Youth Centre Programmes
The youth centre programs are established to provide educational lifelong skills and the opportunity to embrace their true identity of who they are and their capabilities as young people with great potentials. Presently it offers a number of programmes run on the property from Monday to Saturday which are:
Monday:
- Computers for school going kids
- Leadership development programme
- Hip Hop dance
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
- Arts
- Leadership development programme
Thursday:
Friday:
- Youth Dialogue
- Hip Hop dance
Saturday:
- Tutoring and revision
- Hip Hop dance
As well as homework support , CV typing and job applications assistance throughout the week
The youth centre opens at 12pm and closes at 5:30pm.
Kids Week
During the school holidays in Gauteng, we notice a lot more children around the community of Hillbrow. There are few play areas available and the children end up playing on the streets which is dangerous. In 1998 the Outreach Foundation decided to fill the gap by hosting the Hillbrow Kids week program which provides holistic basic services to the inner-city children of Hillbrow (and beyond). For the past 18 years, this initiative has developed into a flagship of innovative, creative and developmental strategies with a strong focus on child development activities.
Since its inception 18 years ago, the Hillbrow kids’ week initiative has become a household brand and it operates during the first week of the major Gauteng school holidays for children aged between 6-13 and also 14-18 years old. During the week, the children are guided through Bible stories, play fun games and participate in other recreational activities such as life skills workshops. These workshops include subjects like sex education, drug awareness, care and support.
Kids Week attracts more than 300 children each holiday. Around 80 helpers work on Kids Week with our staff.
Library and ICT Centre
We are now able to provide a safe productive space for young people and the unemployed youth to go to read books, research topics, and learn more through our Library and ICT Centre, made possible through a donation from the Vodacom Foundation.
Although Outreach Foundation has the Computer Centre, classes are run regularly and the children and unemployed youth are unable to spend a lot of time there accessing the internet for projects and to send emails for job applications and more. Our ICT Centre bridges that gap and creates as space for them to connect with the world.
We have received a lot of books for the library, so are no longer looking for donations. We are very thankful to all who have generously donated to the library. The only kind of books we will now take are educational books such as those used in schools. Each book added to our beautiful library is an opportunity for a child to learn.
