and fill Christmas stockings so that the 1 800 members of our Seniors Programme can make merry. Many senior citizens still play a vital role in their families, caring for orphaned children and using their meagre […]
International Day of Older Persons champions the elderly
UNIDOP highlights ‘The Resilience of Older Women’ This year’s UN International Day of Older Persons aptly highlights “The Resilience and Contributions of Older Women”. The challenges of the last few years have intensified socio-economic inequalities for the least fortunate, and with women constituting the majority of older persons, they have been particularly vulnerable. As such, […]