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Sam Mtshali has just joined iKusasalethu Team

November 2, 2016 by Joe Leave a Comment

This is Sam Mtshali a husband to Stacy Mtshali and a father to Angel. Sam has a degree (B.Th) from the Baptist Theological Seminary where he got an award for the most promising youth worker and he has been volunteering with the team and we would really love to bring him on board in the new year. Tell us about the importance of Youth clubs, Sam, and what you would like to do to add value to this team?

I am excited to be part of iKusasalethu team in changing lives of the youth in the country and bring hope in the lives of youth in school through education.

Young people in our country are facing a lot challenges, and they are crying out for help. some of the crisis they face are the result of their disadvantage background, broken family and the father is absent which leads to lack of identity in young person’s live. And because they don’t know who they are, often they try to find themselves through drugs and sleeping around with multiples partner which opens doors to all kind STD and HIV/AIDS. Therefore, the importance of youth club is to help restore the identity of young people in crisis, through the gospel of Jesus Christ and equip youth in the area of their gifting, having one on one discipleship. I believe part of the challenges we find ourselves in sometimes is because we don’t know who we are, whose we are and what are we living for ?

What I’m here to offer is my experience in working with young people and creating youth clubs programme that are Christ-centred, and coming up with Christian based educational HIV/AIDS prevention programme which brings transformation to local young people who are threatened by the impact of HIV/AIDS. In our studies as youth worker, we are currently experiencing change in our youth culture. In the past young people use to come to church youth programmes but now young people no longer coming to church youth clubs. Most church are experiencing a decrease in the number of young people that comes to their youth club, part of the reasons why there is a decrease is that young people are bombarded with all kind of entertainment, and we live in a social-network orientated world, we have smartphone but the users are not smart. Lastly, we don’t know where to drew the line as young people. Therefore, the solution is to take our programmes to them and reach them where they are in the community and in school, working along with parents and teachers.

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‘Young People for change’ is the Project which is under iKusasaLethu

November 1, 2016 by Joe Leave a Comment

Young People for change is the Project that is running in Embo by Lindo Mthembu every Saturdays.

“Protecting someone’s mind is to protect God’s seed”. We as Young People for Change we would like to thank Mr Price for playing a vital rote by sponsoring us with football soccer kits as well as T. shirts and swimming T.shirts.

Young People for Change had a fun day as you will see pictures, we also thank all participants for making that day, a day to remember. Some of the pictures are glimpses of what we do, we teach kids different things.

Your child is my child. Let us make a better place for our children.

By: Lindo Mthembu

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iKusasalethu updates

August 12, 2016 by Joe Leave a Comment

We super happy to be working with Kwantebeni and Thabela High schools because we feel that God has placed us there for the reason and He’s not done yet. We real enjoy what we are doing in these schools, changing liefs. We just finished an up grade of their assemble area for Thabela High school, where they hold prayer every mornings, it’s also work as a school hall when they have functions and when learners are relaxing during break-time. We also helped them to set up the school library for the learners to be able to learn how to read and also increase the culture of reading. The educators and pupil are very happy to be at school now, we just brought back that hope again. We will say the spirit is very high now and we are hoping for good results at the end of the year

School Library

Their New Landscaping

Also the school asked iKusasalethu to organise a prayer day for them. Just to pray for the school because they felt they’ve been attacked by the spirit of darkness for years. The prayer day was a success, we had number of learners who gave their lives to Jesus on that day. I will say they still show some commitment of the decision they took on that day, they attend the school Christian group every week which is lead by one of the teachers, we also have thee youth leader of hillside who sometimes attend that group in the school just to support the teacher whose leading it. We also saw the need to to organize bible for them, which we had people from church donated 10 new bibles for them, Zulu and English.

Prayer Day

We also choose potential leaders the ones that we work very close with, we will love to take them to the leadership camp at Shongweni dam to the Spirit of Adventure again this year. Why, To strengthen their innate leadership gift, qualities and skills, so that they can have a positive influence in their families, home, school and communities when we are not there, and long after we have left the building! This creates great sustainability through developing self leadership and empowering them to take ownership for their action.

2014 Leadership Camp

We also run youth Clubs, when we teach learners to be creative and also to have fun together, making new friends during school Holidays

We do teachers workshop as well. We invite professionally to people to give them an encouragement massage because we believe they also need to be encouraged with the work that the do so that they can be able to touch and change more liefs

Teacher’s workshop

Lindo Mthembu couch a soccer team in Embo every Saturdays, his team have recently won the cup. More young boys are coming to his team and they are growing in numbers. He’s not only coaching them, he teaches them about life too and how to behavior when you are young and growing up. He’s making them good leaders of tomorrow. He have different people coming to share with his boys, they also have zulu dance. He’s open for anyone who willing to come and share with his young boys or give them any skills

Soccer Team

Thank you all for supporting iKusasalethu. Please give one supporting us, we make a change. There’s more liefs to be touched to iKusasalethu.

God Bless all

Love…

Joe and the team

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2015 Holiday Club for KwaNtebeni and Thabela High school in Bothas Hill

August 4, 2015 by Joe 1 Comment

Thanks to all the sponsors, Volunteers and the management for making the 2015 Holiday Club possible. The Pupil enjoyed themselves. Thank you

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… a creative afternoon of personal development for teachers

May 28, 2015 by Joe 1 Comment

Teachers Workshop

Thanks to KwaNtebeni and Thabela High Schools for attending the teacher’s lunch and an inspirational talk by Jill Lawton (pastor and educational psychologist) on the power of the creative imagination which took place on the 24th of April 2015 at Hillside Café Voce. And Thanks to the sponsors of Ikusasalethu.

Here what the teachers have to say about the workshop:

Miss Shibula from Thabela High – “It was motivating and encouraging. We were so honoured to be invited in such a relaxation afternoon outside our work place. Not forgetting the refreshments!!! It was a Friday to be repeated”

Mrs Miya from Kwantebeni High Schoo- ” We will like to express our appreciation and sincere Thanks for the good talk and lunch that we were offered by your NGO. We really enjoyed. God Bless”