There is a clear need for the youth of South Africa to become practically involved in the problem-solving process surrounding issues facing students so as to develop South Africa’s next generation of leaders. Championing this issue, MaAfrika Tikkun, an NGO that strives for the upliftment of under-resourced communities, together with the Deutsche Bank hosted the second annual Big Talk Youth Conference at the Seapoint Civic Centre in the Western Cape on 23 July 2008.

The two OVC caregivers from Orange Farm arrived back home in Johannesburg on Sunday 15 June. 

Like father like son like granddaughter. That is how the Lubner family passes on its kindness.

Read about Ouma Chaane, who is a 23 years old Vochelie (youth leader) at MaAfrika Tikkun. Ouma facilitates after school programmes with vulnerable children, which includes life skills and various games and sports.

Harmony By Karate, located at the Reebok Sport Club in New York, USA, has announced the launch of the Harmony By Karate Africa Scholarship Program, which is being developed in partnership with MaAfrika Tikkun, a non-profit organisation that focuses on a holistic caring model for vulnerable children in South African townships.

My name is Tsietsi Motloung, I come from the Vaal Triangle. I found out about MaAfrika Tikkun. Some time back during the winter holidays, I visited my grandmother who lives in Orange Farm. She was suffering from high blood pressure which led to her lose her eyesight.

Children under the care of local community welfare organisation, Western Cape, recently received an unexpected but very welcome festive surprise in the form of toys from Integr8 IT.

'Tikkun' is a Hebrew word meaning 'to make right' or 'repair' and this represents the ethos that drives MaAfrika Tikkun, established in 1994 as a national and international fundraising organisation to help under resourced South Africans

Read Sylvia Selelekela's story about her past, present and future. This vibrant young woman knows where she is going and she is willing to work hard to achieve her dream of becoming a social worker. Read her story that she has written herself.

Cape Town, South Africa and Philadelphia, PA, USA working together to empower the children and youth of tomorrow by mentoring them today.

“It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive”. Oriah Mountain Dreamer copyright © 1999

David Mokwena is 38 years old. He has a girlfriend, and two children: a son of 18 years and daughter of 5 years who are both still at school.

Since he started working at Pamodzi as a caregiver David says, “I feel like I am making a difference in people’s lives”. Four men applied to become caregivers but all of them except David left the programme because they found the work too difficult emotionally and mentally.

It is not every day that a group of eight analysts from Stern Stewart & Co Management Services gets down to the business of building a shack for a destitute family in Orange Farm.

Wayne Dannheiser, the CEO of the company, decided to do more than just donate money to a charitable cause for their Corporate Social Investment this year. He wanted to turn it into a team building activity that would change people’s lives.

When Suzan (Mathapelo) Mathebule was a child, she, her mother and siblings had to sleep in public toilets for a year and a half after her parents’ divorce.

Then Suzan (now 25) met a man who promised to take care of her. For over five years Suzan lived with her boyfriend in his tin shack in Diepsloot. The boyfriend constantly abused her emotionally, physically and sexually which resulted in Suzan’s four children: Margaret (4), Mapheto (3), Lerato (2) and Big Boy (1). Suzan stayed at home to house keep for her boyfriend and, as a result, had no working experience.