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individuals to Rehabilitation Centers. Be part f this winning team, prayerful individuals. Tsakane Youth Development Program is a non- profit organization, which was established on the 28th of March 2013 by three young people and has since accumulated 4 additional members. Operating from Tsakane Old Age Home, TYDP provides mentoring programs, referrals to rehabilitation cent
res and other development programs for the youth of Tsakane and surrounding areas, namely ; Kwa-Thema, Duduza and Geluksdal. Our ultimate goal is to build a rehabilitation centre for Ekurhuleni. TYDP aims to create a drug-free environment in our community and instill a sense of commitment to young people that will help youth in developing pro-social friendships and strong interpersonal skills. Only through personal relationships can a sense of individual responsibility be re-established that will give the youth the commitment to follow through on path to adulthood with sense of pride and accomplishment. Tsakane Youth Development Program is in direct response to the growing number of young people that are either thinking of engaging in drugs intakes or are already entangled with drugs. The goal of the program is to have a turbulent transition to adulthood and offer positive support system, to avoid pitfalls that can derail their lives. The focus is slightly different at each level but the goal remains the same, empower the young person to make positive changes in his/her life. Tsakane Youth Development Program will focus primarily on youth who are in and out of school and on drugs or about to engage on drugs. It is projected that within three years 50% of the system’s students will be in middle schools. This age group is particularly problematic and a perfect time for mentoring to be effective. And secondarily focus on creating jobs or even skills development programs for the youth who are out of schools.
