2021 enke Annual Impact Report
If 2020 was a life-altering hurricane, 2021 could be described as the beginning of the aftermath. The aftermath is when everyone starts to recover from the shock, assessing the changes wrought and starting to figure out whether to go “back to normal” or lean into a new normal. At enke, we did the latter. We leaned into the new program approaches developed, continued to apply rapid design thinking strategy to solve for each new lockdown, and leverage blended learning methods to achieve our impact targets.
It certainly hasn’t been easy – there was a lot that we had to let go of in 2020. But, what we have built in this new normal is producing consistent impact aligned to our Theory of Change and vision of a world that is an enabling environment for young people to recognise their own value, thrive and mobilise for meaningful change.
We come to the end of 2021 with a mindset of abundance for this inflection point as we poise to scale our reach. 2020 helped us marshall reserves of strength, creativity, grit, out-of-the-box thinking that we had. In 2021 we have built on that enke magicas prepare ourselves to further scale the reach of our programs. We hope that you will help us continue to extend that enke magic in our programs and communities by giving to enke – every contribution helps us continue our work generating and incubating youth-led social impact.
Read our 2021 Annual Impact Report, a celebratory summary, sharing highlights of what we have been able to accomplish in 2021.
Our 2021 Highlights:
- 743 people directly trained in enke programs and projects in 2021 – visit our Impact Page to read stories of impact of our program participants
- Launch of the Community Partners Initiative (enke: CPI), a test of our planned social franchise model to train and equip organisations to each more youth with enke youth leadership development programs.
- Continuing our blended learning methodology which enabled the launching and implementation of Programs despite multiple lockdowns.
- Our CEO (Rufaro Mudimu) and Head of Programs (Skhumbuzo Moodaley-Mpisane) co-authored a chapter in “Youth in South Africa: Agency, (in)visibility and national development” published by MISTRA.
What we have been able to achieve this year is a testament to the creativity, resilience, commitment and passion of the enke team, board and the incredible young people we continue to reach and invest in.
None of this would have been possible without our funding partners who continue to support and enable us to reach the youth we have. Our implementation partners – schools, community-based organisations and others – have also been phenomenal in helping us reach youth in new communities.
We look forward to revealing all the plans in the new year. For now, the enke team is taking a much deserved rest from 16 December 2021 – 10 January 2022. We wish you a safe, restful and joyous festive and holiday season, and a great start to the new year!
