Posts by Amanda
Poem Writing Challenge
!!! WRITE AND WIN !!! . Empowervate Poem Writing Challenge 2021 . Write us a short poem about anti-bullying and stand a chance to win! . The poem can be from any perspective and anyone that is currently entered or has ever entered our YCAP programme can submit their poems! . Submit your poem on…
Read MoreYoung Active Citizen Awards 2020
Media Release South African learners showcase their solutions on COVID-19 and societal issues 16 December 2020: Finalists from sixteen schools who come from eight provinces across South Africa presented their projects in the inaugural online Young Active Citizens Award 2020. “We’re all aware of the ways in which COVID-19 has turned life upside down, so…
Read MoreOpportunity: Program Manager
Opportunity: Program Manager (Freelance or Contract) About Empowervate Empowervate is a youth development NPO that was registered in 2013. The flagship programme it runs, The Youth Citizens Action Programme (Y-CAP), was born out of Afrika Tikkun, a well-established NGO, in 2009, initially as a youth dialogue. When the national youth programme, which works through the…
Read MoreSouth African children given a platform on COVID-19 and societal issues
South African learners are invited to share their ideas on how to get through the big issues of 2020 by entering the Young Active Citizen Award 2020. “We’re all aware of the ways in which COVID-19 has turned life upside down,” explains Amanda Blankfield-Koseff, Founder of youth development NPO Empowervate Trust. “And perhaps this is…
Read MoreY-CAP Toolkit & Videos
The Toolkit Steps in Video format
Read MoreHow YCAP and other programmes interact to empower youth
Yanelisa Menzangabom, YCAP Support Team member in KwaZulu Natal was selected to attend an exchange programme in the USA based on the recommendation letter Empowervate wrote for him as he is a volunteer who understands YCAP so well. Yanelisa writes: This piece of writing seek to report on my participation in the Study of United…
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