We’re excited to share the conclusion of a wonderful 3-year partnership with the European Union and Operation Hope South Africa, which enabled the expansion of our impact to Northern Cape, Limpopo and the Free State.
Category: Trailblazer Story
Celebrating 2018 Trailblazer Impact
Celebrating the work of our Trailblazer Class of 2018 – 335 Trailblazers from 9 provinces ran projects impacting 16.477 people in communities across SA
#TrailblazerImpact – Bongumenzi’s Creative Media Platform CAPTURE-ATP
Bongumenzi Creates Media Platform to Celebrate Youth Bongumenzi Siluma, from Krugersdorp High School (KHS) is a storyteller at heart took part in the 2018 enke: Trailblazer Program intake in Northern Cape. The community issue that he identified was that creative learners in his school didn’t have a platform to be celebrated. Thus, Bongumenzi channeled his […]
#TrailblazerImpact – Mashadi Building Community Gardens
Mashadi started gardening projects in her community and has now registered her own NGO to provide motivation, guidance and leadership for women in her community.
In The News: Trailblazers in Makhanda Lead Action on Water Shortage
Trailblazers Lead Action on Water Shortage at Mary Waters School We are very proud of our 2018 Trailblazers for leading action on the water shortage affecting their school, Mary Waters, in Makhanda, Grahamstown. The learners were introduced to enke through their participation in Ikamva Youth Joza Branch, and started their journey at the enke: Forum […]
#TrailblazerImpact – Musa Promotes Health Living
Musa Mahlangu Promoting Health in Hammanskraal Musa has a close connection with children and her desire has always been to ensure that children’s health and wellbeing are prioritized. For her 2017 enke: Trailblazer Community Action Project, she organised and hosted a Health Fun Run, the proceeds from which were donated to an orphanage to ensure […]
Celebrating 2017 Trailblazer Impact
Dendron Trailblazers Transform Their School Environment
2017 Dendron Trailblazers Make Their Mark by Katlego Llale, Trailblazer Support Team Learners from Dendron Secondary School have participated in the enke: Trailblazer Program since 2009. Dendron is known for its academic rigour, having produced some of the top performing matriculants in Limpopo over the years. What truly makes the school exceptional is the teachers […]
#TrailblazerImpact – Yamkela’s Beauty of Queens #YouthLedChange
#TrailblazerImpact shares the stories and journeys of youth in the enke: Trailblazer Program to highlight and celebrate their efforts to lead change in their communities. Yamkela’s Beauty of Queens: Tackling Girls’ Issues The enke: Trailblazer Profile: Yamkela Ngubeni is from Durban and attends Umkhumbane Secondary School. She was in Grade 10 when she joined the […]
Sthembiso’s Non-Stop Leadership #YouthLedChange
Non-stop leadership By Thabang Matona They say the strength of any tree is in its roots. This is true on both the physical and philosophical level. This very same principle applied when the founders of enke: Make Your Mark took in the very first enke: Make Your Mark class. This class has many untold stories […]