Youth in Action

Who are we?

YOUTH IN ACTION is an organisation committed to promote healthy lifestyle and empowering youth and the community at large. We use art to spread awareness to the community and keep youth out of the streets. The organisation is aimed at providing skills to unemployed youth in the community. Through work integration learning programme they get to learn all the necessary skills they need for them to be employable. Through arts & culture they get to express themselves and stay away from drugs, committing crime, and reducing the rate of teenage pregnancy.

Mission

Our mission is to promote care and support, spread information, and empowering young people.

Vision

Our vision is to see a happy, healthy, and empowered community.

Our programmes

Donations

We use art to spread awareness and information

Watch stage play

Donations

We identify people who are in need and we call them to our events to collect clothes and food parcels when we have them.

Work Integrated learning programme

Training young people and equipping them with necessary skill they will need for work. To qualify you must be unemployed, have Matric, and South African ID.

REGISTRATION LINK

Pre Acceptance  

Cultural Exchange Programme

We visit different organisation from different provinces and countries. we share our culture and learn from them too through sports, music, and drama.

Fun day & Team Building

We assist organisations with team building and fun day activities. We believe in edutainment, somethings can be understood better outsideof class or office.

Motivation

Visiting local schools and churches to share Information and share the word of God.

Projects and Events

Work Integrated learning

We have assisted over 500  unemployed young people to enrol for N4 courses. They get to study online for free and come to our premises for work Integrated programme. They also get R400 per month. All thanks to our partners.

Christmas Donations

Every Christmas we share the joy with those who are in need We need your support to keep delivering food and and adding a smile to these families.  Every contribution, big or small, is so valuable.

Winterveld food parcels

Youth In Action was formed in 2010 by a group of young people from Winterveldt with the aim of helping needy families in their community. They have identified  over 1000 families that struggles with meals on a daily basis. Without funding but help from the local churches and community members, they managed to get donation of food parcels and donated to those families. 2021 they received food parcels for 300 families from the Department of Social Development. Your donations makes a difference to these families and we thank you for sharing the little you have. 

It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.

― Mother Theresa

Partners

We would like to thank everyone who joins hands with us and making sure that we restore the joy to those who are in need. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”

TV production

We are trying to expose the talent of young people from Winterveldt. We managed to shoot the pilot episode of our series called Sgandaf.

Watch a trailer

Volunteers

The core of our success are the most devoted volunteers across the world.

Contact Us

Contact

percys@youthinaction.co.za
+27 67 640 0678
Percy Shabangu
HOD

Contact

giftk@youthinaction.co.za
+27 65 838 4902
Gift Khumalo
COORDINATOR

Address

1560 Seswaise stand
Winterveldt

We are open

Monday to Friday
09:00 to 17:00

Meet the founders

Percy Shabangu

Head Of Departments (HOD)

Co-founder of Youth in Action. Percy began being interested in dramatic arts at a very young age as both his mother and older brother were active theatre artists. Percy began pursuing creative arts in the year 2010 in an organisation called Bokamoso Youth centre located in Winterveldt, Pretoria. He then won an audition for a group to perform Dramatic arts, poems and music in the United States of America in 2011. It was in the United States of America that he met and engaged with Creative arts Professor Lesley from George Washington University. Since then he has directed different shows and performed in various provinces and competitions such as Shashalaza, and local art festivals. Percy has also been an assistant director in Sgandaf TV series. Percy is a writer, director and performer. Percy has an advanced diploma in Theology, studied at Kingdom Network Ministry. He then studied Law and attained a Diploma in Law Certificate, he studied at the University of South Africa (Unisa), in 2021. Percy is passionate about writing and performing life changing stories. He has developed and still developing upcoming artists in the communities of Winterveldt and Soshanguve.

Gift Khumalo

Coordinator

Co-founder and music director of Youth in Action organization. Gift is born and raised in Winterveldt. He has won art audition in a place called Bokamoso youth centre in 2010, through doing music, dance and dramatic arts. He then joined a group to perform in the United States of America in 2011. Gift has since participated in creative arts in different provinces and competitions, and one of the leading actors in Sgandaf TV series. He’s musical directive skills has been used in various plays and productions, He then joined Drama society at Tshwane University of Technology while he was busy with his studies. He is a graduate in Software Development He has attained a diploma at the Tshwane University of Technology. He is currently busy with his advanced diploma in computer science.

Our valuable partners

The trustworthy relationship built over the years with our partners makes us unstoppable. Meet the most valuable partners below.