International experiences for South African youth
AIESEC in South Africa is currently preparing for their peak period of sending young individuals on international exchanges for community development or professional experiences. Through these cross-cultural experiences young people between 18 and 30 years can explore other cultures and develop their leadership skills to create a more harmonious future for all.
For the past two years, AIESEC in South Africa worked with Tata Consultancy Services to send 61 individuals for professional training to India, with the chance of getting employed full time upon their return to South Africa.
However, this is only one of many opportunities around the world to South African youth; we offer both 6 - 12 week projects to impact communities abroad as well as professional internship opportunities, starting from a duration of three months. With the holiday and graduation period for students coming up, this can be an opportunity to spend holidays in a meaningful way or jump-start their career abroad.
You can learn more about our opportunities on our website aiesec.org.za and browse our projects in our Opportunity Portal opportunities.aiesec.org. Sign up today to join our mission to end conflict worldwide and bring about global peace.
AIESEC is the world’s largest youth-led organization creating opportunities for young people to explore and develop their leadership potential. With offices in more than 125 countries and territories, AIESEC is a non-political, independent, not-for-profit organization run by students and recent graduates of institutions of higher education.
BIC educational roadshow continues with its ‘Legacy of Learning’
For the fifth consecutive year, BIC® is currently visiting schools across Gauteng on its educational roadshow. This year, the stationery brand continues its efforts towards improving the quality of education in our schools with the message: ‘If You Can Dream It, You Can Be It’. The aim is to motivate pupils to strive for greatness regardless of their circumstances.
The activation, presented by the brand character ‘BIC Boy’ and a team of brand activators from Zinto Marketing Group who have partnered with BIC since the outset of these national educational roadshows, imparts key educational messages ‒ emphasising the importance of making good career choices and planning for the future from a young age. The format engages learners to interact with the brand which encourages pupils to strive towards creating and leaving their own legacy.
BIC® has also launched a colouring-in competition being run concurrently with the roadshow, which inspires learners to get creative. It brings excitement to schools and awards cash prizes to the winners as well as the teachers and schools with the most entries. The winning school will select an under-resourced school of their choosing as the recipient of a cash donation. In addition, BIC will refurbish one other school in need of maintenance and repair.
Launched in 2011, the ‘Buy a pen. Donate a pen’ initiative has donated over five million pens that assist under-privileged learners across South Africa by contributing a pen for every one purchased. The aim to ensure that our future learners are able to change opinions through education with the notion: ‘The Pen is Mightier than the Sword’.
For more information, visit za.bicworld.com. Alternatively connect with them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BicSA/ or on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bic_sa.
To contact Zinto, visit the website: www.zinto.co.za for details.
Oliver Kahn Safe-Hub to Open May 18 in Gugulethu-Manenberg
The Oliver Kahn Safe-Hub will officially open in Gugulethu-Manenberg during a launch event on Wednesday, May 18 with 100 representatives from nonprofit, government, business and the local community. Attendees will gather on the grounds of Intshukumo Comprehensive High School, opposite Nyanga Junction in the heart of Gugulethu-Manenberg. The launch will be kicked off by former Germany captain and goalkeeper, legendary footballer Oliver Kahn.
The Oliver Kahn Foundation is a long-standing partner of AMANDLA EduFootball, the NGO that developed the award-winning Safe-Hub Model. Kahn said of the Safe-Hub launch: “I strongly believe that if we create a positive, encouraging environment for young people, they can achieve anything. This Safe-Hub will be a meeting-point to drive youth and community development – it’s a place for learning and fun, and I am incredibly proud to be a part of it.”
The Safe-Hub Model is designed to globally disrupt the intergenerational cycles of poverty, unemployment and inequality that trap young people growing up in urban slums. Each Safe-Hub includes an artificial turf field, training academy, psychosocial support centre, and a Youth Café, which is run by local youth and offers free WiFi access and meeting space. A platform for community engagement as well as youth development, the Safe-Hub also includes commercial space for young entrepreneurs and local start-ups, as well as shared office space for local NGOs and government initiatives.
The Safe-Hub Model uses an evidence-based approach that has been refined by AMANDLA over 9 years of working in some of South Africa’s most challenging areas. AMANDLA and its partners collectively operate three Safe-Hubs serving up to 6,000 young people in Diepsloot, Khayelitsha and now Gugulethu-Manenberg. Planning is underway for additional Safe-Hubs within South Africa, as well as the first Safe-Hub outside of the country, to be located in Berlin, Germany.
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AMANDLA EduFootball AMANDLA EduFootball is an international Non-Profit Organisation that is based in South Africa and Germany. The organisation’s mission is to create safe spaces that bring together the power of football and learning to empower youth and change lives. AMANDLA’s vision is: “A world where all young people access equal opportunities, strive to realise their full potential and dare to dream...“ AMANDLA is endorsed by the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace. The organisation has won numerous international awards such as the Beyond Sport Award.
The Oliver Kahn Foundation The Oliver Kahn Foundation is a German charitable foundation that pursues exclusively charitable objectives with the vision of ‘Empowering Young People’. The basis of the Foundation is the ‘Du packst es!’-Programme, a motivational learning programme based on an 11-step approach to reaching one’s personal vision. Oliver Kahn is an internationally recognised former football star generating visibility, partnerships and networks for the Safe-Hub campaign. For more information visit www.oliver-kahn-stiftung.de
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AXECESS Jozi returns on March 7, 2015. In anticipation of this, AXE looks back to AXCESS Jozi 2014 and remembers the highlights of this extravagant urban music festival.
Johannesburg, South Africa – AXECESS Jozi returns to Newtown’s Mary Fitzgerald Square bigger and better with three international hip-hop acts dropping by for a one-night only musical extravaganza come March 7, 2015.
The second edition of the annual AXECESS Jozi festival follows a little over a year after megastar Big Sean set the square ablaze alongside local talent including AKA, Da Les and Reason, among others. Legendary local hip-hop crew Teargas also made their mark on the AXE stage and the night was, without a doubt, one of the biggest hip-hop gatherings of 2014.
Kuli Chana re-united with his Morafe peers and together they roused the crowds with their classics including “Lekwalo to Metswako” and “The Whole Thing”.
AKA and Da Les turned the swag up a notch by performing some of their best loved hits and all the while the audience was getting heated up for the act of the night, while not only enjoying the best musical acts but also the eye-popping spectacle of world-class stage design, a spectacular fireworks display and an all-round festive atmosphere in the heart of the colourful city.
Titanium area VVIP guests had the exclusive opportunity to rub shoulders with socialites and celebrities alike while SkyroomLive.com was on hand, live-streaming the festival to over 354, 000 viewers who logged on to watch AXECESS Jozi live, a first for any festival in South Africa.
An interactive photo booth located on the festival grounds was constantly jammed with fans documenting the memories that they were making and sharing them throughout a variety of social media platforms.
Hot on the heels of his Billboard chart topping sophomore release ‘Hall of Fame’, Big Sean delivered his first ever performance on African soil and even the rain wasn’t enough to dampen the spirit of the crowd as they sang along to the rapper’s hits including Beware, Guap and “Dance (A$$)”, which remains one of his biggest to date. A few lucky competition winners even got to meet the rapper for an epic backstage #selfie.
AXECESS Jozi 2014 marked AXE’s first foray into the entertainment circuit. 2015 will establish the festival as an annual event giving the AXE man the ultimate access to world-class entertainment by bringing together the best global and local musical talents.
With three international acts, all of who will be performing on African soil for the first time, AXECESS Jozi 2015 is set to become yet another explosive urban music event, or should we say extravaganza.
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Cape Town Beach Soccer Tournament a Success
CleanC the NPO behind the Cape Town Beach Clean Up held its first inter-community beach soccer tournament on Saturday 6th September. Despite inclement weather, 100 young soccer players from Dunoon, Joe Slovo, Langa and Table View took part in a number of 5-a-side games on Blouberg Beach.
“The event was preceded by the monthly beach clean up” says Organiser and CleanC Founder Greg Player “and as much as playing soccer was the intention, education about the environment, litter and the importance of keeping beaches and communities clean was equally as important”
All players were winners in the tournament as the focus more on fun than winning. Each player was given cooldrink courtesy of Jive and were given a healthy meal.
The Soccer tournament forms part of a larger Beach Soccer Festival that CleanC are planning to host during the summer months and for which sponsorship is currently being sought. A series of tournaments will be held on various beaches around Cape Town with each including a beach clean up. “These will become part of the CleanC and Cape Town annual calendar” says Greg Player “The event will create employment as well as promote the work of CleanC and the Cape Town beach clean up in a fun way”.
From the Soccer Tournaments potential community youth leaders are identified and encouraged and invited to attend the youth leadership imbizos run by CleanC. From here community upliftment projects are identified by the youth in their communities, and with assistance from the CleanC NPO these are supported, planned and executed. Encouraging a spirit of entrepreneurship and developing leadership skills that can be transposed into the workplace and beyond.
Dates for the forthcoming soccer festival have yet to be finalized and anyone who wishes to consider supporting or sponsoring this event should contact Greg Player.
