|
MaAfrika Tikkun is a non-governmental non-profit organisation that works toward the transformation of South African communities by caring for vulnerable children and orphans in townships. MaAfrika Tikkun registered as a Black Economic Empowerment company in 2006 and we have a multiracial and multicultural team. We foster empowerment by providing holistic services focused on caring for children ranging from one year to 19 years of age, as well as their guardians.
Donate Now...
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
280 bikes, nearly 300 wetsuits and nearly 900 people... well done to everyone who took part and volunteered during the weekend - even the weather was good to us!
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
The children of MaAfrika Tikkun will continue to benefit from VISA’s
sponsorship of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup – long after the
tournament has ended and the international VISA international
marketing team has left our shores.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Chief Rabbi Dr
Warren Goldstein and MaAfrika Tikkun called
on South Africa’s Jewish community to turn out in force to
celebrate Mandela Day on July 18 by donating non-perishable foods,
blankets and nearly-new toys and clothes to children and their
caregivers in some of the country’s most impoverished communities.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Johannesburg
businessman Rui Nobre, will be moving out
of his comfort zone and embarking on an adventure of a lifetime – a
12 745km motorcycle ride from Cape Town to Cairo – in order to
raise funds for children and youth living in several of South
Africa’s most deprived communities.
Nobre, CEO of
property investment group Griffin Holdings and his brother-in-law,
Dale Edwards, are tackling the ride in aid of MaAfrika Tikkun, a NGO
focused on the sustainable transformation of communities.
MaAfrika Tikkun’s
goal is to improve the lives of South Africa’s children by
employing a holistic approach to poverty alleviation that begins in
early childhood and continues through young adulthood, ultimately
empowering them to develop into valuable, contributing members of
society
The pair left
Cape Town on Wednesday June 30, and plan to reach Cairo 56 days later
on August 25. They are travelling through 10 countries including
Namibia, Zambia and Kenya. They will return to Cape Town on 25 August.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
A beautiful photographic book done especially to help children at Ma
Afrika Tikkun in SA play sport.
The USA launch of the Children of Africa book took place at Mina Gallery, 32 Cooper Square New York City on June 16th, 2010.
The South African launch for the book is on 25 August 2010 – watch this
space!
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
.
To order a book go here: www.thechildrenofsouthafrica.org
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
It is time again for three of our youth interns to compete in the London Triathlon. Following the success of the triathlon team from Orange Farm who won the sprint event in the 2009 London Triathlon and went on to compete in the Safelite Nevada USA triathlon, this year's team is from Alexandra township. We wish them much luck in their athletics and cycling events as MaAfrika Tikkun CEO Marc Lubner is doing the swimming for the team.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
With cries of “Feeesh” and “Viva South Africa Viva”, hundreds of children in the Diepsloot informal settlement north of Johannesburg celebrated their first taste of the excitement of the Soccer World Cup today (Wednesday 26 May) when they each received a soccer shirt and soccer ball.
The presentation at the NGO MaAfrika Tikkun’s Wings of Life Community Centre in Diepsloot marked the start of the distribution of 21 000 colourful soccer shirts emblazoned with the words “Viva South Africa Viva!” to residents of some of South Africa’s most impoverished communities in Gauteng, Western Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
MaAfrika Tikkun and Deutsche Bank have worked together on three youth dialogue events (called The Big Talk) in the last two years that have involved giving Grade 10 learners the opportunity to discuss their challenges and celebrate their ability to identify possible solutions to these issues. These events were all attended by officials from the Department of Education from provinces of Gauteng and/or the Western Cape.
From the previous events it has become apparent that although the youth uncovered the same issues each time, including teenage pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, peer pressure and low self esteem, when it came for the youth to attempt to lessen the impacts of these in their schools and communities, they felt overwhelmed and intimidated and therefore stopped trying to be change agents.
Therefore, this year’s Youth Citizens Action Programme is linked with the National and Provincial Department of Education's Race and Values Directorate and has been tailored to provide step-by-step guidelines on how to initiate change to help the participants to first grasp the background of what it takes to be a good citizen, and then to embody that by acting responsibly and making a change in their schools to improve their situations. The scope of the learners’ projects will be practical and implementable within their frame of reference and environment to effect change for the better.
|
|
Read more...
|
| |
|
|
The youth development programme caters for 7 to 19 year olds. The youths come to our centres after school and thereby avoid becoming influenced by gangs, becoming addicted to drugs and participating in crime.
In 2009, a formalised Youth Development Programme consisting of 5 key pillars is being formulated and 2 of the 5 pillars are being implemented at each site this year:
- Computer Skills - Training in Word, Excel, Outlook and Internet
- Literacy - Library usage and reading encouragement
- Environment - Recycling, anti-pollution training
- Arts and Culture - Traditional dance, art, drama, singing etc
- Sports and Wellness - Karate, Yoga, Soccer etc
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
|
<< Start < Prev 1 2 Next > End >>
|
| Results 1 - 12 of 13 |