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Impact

Impact is at the heart of everything we do.

We take pride in ensuring that all our alumni continue to create changes that are relevant and sustainable in their communities to create change from within. Impact therefore becomes our part of our existence.

12,734 +
people trained since 2009
142,000 +
Secondary beneficiaries – people in communities benefiting from community actions of enke-trained youth
74 %
youth in Catalyst Program place themselves in Employment, Enterprise, Education or Training.
80 %
average project implementation rate or Trailblazer & Catalyst Program participants

Aqeelah: Healing through music

Name: Aqeelah Van Schyff Community Issue: Youth Development Hometown: Cape Town, Western Cape Aqeelah decided to start a community action project (CAP) in 2012, focused on...

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Paul: Motivating high school learners

Name: Paul Tsiri Community issue: Youth Empowerment Home Town: Dendron, Limpopo Summary of Community Action Project (CAP): Paul Tsiri is from the Limpopo province and is...

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Kiyasha: Champion of sustainable development

Name: Kiyasha Padarath Community issue: Community Development Hometown: Johannesburg, Gauteng On returning to Johannesburg from the 2012 Cape Town enke: Forum, Kiyasha decided that she would like to contribute to the...

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Takudzwa: Making all the right moves

Name: Takudzwa Raisi Community issue: Community Development Hometown: Bellville, Western Cape Takudzwa launched a chess club called “The Chess Grandmasters”  at his high school in an effort to restore school...

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Bongani & Bongani: Spreading the joy of science

Name: Bongani Gqweta and Bongani Pontsana Community issue: Education Hometown: Khayelitsha, Western Cape Bongani Gqweta and Bongani Pontsana from Khayelitsha, Cape Town were concerned about the poor science pass...

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Avumile & Nkosana: Leading a movement

Names: Avumile Mbali and Nkosana Nkosi Community issue: Education Hometown: East London, Eastern Cape In 2012, Avumile Mbali and Nkosana Nkosi were Grade 11 students  from the Eastern Cape...

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Maisara: Making the impossible, possible

Name: Maisara Ndayifhimiye Community issue: Poverty Hometown: Soweto, Gauteng Inspired and motivated by her week-long experience at the 2012 Johannesburg enke: Forum, Maisara headed back home with a grand plan...

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Gareth, Ricky & Zane: Stewards of equal education

Names: Gareth Kieck, Ricky Hughes and Zane Weir Community issue: Education Hometown: Westville, KwaZulu-Natal Gareth Kieck, Ricky Hughes and Zane Weir from Westville Boys’ High School in Durban decided...

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Kathlego: Sharing the gift of numbers

Name: Katlego Chabalala Community issue: Education Hometown: Tafelkop, Limpopo Katlego has always enjoyed Mathematics as a subject in school, however, in 2012 he realised that other learners at his school...

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Tebogo: Against all odds

Name: Tebogo Peega Community issue: Enviroment Hometown: Soweto, Gauteng When Tebogo was a Grade 11 student in 2012, she decided to take action in her community...

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Lethabo: Uplifting a community

Name: Lethabo Nonyane Community issue: Poverty Hometown: Tafelkop, Limpopo As a member of the Tafelkop community in the Limpopo province, Lethabo Nonyane noted that the extreme poverty being experienced...

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