Youth With Diabetes

Youth With Diabetes Youth With Diabetes (YWD) is a non profit organisation created to empower kids, teens and young adults living with diabetes in South Africa.

YWD’s slogan “Life can be sweet” embodies our enthusiastic and positive attitude toward this condition. Our logo was specifically designed to represent a lollipop, to dispel the common misconceptions about diabetes and to emphasise our slogan. Our most impressive ongoing project is our weekend camps. We have held camps all across South Africa and also neighbouring African countries including Botsw

ana and Namibia. The main aim of these camps is to show the children that other young people also have diabetes, and therefore eliminate their feelings of isolation and difference. We also educate the campers on better diabetes management and have fun activities. For these camps, we train teenagers as Youth Leaders. YWD has extensively trained these dynamic leaders in all aspects of diabetes management, as well as counseling and leadership. These teens then facilitate the camps with the help of diabetes doctors and nurses in their respective regions. They are also fully empowered to initiate their own community projects under the guidance of YWD.

14/07/2026
07/07/2026

UPDATE: INTERVIEW POSTPONED TO NEXT WEEK!!

Catch us live tomorrow at 11h30 on 702 Radio 702 where we will be chatting about the impact of Type 1 diabetes mellitus in children and how the camps and building a community can affect a child living with type 1 diabetes💙🌟

If you know of someone or a company who would like to make a donation, please reach out to me on the number on the pictu...
17/06/2026

If you know of someone or a company who would like to make a donation, please reach out to me on the number on the picture💙

This camp is aiming to accommodate 35 children and with more financial donations, more camps will be offered in various locations.

For more information, please reach out.🌟

Happy mother's day to all the mother's who constantly have to remind the children to test their blood sugar🥳💙
10/05/2026

Happy mother's day to all the mother's who constantly have to remind the children to test their blood sugar🥳💙

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