Youth Citizens Action Programme – Powered by Empowervate

Empowering and motivating new generations of active citizens and change agents through skills development and showcase events.

Welcome!

The Youth Citizens Action Programme (YCAP) is our youth development competition-based programme and our IMPACT FOCUS is the EMPOWERMENT and MOTIVATION of children and youth through conscientiously teaching leadership skills and competencies for them to become ACTIVE CITIZENS and social entrepreneurs in their communities. 

YCAP is a programme that is created by Empowervate (NPO that relies on donor funding) and run in collaboration with the Department of Basic Education with support from the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture.

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"Since YCAP was formed in 2009, we have seen such amazing young people gain the skills and motivation they needed to become life-long active citizens."
Amanda Blankfield-Koseff - Founder & CEO
Empowervate & YCAP

Introduction

YCAP Songwriting and Performing Competition Winners Lyrics for the winning song:  ARTIST: SANDILE NTULI AND SISIPHO NONZUZO MNTUNGWA COMPOSER: SANDILE NTULI SONG TITTLE: ‘YCAP, OUR GUIDING LIGHT’ SCHOOL: MATHUBESIZWE SECONDARY DISTRICT: ILEMBE, PROVINCE: KZN  LYRICS  (Verse 1)  Gather ’round, the youth arise,  With passion burning in our eyes,  Through YCAP, we’ve found our way,  Together,

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From Books to Bravery: How YCAP is Transforming Lives at Ncihana Junior School! Since 2017, Ncihana Junior Secondary School in the Eastern Cape has been a shining example of how the Youth Citizens Action Programme (YCAP) empowers students to create sustainable change. Led by Ms Z Mafungwa and motivated by their high school seniors, these

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Empowering Change: How One YCAP Project Transformed a School and a Community In 2016, a passionate teacher at Tidimane Secondary School took part in the Youth Citizens Action Programme (YCAP), leading an initiative that would go on to transform not just the school, but the entire community. The project’s focus was simple yet profound: renovate

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Empowervate, and therefore YCAP operates on a lean model and are thus able to streamline processes, to address change and programme requirements quickly and effectively, all while focusing on the value of what we aim to achieve.

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Our lean model not only allows us to focus on what is most important to our vision, mission and goals and subsequently allows us to reach thousands of participants each year, but also ensures our sustainability – we’ve been at it for 12 years (or since 2009)

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From a Global Perspective, YCAP and therefore Empowervate is aligned with various Sustainable Development Goals, thus following the blueprint to help achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.

What We Do

What is YCAP?

Powered by Empowervate trust, The Youth Citizens Action Programme or YCAP is a youth development competition-based programme that focuses on the empowerment, motivation and skills acquisition of a new generation of active citizens.

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What's Happening?

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Our Impact

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