Community Safety
Whether the Nyanga Yethu Project is still running; if not, why not; if so, on what dates and times is it running and how many young people have participated in the project since January?
The Nyanga Yethu Project was handed over to the City of Cape Town as from 1 April 2016 as per a resolution adopted by the Integrated Government Forum chaired by the Premier of the Western Cape and the Mayor of the City of Cape Town on 15 February 2016. For the period 1 January until 31 March 2016 the programme was facilitated by the department. The key activities and participation for that period of time are set-out below;
Activities
The youth program operates over weekends during afternoons and evenings, a time when little to no alternative programming happens in the area. The youth program functions between the hours of 13:00 and 21:00 at a minimum to provide alternatives to the normal “at-risk behavior” offered to youth in townships. In our pilot program, the time of operation was as follows:
Thursday: 18:00 – 21:00
Friday: 14:00 – 21:00
Saturday: 14:00 – 22:00
Sunday: 14:00 – 16:00
Children’s Programs (ages 6-13)
Children’s programming occurs during the early part of the day. The program organizes and places children into programs based on their preference. Some of the programs include movies in theatre for an hour, skate boarding, basketball, boxing, Five aside soccer, ECD dance classes. Children are expected to engage in more than one activity. Each activity will run for a little over an hour, and will be conducted by a passionate “activator” with expertise in the particular activity he/she is instructing. Each session is guided by a lesson plan constructed by the activator to help children learn new skills and develop personally within an activity.
Young Adult Programs (ages 16-24)
At 18:00 the program becomes entertainment oriented. The programming is geared toward young adults and designed to offer a safe environment to engage in social activities. Thursday evenings is “variety night” from 18h00 to 21h00 which entails; Standup comedy, drama performances and any other artistic performance.
Open Mic sessions are on a Friday evening from 18h00 to 21h00 which allows youth about 30 minutes of freestyle rap music performances. On a Saturday evening is Poetry night from 18:00 to 21:00 which entails poetry and melody performances.
In the pilot at Nyanga Yethu, all these events have proven themselves viable, in particular a regular youth lounge that allows for a good social spot for young adults to socialize safely without alcohol.
During January 8 Children Programmes were implemented and 10 Young Adult Programmes and 5 road shows:
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CHILDREN'S PROGRAMME EVENTS - 6 - 13 YEARS |
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DATE |
DAY |
NO. OF CHILDREN ATTENDED |
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15/01/2016 |
Friday |
124 |
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16/01/2016 |
Saturday |
149 |
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17/01/2016 |
Sunday |
130 |
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22/01/2016 |
Friday |
225 |
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23/01/2016 |
Saturday |
180 |
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24/01/2016 |
Sunday |
221 |
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29/01/2016 |
Friday |
195 |
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31/01/2016 |
Sunday |
50 |
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Total |
1274 |
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YOUTH PROGRAMME EVENTS - 14 - 30 YEARS |
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DATE |
DAY |
NO. OF YOUTH ATTENDED |
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14/01/2016 |
Thursday |
108 |
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15/01/2016 |
Friday |
202 |
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16/01/2016 |
Saturday |
45 |
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16/01/2016 |
Sunday |
96 |
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21/01/2016 |
Thursday |
146 |
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22/01/2016 |
Friday |
308 |
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23/01/2016 |
Saturday |
105 |
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28/01/2016 |
Thursday |
127 |
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29/01/2016 |
Friday |
313 |
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30/01/2016 |
Saturday |
67 |
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Total |
1517 |
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During February 9 Children Programmes and 10 Young Adult Programmes were implemented:
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CHILDREN'S PROGRAMME EVENTS - 6 - 13 YEARS |
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DATE |
DAY |
NO. OF CHILDREN ATTENDED |
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05/02/2016 |
Friday |
148 |
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06/02/2016 |
Saturday |
142 |
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07/02/2016 |
Sunday |
53 |
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12/02/2016 |
Friday |
125 |
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13/02/2016 |
Saturday |
128 |
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14/02/2016 |
Sunday |
117 |
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20/02/2016 |
Saturday |
136 |
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26/02/2016 |
Friday |
178 |
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28/02/2016 |
Sunday |
88 |
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Total |
1027 |
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YOUTH PROGRAMME EVENTS - 14 - 30 YEARS |
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DATE |
DAY |
NO. OF CHILDREN ATTENDED |
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04/02/2016 |
Thurday |
142 |
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05/02/2016 |
Friday |
301 |
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06/02/2016 |
Saturday |
85 |
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12/02/2016 |
Friday |
156 |
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14/02/2016 |
Sunday |
64 |
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18/02/2016 |
Thurday |
161 |
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19/02/2016 |
Friday |
234 |
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26/02/2016 |
Friday |
349 |
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27/02/2016 |
Saturday (Morning) |
94 |
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27/02/2016 |
Saturday (Evening) |
118 |
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Total |
1704 |
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During March 8 Children Programmes and 10 Young Adult Programmes were implemented:
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CHILDREN'S PROGRAMME EVENTS - 6 - 13 YEARS |
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DATE |
DAY |
NO. OF CHILDREN ATTENDED |
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04/03/2016 |
Friday |
135 |
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05/03/2016 |
Saturday |
134 |
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06/03/2016 |
Sunday |
70 |
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11/03/2016 |
Friday |
135 |
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12/03/2016 |
Saturday |
143 |
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13/03/2016 |
Sunday |
136 |
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18/03/2016 |
Friday |
213 |
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20/03/2016 |
Sunday |
105 |
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TOTAL |
1071 |
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YOUTH PROGRAMME EVENTS - 14 - 30 YEARS |
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DATE |
DAY |
NO. OF YOUTH ATTENDED |
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03/03/2016 |
Thursday |
151 |
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04/03/2016 |
Friday |
307 |
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05/03/2016 |
Saturday |
58 |
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10/03/2016 |
Thursday |
188 |
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11/03/2016 |
Friday |
457 |
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12/03/2016 |
Saturday |
128 |
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17/03/2016 |
Thursday |
229 |
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18/03/2016 |
Friday |
337 |
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19/03/2016 |
Saturday |
131 |
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24/03/2016 |
Thursday |
240 |
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Total |
2226 |
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