Lathitha Training Centre is a startup initiative located in Khayelitsha, Cape Town. Lathitha is dedicated to empowering disadvantaged youth by bridging the digital divide and fostering a new generation of skilled tech professionals.
Ghetto Gardeners
surge2025-06-05T13:02:45+02:00Ghetto Gardeners affectionately known as “GG” was established in 2018 by Ludwe Qamata from Site C in Khayelitsha with the purpose of empowering young and old with organic vegetable development skills and knowledge. GG encourages a positive change within community and household spaces by transforming unused and used areas to beautiful gardens. Ludwe having [...]
Ikhaya “Home” Garden (Ikhaya Kulture Garden)
Rabson Chipelesa2025-06-05T13:03:47+02:00Ikhaya "Home" Garden (Ikhaya Kulture Garden) is an urban food forest established in 2013 by Xolisa Bangani, an artist who had a vision to showcase gardening as a landscaping art. Based on a plot at Isikhokelo Primary School in Site C, Khayelitsha, the project focuses on promoting and practicing agro-ecology and biodiversity concepts. The [...]
Kronendal Music Academy (KMA)
James Fernie2025-06-05T12:35:43+02:00Kronendal Music Academy (KMA) was established in 2007 as a non-profit organization, with the premise to allow disadvantaged children to discover and exploit their musical talents. Based on the principle that music heals, KMA uses the universal language of music as a platform and educational steppingstone. By integrating the diverse communities of Imizamo Yethu [...]
Institute for Music & Indigenous Art Development (IMAD)
James Fernie2025-06-05T12:40:21+02:00IMAD, the acronym for Institute for Music and Indigenous Arts Development, is a non-profit organization operating in disadvantaged areas in and around Cape Town that makes music education accessible to young people. Founded in 2007, IMAD teaches children to play a variety of instruments and how to sing in choirs, with a primary focus [...]
Philisa Abafazi Bethu “Heal our Women”
James Fernie2025-06-05T13:50:18+02:00Philisa Abafazi Bethu, "Heal our Women" in isiXhosa is a non-profit organization established in 2008 in the community of Lavender Hill. With an estimated population of 100,000 people comprising five informal settlements, the settlement contains high levels of drug abuse, violence, gangsterism, crime and, 60% unemployment. Lucinda Evans started the organization to protect and [...]
Masiphumelele “Let’s Succeed” Creative Hub
James Fernie2025-06-05T14:09:18+02:00Masiphumelele "Let's Succeed" Creative Hub was founded in 2017 by Yandiswa Mazwane. The organization works to provide a safe, supportive, and educational environment in which community members can use the power of creativity and art to overcome their daily challenges. Through our focus on sport, art, and after-school care classes, we encourage Masiphumelele youth's [...]
SEED
James Fernie2025-06-05T12:59:20+02:00SEED (Schools Environmental Education and Development) is an award-winning non-profit and public benefits organization operating from Rocklands Primary School in Mitchells Plain on the Cape Flats, with a national scope to schools-based outdoor learning program and youth applied permaculture training, their work is rooted in the sustainable land design system of Permaculture. SEED offers three [...]
Siyazama “We Are Trying” Garden
James Fernie2025-06-05T13:01:25+02:00Siyazama, "We Are trying" in isiXhosa, an organic garden was established in 1997 as the first community garden in the townships of Cape Town by thirty unemployed people, mostly women. Micro-farmers manage the 10, 000m² garden. At the Young Farmers Training Center Apprenticeship Course, a small intake of young, unemployed men and women learn [...]
The Darling Trust
James Fernie2025-06-05T13:10:54+02:00The Darling Trust was established in August 2003 by founding member, former trustee and present patron, Pieter-Dirk Uys. The Darling Trust's philosophy is strongly opposed to the handout culture. The project's cornerstone is empowerment. Empowering communities by being proactive - motivating, educating, and providing them with the skills to survive despite the most challenging [...]