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Tag: Youth

Youth Month Event

03.07.2018
2018, Uncategorized
A big thank you to everyone who participated in the Youth Month Event on Friday! We were happy to see so many of you there! Special thanks goes to our stakeholders, speakers and performers who shared their message and made sure that we had a fun day, as well as to Ricoffy and Base 5 who kept us warm with hot coffee and soup! We are looking forward to the upcoming Youth Imbizos that will continue the...
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A new Youth Hub

18.04.2018
2018
... is about to be created in Protea Glen! Together with a group of motivated young people from our community, we want to renovate the burnt containers so that they can then be used for their projects such as dance classes, skills development, arts classes and displaying their artwork. In order to make this possible, we have created a new crowd funding page. Please support us with a...
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Say No to alcohol abuse

14.04.2018
2018
On Friday, our Social Worker Noko and group of COPESSA volunteers went to Reasoma Secondary School in Protea North for a school dialogue about alcohol abuse that was organised together with the Soul City Institute for Social Justice. Facilitator Veli did a good job motivating the kids. It was great to hear what the grade 10 learners discussed about topics like the effects of alcohol adverts, the legal age for consuming alcoholic beverages, youth in...
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Soul Buddyz on the move!

29.03.2018
2018
We were very happy and excited to welcome Thuli from Soul City in our office who gave us a fun and motivating two-day training on the Soul Buddyz Clubs. We are looking forward to establishing our own Club at the After Care Programme. Stay tuned and enroll your kids once we...
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New Visions by our Youth

23.02.2018
2018
During the last weeks, we have been meeting with several motivated young people with amazing talents, abilities and ideas in order to create a new youth hub in Protea Glen. For the youth, by the youth! Our plan is to start by renovating our multi-purpose containers that can then be used for dance and chess classes, skills development or as an open space where everyone is welcome to discuss topics such as Gender-Based Violence or navigating...
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COPESSA Youth Club Indaba - TODAY!

30.01.2018
2018
Copessa invites you to the next Youth Club Indaba! This meeting is going to bring many people with different talents together. Poets, musicians, dancers and sports persons are going to talk about how they want to contribute to bettering our community. If you are interested in joining us and being part of great projects coming up, you are most welcome to come to the meeting. The details are as follows: The COPESSA Youth Club Indaba Date and Time:...
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Raising awareness together!

11.12.2017
2017
Last Friday, 1st of December, the SAPS, Community Police Forum, Youth Crime Prevention Desk and COPESSA were hosting the "Protea Glen Awareness Event against Gender-based violence and HIV" We were happy to see that the community showed interest into our event and participated in large numbers. Especially many children were attending the event and enjoyed the activities that we offered to them. Next to a poetry competition and a talent show hosted by...
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Mini Chess Tournament

20.11.2017
2017
Last Saturday, eight of our most motivated kids from the After Care Programme competed for the title of COPESSA chess master in an internal tournament held at our containers at the park. During the course of three matches of 20 minutes each, four players qualified for the semi-finals before the final match was held outdoors using the big chess pieces. It was a fun Saturday morning in a friendly atmosphere however everyone played with the adequate...
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