The Cape Flats, Athlone and Cape Town YMCAs recently collaborated with a Y- Zone outing to Museums in Cape Town city. They bravely took 313 kids from their respective Y-Zone programmes into the city and spent the day bringing a new experience to the lives of each one of these kids. What a day! What a privilege to serve young kids like this. What a way to begin empowering young people through education and service.  Congratulations to all the volunteers and staff who were involved in this...
The SA YMCA has been accredited by Jumpstart, a Red Cap Foundation project, to provide Life Skills training for young people between the ages of 18-30 in preparation for potential employment in the Mr Price Group of companies. Other large companies are soon to join Jumpstart. In return, for every young person placed in full-time employment within 12 months of being trained by the SA YMCA, the YMCA will receive R2,500.00. The Greater Durban YMCA is the first local YMCA to participate in this...
  I met a young man today with a heart wrenching, but ultimately inspiring story of rising above your almost impossible circumstances. It’s the story of Moosa Mhlongo.  Having spent 19 years in and out of 4 different prisons, Moosa began to see life in prison as his home. The 4 times he got out on parole, he viewed society as an alien place, a place where he could do whatever he wanted because if he got caught, they would take him back home – to prison. Moosa was about 12 when he first entered...
The Ambassador Trust Fund recently received a donation of R5000 towards its target of R250,000 by end of 2015. The amount raised as at the end of March 2013 is R25,000. Currently 12 Ambassadors and staff contribute monthly to the fund. See the Ambassadors page for more details of the Ambassador Programme. 
It was recently announced that the Greater Durban YMCA has received a substantial donation of R500,000 from the D.T. Hudson Charitable Trust. The entire SA YMCA family congratulates the Greater Durban Y for this achievement. As a family of YMCAs we are also thankful to the D.T. Hudson Trust for recognising the hard work and sacrifice of all the staff and volunteers of this amazing movement. Truly a moment worth celebrating!

Blogs

Friday 22 Mar 2013
Initial Ambassador Breakfast a great success Steve Hobbs - Guest Speaker The guest speaker at the recent YMCA Ambassador Breakfast held at Diakonia in Durban, was a long time friend of the movement, Steve Hobbs. Steve spoke about his experiences as a young man in the movement under the mentorship of the late Mick Milligen, who was then General Secretary of the Durban Student YMCA. He spoke about how his experiences as a youth leader and later, as an activist in senior leadership throughout...
Youth Worker Training Completed
Saturday 23 Feb 2013
Youth Worker Training Completed National Staff completed a successful 2 day training event for local YMCA staff and youth workers involved in the Y-Zone and Y-Justice programmes of the SA YMCA.  15 young people from Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Kwazulu and Gauteng converged on the PE YMCA at Aubry Street to learn more about the YMCA, about the programmes and about themselves. They also initiated an advovacy campaign against human trafficking which will be continued in their local YMCAs. A new...
Saturday 23 Feb 2013
Tribute to John Stadler (1926-2013) It is with great sadness that the YMCA National office recently learnt of the passing away of John Stadler (86) on 4th January 2013. John was a great YMCA leader in PE and for many years served on the National Executive Committee. He was instrumental in establishing the PE YMCA as a leading organisation in the Eastern Cape. Under John's leadership, the PE YMCA was for many years a beacon of stability and a leading local YMCA in the SA movement. He inspired...
Advocating against Child Trafficking
Saturday 23 Feb 2013
Advocating against Child Trafficking For more information on how to participate in the BAGGING campaign, contact Mike Cuthbert at the National Office. See number below.  The SA YMCA, all its staff and volunteers, have committed themselves to an ongoing campaign against the trafficking of young girls in our country. Working with anti-trafficking organisations like Red Light (www.redlight.org.za) and local authorities, the SA YMCA will not look away. If a staff person or member of  any YMCA in...
Saturday 23 Feb 2013
Volunteers lead the way to Prison A graduation ceremony was recently organised by staff and volunteers of the Y-Justice programme run by the Greater Durban YMCA at Westville prison in Durban. It was a privilege to witness the transformation of young women's lives through the Life Skills for Offenders programme. All the prison officials praised the programme and asked why the YMCA was not running it in other prisons. Unfortunately, being a prison, no photos were allowed. 14 women graduated...

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