We always focuses on dance, music, theatre, poetry and we address issues that affect our young people on their daily lives. The Golden Youth Club project was founded by Nomatlou Johannah Mahlangu in 2001 as a non-profit organization in the garage of her parents in the semi-rural area of Winterveld. GYC is a young dynamic project with a passionate vision to make performing arts more accessible to
audiences in South Africa and across the world. GYC is composed of two groups (teenagers and young adults). The teenagers deal with performing arts while the young adults are Peer-Leaders dealing with research projects such as the current one, Climate Change and they train the teenagers into becoming great Peer-leaders. GYC has grown now operating in two provinces Gauteng and North West. These project constantly exploring new creative ways of bringing out the true essence of education. It has evolved its own distinct style of presentation by fusing ethnic and modern genres of dancing and theatre play. Its musical compositions are confluence of educational messages in South Africa and across the world. Each dance composition is carefully crafted with intricate detailing in synchronization, choreography pattern, thematic costumes and suitable light & stage effects. Members of Golden youth club have diverse poetry, gumboots Dance, theatre and musical background which they spread health messages in a familiar context (Climate Change, HIV/Aids, substance abuse, teenage pregnancy, and etc. Golden youth club is also deeply aware of its social responsibility. The project consciously engaged in supporting the needy society who are vulnerable who do not see any hope for the future, who’s hungry, cold and the most cases been seen upon as outcasts of the community. As citizens of Winterveld we targeted this community because is recognized as crime zone and well known with high rate of unemployment, poverty and illegal foreigners. Since 2002 this project has diverse repertoire of work under its extensive portfolio combining the best in Gauteng and North West. GYC has performed to enthusiastic audiences in Germany, Turkey, Austria, Bulgaria, Vienna, Slovenia, and Holland as well as in Southern Africa. Golden Youth Club has transformed people’s lives by utilizing performing arts as a tool for education and training for youth hence we are in partnership with Mirantoa (Germany), Peer Leader International (South Africa, Germany, Brazil & Bosnia), KinderKulturKarawane (Germany), Department of Sport, Recreation, Art and Culture both Gauteng and North West, South African State Theatre and Institution of Democracy South Africa contribute to the project aesthetic. OBJECTIVES
To:
• Ensure that the youth have a sound understanding of their national cultural heritage;
• Promote the cultural activities through traditional dance, clothes, food and custom behaviour
• Promote South African history from an African perspective in fulfilled way; and
• Expose local artist to both local and international markets and provide facilities for local performance
• Empowers youth with new personal and interpersonal skills (personal growth and social skills)
• Unearth their latent leadership skills: to help develop a new generation of positive young leaders for our country
• Take South African languages and culture to global stages and audiences.
• Facilitate cultural exchange programmes between GYC with other provinces,countries and the world.
• Ensure local artists are casted into international block-busters(big-budget) projects,theatre and films.
• Promote South Africa as a film location and theatre destination of choice for international producers. PEER LEADER SA PROJECT
Peer Leader International is an International volunteerism project that is having exchanging program with Peer Leader SA and coordinated by dynamic youth who completed school who want to make the difference in their communities. We are focusing not only our rights but also responsibilities. The Peer Leaders have grown in the organization, since they were in their teen years; they're now out of school, in tertiary and mentoring the next teen Peer-leader groups. Research projects need time therefore teen Peer-leaders would struggle to participate on it fully. The teens only get involved on the implementation of the projects. Peer-leaders interact with all age groups especially the youth. The leaner’s in schools both primary and high schools are enjoying being with Peer Leaders as they provide motivation and are trained to be mentors to the teens. They're vibrant and jovial and understand exactly the difference between fun and serious work. Our Peer Leaders and Performers got involved in an International Conference, summits, and events. LOCAL ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Project concept
The purpose of this proposed project is to supplement the activities of the project titled Climate Change Adaptation in our local Communities. Our aim is to raise awareness about climate change and internalizing climate change adaptation in our local communities. Activities and Implementations
• Conduct awareness campaigns in schools specializing with implementation of traditional media through theatre, dance, music and poetry spread climate change messages in a familiar context on waste (solid and liquid) management and/or sustainable land use and/or disaster preparedness in the piloted communities.
• Develop and implement practical low-cost measures in reducing land based pollution into coastal ecosystems (e.g. make a debates in schools to promote the building of compost toilets, competition in schools about waste recycling, make a public campaigns against burning of fossil fuel such as coal, gas formed the geological from remains of the living organism and chopping down of our forest)
• Design and implement a simple climate and environmental evaluation and monitoring by creating a quarterly newsletter and distribute it to schools, piloted sites and relevant NGO’s and stakeholders.
• We promote tree pet to young people where they plant a tree and personalizes it by giving it a name, communicate with it, share their personal life with it and make sure is growing healthy and beautiful. Conclusion
The great achievement of our country were not made by one person or even a handful of people, they were archived by committed people working together. Please consider the opportunity of making a different to our future generation, your contribution will be a continuation of the journey to create enabling environment for the poor in our effort to identify and promote young talent embracing our art & culture. Poverty is decease: only through collectives effort we can defeat its brutal impact in our country.
