success in life - for youth, by youth
NEMATO CHANGE A LIFE
year by year 2025
skills
During holidays and weekends, we spend time learning new skills. This can be anything from coding to photography. Skills are very important. Whether you run a business or have a job, it is never just about doing one thing. New challenges come all the time, and they need many different skills that you do not learn at school. At Nemato members teaching members skills.
township tourism
Onele started his township tourism business, True Colours Township Experience. It is not just about watching our community, but about experiencing it, meeting people, and bringing cultures together. To get it started and fully going, Onele is being supported by Stenden students and the Royal St Andrews Hotel.
building extension
After years of stagnation, some members decided it was time for action. "Let's build our extension, let's get it done!" we moved the workshop out of the kitchen to join the recycling in Room 13, and we moved numeracy into the new room.
Liyema at Zip Zap Circus
Liyema still had one and a half years left in his training at Zip Zap Circus School when he was selected to perform for sold-out crowds at the Sesc International Circus Festival in São Paulo. Soon after, he won the Zip Zap Best Performer Award. Instead of completing his course, the circus offered him a two-year contract to perform with them around the world.
So we asked Liyema: How is that even possible? He lives by two key principles from Nemato Change a Life: "Be early, be prepared", and "Set a big goal in life, and work on it all the time." Thank you, Liyema, for inspiring us and showing the power of our values.
driver's licences
Sino passed her driving test and our driver passed the big truck test!
engineering in class
Hands-on learning in our maths class: building truss bridges! Active learning is more fun and makes a bigger impact than just sitting in class solving for x. (Thanks to Change a Life Trust for the t-shirts!)
silent protest (5 April)
Silent protest by Nemato members over the unsolved rape case of a 7-year-old learner in Matatiele.
graduates
Phumelela, who was supported by our Matinyana Bursary Fund, graduated with distinction in humanities at Rhodes University. Our member Sino graduated in hospitality at Nelson Mandela University!
AI in our class
We use Artificial Intelligence (DeepSeek and ChatGPT) in our maths class to practise for school. You can ask it to make practice questions and show the calculations and answers. It's like having your own personal teacher for free!
