KYDC Pleanary

The Khayelitsha Youth Development Council will be hosting its Plenary Council in Khayelitsha Training Centre on the 30th July 2011. Stakeholder and patners are invited to take part in this activity. To confirm or inquire about you organisation or your attendance please call 076 154 76 99 Mzwandile Manzini . Please dont just attend on the day but confirm with the Secretary on the above mentioned numbers

Zikhala phi

1-KYDC meeting on Sunday at 12pm at Site B sub council building opposite the Site B Police Station,
presentation by - African Tale and
Free Gender.
Exchange programmes from Volunteer Center and oprah winfrey leadership academy for girls information for those who want to enroll will be available at the meeting

2 -Metro Youth Council consultative meeting in CPUT engeneering build at 10:00

3- Volunteer Center will host an information sharing session on Tuesday from 10am at Showco office in F section.

Zikhala phi

1 - Khayelitsha Youth In Business is from today having a conference in Strand, the bus will leaving at 6 from different pick up points
for more call Nomfundo on 076 8744 877

2 Khayelitsha Youth Development Concil in partnership South African Bling Youth Organisation will be hosted by Radio Zibonele between 12pm- 1pm. We will be talking of how the 2 structure will working to accomodate and work together with both blind and disabled people. Do listen
for more call Lunga (KYDC) 079 5575 488
Amanda(SAYBO) 073 3667351


3.FORWARD WITH METRO LAUNCH

Having had to pospone last weekends planned meeting due to venue issues, we have just managed to secure a venue still at CPUT (via different means) for this coming Saturday 10H00 a.m.

So next consultation Meeting:
Date: Saturday 12 March 2011
Venue: CPUT Engineering Faculty
Contact: Metro Convener 0761547699

Invites will also be smsed with the specific room details.

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1 - Khayelitsha Youth In Business is from today having a conference in Strand, the bus will leaving at 6 from different pick up points
for more call Nomfundo on 076 8744 877

2 Khayelitsha Youth Development Concil in partnership South African Bling Youth Organisation will be hosted by Radio Zibonele between 12pm- 1pm. We will be talking of how the 2 structure will working to accomodate and work together with both blind and disabled people. Do listen
for more call Lunga (KYDC) 079 5575 488
Amanda(SAYBO) 073 3667351


3.FORWARD WITH METRO LAUNCH

Having had to pospone last weekends planned meeting due to venue issues, we have just managed to secure a venue still at CPUT (via different means) for this coming Saturday 10H00 a.m.

So next consultation Meeting:
Date: Saturday 12 March 2011
Venue: CPUT Engineering Faculty
Contact: Metro Convener 0761547699

Invites will also be smsed with the specific room details.

Zikhala phi

* Mandalay Wesley Guild will be hosting a Raga Bolo Tournament at Total Garage in Khwezi tomorrow 05 March 2011. 6 aside teams can register for R50 and the activity will begin at 10am till 6pm. Car wish for R30 and light meal with be on sale. KYDC chair will be sharing words of support.

* EXT CONSULTATIVE MEETING

This Saturday 05 March, at CPUT (Town Campus) 10H00, Watch this space or contact Zuai at 076 154 7699.

Cape Town Metro Youth Council: Youth Agenda at the forefront.

* Not to forget KYDC meeting at 12pm in Site B Municipal board opposite Site B police station

For more info contact Zuai at 076 154 7699

Mixed feelings about HIV&AIDS testing in high schools of SA

01 Feb 2011 | Sne Masuku, Charl du Plessis and Chandré Prince SERIOUS concerns are being raised over the government's proposal to introduce "voluntary" HIV-Aids testing in schools around the country.
Teacher unions, legal experts and child rights organisations have demanded to know exactly how this will work.
A meeting between the Department of Health, teacher unions and Department of Basic Education officials was held in Pietermaritzburg yesterday to discuss details of the campaign before it starts next month.
The voluntary campaign is expected to be rolled out at high schools from as early as next month and tests will be performed in private spaces on school premises during weekends and school holidays.
While the Congress of South African Students (Cosas) has described the campaign as a "bomb waiting to explode", parents are worried about not being properly consulted.
Said Cosas president Bongani Mani: "The country has not dealt with the stigma attached. You cannot expect a learner to go for such a life-changing test and then go back to class as if nothing happened.
"Serious medical tests such as HIV and Aids should be done outside the school. Schools are for learning and should remain so."
The National Teachers Union said they were not too happy about the campaign either.
Union deputy president Allen Thompson said they did not want pupils to be used as statistics with the intention of reaching the targeted number of people tested for HIV.
"We are going to get an expert view on whether a child will be able to deal with such news should they test positive. The issue of then supplying support and treatment is another crucial matter," he said.
The South African Democratic Teachers Union raised concerns over the effect the testing would have on teachers.
Spokesperson Nomusa Cembi said: "If the testing takes place we would like full psycho-social support in the form of the presence of parents, social workers and councillors in order to ease the burden on teachers".
Professor Pierre de Vos, a constitutional expert at the University of Cape Town, said the testing had the potential to raise "serious human rights concerns".
"Everyone has the right to bodily integrity, but if you're at school the power relations are generally skewed in favour of the authorities," he said.
"It has to be voluntary in reality, not fake voluntary.
"The concern is whether people have a real choice."
De Vos said there was also a possible problem with pupils being able to keep their status secret.
"Those who test positive are usually kept longer in counselling, so everyone will know their status," he said.
Health Department spokesperson Fidel Hadebe said a technical task team was still busy working on the details and cost of the testing campaign.
"Closer to the time the technical committee task team will make an announcement as to how the testing will be implemented," he said.
When asked whether the programme would be a solution to HIV-Aids in schools, given the stigma attached to the disease, Hadebe said: "Well, if it's not we would want to hear what is.
"Stigma is not only a problem inside schools. It is also a problem outside schools.
"One of the things we are doing nationally is to destigmatise Aids."
Child rights group Molo Songololo supported the campaign, saying it would go a long way to fighting HIV-Aids.
Director Patrick Solomons said: "It's a very good initiative and it's long overdue."

Wake up Young people

I just feel that I should condemn people who are not willing to take initiatives and responsibility. I was giving out stats SA (census form) and NYDA matriculant’s forms in the month of January. I had made it clear that people should phone me and that I had only one form so people can make copies and return the originals.

But many people decided to buzz me or send me call back, whilst others didn’t even bother to return those forms. This is not the first time such act takes place.

I find this behaviour unnecessary and it includes selfishness. Why would you keep the forms while you know that other people need the forms? I understand that people are unemployed but please young try and maybe an sms if you are interested in what ever the Khayelitsha Youth Development Council is doing.

Currently the Khayelitsha Youth Development Council (KYDC) doesn’t have an office and we have to use from our pockets to print or access learnership, school related activities or job opportunities.

So people are always welcome to attend Khayelitsha Youth Development Council (KYDC) meeting every Sundays at 2pm in Sub council 10 municipal boardroom near the Site B library or phone SG on 076 1547699 for more info or inbox KYDC or Me on our face book page or MIXIT -082 733 50

KYDC Communications
Lunga
079 5575 488