success in life - for youth, by youth
NEMATO CHANGE A LIFE
year by year 2015
Lunga's Laureus YES graduation (26 November)
The Youth Empowerment through Sport (YES) graduation took place at the Mercedes-Benz South Africa head office in Johannesburg. The course is a Laureus Sport for Good programme and had participants from five African countries. Nemato Change a Life member Lunga Mcetywa was the only graduate from the Eastern Cape. In the last picture you see the handover of the certificate, from left to right: Quinton Fortune (South African former Manchester United soccer star), Morne du Plessis (former South African rugby captain, Laureus South Africa chairperson), Lunga and the representative of Mercedes-Benz. Great achievement for Lunga and we are looking forward to see him play an important role in the management of the organisation.
Pre-school in park (7 August)
Our new taxi offers us many new opportunities. Today was a warm winter day, we took our pre-school children to the park in town. Playing, eating and fun!
Port Elizabeth special (1-2 August)
Only a small group of members has a high attendance. Time to reward commitment with a special trip to Port Elizabeth. Fun time in the new mall, a night in a hotel, a four star breakfast and an interesting visit to the South African Air Force museum. We had a great time!
Mountain Zebra Park (19 July)
A group of the most active and most deserving members visited the Mountain Zebra Park, a beautiful nature reserve in the Karoo. The landscape is amazing and we saw lots of animals.
Ballroom dance (18 July)
Five Nemato members have been participating in the ballroom dance programme of our local sister organisation Phumelelo. Today it's show time during a Mandela Day event at Phumelelo.
DNA Project (15 May)
Nemato Change a Life is one of six projects supported by the Mike Thomson Change a Life Trust. Another beneficiary is the DNA Project, who is promoting the use of DNA to solve crime. When crime levels in our community were getting out of hand we started some community projects trying to address this issue. One of them was linking the DNA Project with our local police. This resulted in a presentation by the DNA Project in the Port Alfred Civic Centre for police, security companies, ambulance personnel and other people who are early on a crime scene. Presenter Lee explained the new law on DNA, the use of DNA to link people to a crime and how to protect a crime scene. We hope this event is a start of a working relationship between the police, our community leaders and us to bring back crime to acceptable levels.
Lunga in YES Programme (April)
Congratulations to Lunga Mcetywa. He has been selected for the YES Programme by the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. The YES programme is one of the ways that the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation is empowering and inspiring youth leaders in Africa to use sport for the good of their communities. The YES students will get technical, vocational, entrepreneurship and life skills needed to change their communities for the better. Lunga has a long history in Nemato Change a Life. He is a rower and a coach in rowing and gymnastics. He started Nemato Gymnastics Club and was the general manager of Nemato Change a Life before he moved to Port Elizabeth to study. We are very happy with this new and well deserved opportunity for him.
