Mamelani once again partnered with the K-Way Three Peaks Challenge this year and we were honoured to have a team of 9 runners running for our cause. Our Three Peaks Challenge Mamelani Movers blew us away with their incredible fundraising campaign which managed to raise just under R26 000 in less than two months! A Huge Thank …
SHOUT OUT TO THe 2016 THRee PeaKS CHaLLenGe MaMeLanI MOVeRS! Read More »
Mamelani is excited to have been accepted to present our work at the International Alternative Care Conference, taking place in Geneva Switzerland in October this year. The conference brings together researchers, policy makers, government representatives, development practitioners and young people for much needed discussions and learning exchanges about how to best work with issues that present themselves …
InTeRnaTIOnaL aLTeRnaTIVe CaRe COnFeRenCe In GeneVa,SWITZeRLanD Read More »
This month we chronicle the life and journey of Nomntukanti Manxuba, an amazing and inspiring Community Champion, who was named as one of eight Mamelani grandmothers to attend The Stephen Lewis Foundation‘s South Africa Grandmothers Gathering in Durban. In this article we journal and share Umam’ Manxuba’s ‘herstory’ as a way of honouring, and celebrating our resilient and passionate #MamelaniChampion. We had an intriguing conversation with this phenomenal woman …
Meet Phelokazi Tshemese, a resilient young woman who has come through Mamelani’s programme and who recently realised her dream of getting a job as an Auxilliary Social Worker, despite going through difficult times before getting there. Born and bred in the Lower Cross Roads suburb of Khayelitsha, Phelo always dreamt of working as an Auxiliary …
21 June, 2016, Cape Town, South Africa – Mamelani Projects has been named a Gold Award winner of the 2016 Department of Social Development’s Youth Excellence Awards (DSD Youth Awards) for their outstanding work with young people from marginalised communities in the Western Cape. The DSD Youth Awards event is a celebration of youth development …
MaMeLanI SCOOPS GOLD aT THe dSd YOUTH EXCeLLenCe AWaRDS Read More »
Youth Programme This quarter started off on a high note. We have been so inspired by the young people we are working with! We are also excited to be getting started with the next round of the Capacity Building Process. We are continuing to work with the 5 Child and Youth Care Centres (CYCCs) that …
Health and Wellness Programme Wellness Workshops This year has started off well. The workshops have taken off and in the last quarter, over 100 people were reached through our wellness workshops, follow up sessions and health awareness days. We have placed a special focus on establishing and maintaining good relationships with key stakeholders such as …
1st QUaRTeR 2016 COMMUnITY-HeaLTH PROGRaMMe UPDaTe Read More »
Calling all cyclists! If you don’t yet have an entry to the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour, there’s still time to enter with Mamelani and to help us go the distance with the individuals we supports day to day. If you have already entered the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour but you …
Area of operation: Cape Town, South Africa
Legal structure: Registered Non-Profit Organisation
Registration date: 10 October 2003
Registration number: 028 695 NPO
PBO number: 930 012 708
