Makukhanye Art Room, which translates to "Let There Be Light," in isiXhosa, is an award-winning 'shack theatre,' based in the township of Khayelitsha. It is a division of the Theatre 4 Change initiative established in 2010, providing a creative platform and educational space for diverse groups of talented artists. It serves as a valuable [...]

Masibulele, which means "We Give Thanks" in isiXhosa, is an early childhood development center founded in 1995 by Thandi Xaba, for the children of the Khayelitsha community. Responding to the burgeoning demand for daycare centers and early childhood education in her area, Thandi started Masibulele Educare. She utilized a plot of informal structures as [...]

Major Voices is a youth choir established in 2012 in a school music classroom in Khayelitsha, by four inspiring young men. They had the vision to use music to empower and motivate their community against crime, unemployment, and drugs. Growing up in a challenging, underprivileged environment and endured hardships and struggles themselves, the four [...]

Learn to Earn (LTE) is a skills development and job creation non-profit organization founded in 1989. The initiative develops social and economic skills, and emotional and spiritual awareness for unemployed individuals, within the communities of Khayelitsha and Hermanus. In an act to eradicate unemployment, LTE restores hope, dignity, and self-respect of unemployed people through [...]

Kiddies Educare center was established by the warm and wonderful principal, Margaret Makhafola, who opened her doors to children in need of daycare, under the age of six. With a focus on the children’s well-being, Margaret invests in the education and development of her five permanent staff members. They cater and care for the [...]

Members of the Khayelitsha community formed Khumbulani Center, meaning "To Remember" in isiXhosa due to a large number of individuals infected and affected by HIV, AIDS, and TB in their direct neighborhood and the devastating consequences thereof. These include an inability to work and thus financial difficulty, leading to food insecurity and preventing parents [...]

Jikeleza Dance Project is a community outreach and development project located in one of the most deprived township neighborhoods in Cape Town. In 2002, the project used creative community-based dance, music, and performance to champion the youth's fight against the hardships they face within the informal settlements of Imizamo Yethu and Hangberg in Hout [...]

James House is a child and youth care center and established a non-profit organization that nurtures, supports, and educates children in need within the Hout Bay community. It began as a soup kitchen and a means of providing shelter and protection for children who had experienced abuse or displacement. James House, named after the [...]

The Hout Bay Music Project (HBMP) is a non-profit organization that was founded by Leanne Dolman in 2003, with the vision to empower disadvantaged children through music. The project enables children to come together and experience the joy and therapy that music brings, teaching the necessary skills and related disciplines to over 80 children [...]

The Hlanganani Ngothando Organisation (HNO) is a non-profit welfare organization providing care and rehabilitation to a broad group of disadvantaged individuals, including mentally and physically disabled men, women, and children, elderly, and ex-offenders, in and around KwaZulu Natal. HNO, which translates to "Meet with Love," in isiXhosa is committed to the holistic, creative, and [...]