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We need YOU to help us to empower and motivate more youth so they can SHINE!
Empowervate is an NPO, which means we rely on funding from companies, foundations and the public. We have reached over 40,000 learners over the 10 years of Y-CAP with our collaboration with the Department of Basic Education. We want to reach all learners in the country in the next 5 years. YOU can help us…
Read MoreY-CAP Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
On 19 March 2009, YCAP was born out of a youth dialogue programme running at Afrika Tikkun. Four years later, Amanda Blankfield-Koseff formed Empowervate Trust with Arshaad Moosa and Pamela Hendriks to house YCAP in its own NPO. We have compiled a booklet that celebrates 10 years of YCAP and we have a new logo…
Read MoreYCAP’s 10th Birthday Publication
We are proud to celebrate 10 years of YCAP on 19 March 2019. YCAP was founded by Amanda Blankfield-Koseff and partners while she was marketing manager at Afrika Tikkun in 2009. It was incubated there and grew at a fast pace. It did not fit into the programmes the NPO was running anymore. In 2013,…
Read MoreEnter the Change Agent Awards
Aim To encourage change agents who participated in the Youth Citizens Action Programme (Y-CAP) in the past ten years to showcase their successes, impact, sustainability and new projects they started using Y-CAP tools and processes. Participants There are three categories: Team leader representing the team that completed their projects in the past when they were…
Read MoreLEARNERS SHOWCASED FOR TAKING ACTION TO ALLEVIATE SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ACADEMIC CHALLENGES
The Youth Citizens Actions Programme (Y-CAP) National Championships took place from 22-24 July with the main event being held on Saturday 23 July 2016 at Faircity Roodevallei Hotel in Pretoria East, Gauteng. The 160 people who attended the Nationals weekend were the provincial winning teams from the primary and secondary categories from each of the…
Read MoreWhat is Y-CAP?
The Youth Citizens Action Programme evolved on the back of the annual “The Big Talk” youth dialogue events that Deutsche Bank Africa Foundation and Afrika Tikkun held in 2007 in Cape Town and 2008 in Johannesburg. During these events, Grade 10 learners were prompted to discuss the challenges they faced as youth in South Africa.…
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