NEMATO CHANGE A LIFE

year by year 2022

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workshop We started building a workshop, using the sandbag technology. Our members have the skills and are building it.

skills and income We encourage and help members to get skills which can generate income. Siphelele got trained in coffee making at the Royal St Andrews Hotel and he was so committed that they offered him a job. He made this beautifully layered caffè latte. After training and certification, Manase is now a qualified and registered snake catcher. This beautiful Western Natal Green Snake is harmless.

self-managing team After our manager resigned, we didn't appoint a new manager, but we changed to a self-managing team: run the organisation by our members. It's the best form of youth empowerment: getting skills in management and leadership and a mindset of taking responsibility.

maths class We had some great results in our end of term test: The grade 7 learners Avuyile and Loyiso had 71% for the grade 9 level test, and Lungisani had 92% and Axole had 100%! Onthe left we are solving for x by 'completing the square', on the right 'maths on the street': we are calculating measurements to build our new workshop.
$maths class: completing the square$	$maths on the street: calculations to build our workshop$
water donations (December) No water from the tap and the tank was empty at Nemato Change a Life. That's a problem, but many people stepped in to help us out!

success in life Stepping stones towards success in life: Our volunteer Simlindile received his Public Management Diploma. Our rowing coach Sheldon got his driver's licence.

gold members in Addo (29 June) Our most active members get gold member status. It comes with rewards like this trip to the Addo Elephant Park. Surrounded by elephants, no escape possible: fascinating and scary!

Youth Day (16 June) Youth Day, our 16th birthday! Games, a motivational speech, cake and nice food.

learnership graduation (9 June) Siphamandla graduated after successfully completing his one year Wessa Blue Flag Tourism Learnership at the Royal St Andrews Hotel. Our manager Odwa was the motivational speaker at the graduation event.

herbs garden With the help of Jo and Home Grown Nursery in Bathurst we are starting our herbs garden.

fish farming Fish farming at Rivendell Hatchery. Our dream is to start a fish farm!

UNICEF UNICEF visited us to get to know our organisation. They liked what they saw and invited Odwa and Thando to Gauteng for a course to learn how to use the UNICEF sports based life skills programmes. We are using the programme in our weekly gym on Monday.


coding learnership Sipiwo got a year long learnership from the Nelson Mandela University Department of Computing Science. He teaches basic coding at local primary schools and at Nemato Change a Life.

new Quantum (14 January) Our Quantum was hijacked. Our dear supporter Alexander took the initiative to get us back on track with this amazing upgrade!!! Later in the year we got it branded.