Mpumalanga Youth Council Organisation
Youth Organisations in Embalenhle

Mpumalanga Youth Council Organisation was founded in 2010 and became registered in 2015 as a non-profit organization in Mpumalanga, South Africa. It was established with a mandate to help and support disadvantaged children, youth, sustain livelihoods and human rights for the most vulnerable members of the community. The vulnerable children & youth may be orphaned, neglected, school dropouts, abandoned or simply living in acute poverty and are frequently affected by the ravages of HIV/AIDS.

What We DoWe offering orphans and vulnerable children after school care and we educate them about homework, sports activities, drama traditional dance, so that they must grow well and assist in the eradication of poverty in the community.How We Do ItFor our work to be sustainable for years to come, we forming deep and lasting relationships with community members is essential. This is why everything we doing the community is through relationship with individuals and other like-minded organizations and partners.

The initial purpose of MYCO was to create opportunities for holistic development through three key areas: Education, hunger/Poverty & Life Skills, skills development initiatives.

Main Programmes

Education to create a sustainable, positive and nurturing environment for children, by providing good quality education with English as the primary teaching language. We focus on local, disadvantaged preschools.

Skills Development: unemployed youth are trained in relevant skills that will improve their chances of getting access to the economy through either employment or as an entrepreneur. The adverse social effects of unemployment such as teenage pregnancies, drug & alcohol abuse, health problems and crime will be reduced by youth having sustainable employment. We currently provide training in education, IT and Fashion & Design.

Healthcare: through Primary Healthcare Clinics we provide basic healthcare solutions to the beneficiaries of our various projects and to our communities at large. The clinics provide healthcare services in the following areas: mother and child, dental, HIV/AIDS, TB and general health.

Life skills: classes to give at-risk youth self-confidence and social skills plus basic home skills like budgeting: this includes self-actualisation, self-confidence building, interview skills, communication, cultural diversity awareness, relationship building, motivation and problem solving, time management, stress management, conflict resolution, peer pressure, interview skills, gender and domestic violence sensitisation, substance abuse and HIV/AIDS awareness, goal setting, trust building and positive thinking.

Hunger: (Food insecurity) we plant a community garden and donate the harvest to a local shelter, build a school garden and use the fruits and vegetables. Act orange, and show support for kid hungry by organizing people to wear orange, the colour of hunger awareness, on the same day.