{"id":25440,"date":"2025-02-13T17:59:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T15:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/projects-in-south-africa\/strong-for-the-future-hope-for-young-people-from-townships\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:39:10","slug":"strong-for-the-future-hope-for-young-people-from-townships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/projects-in-south-africa\/strong-for-the-future-hope-for-young-people-from-townships\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong for the future: hope for young people from townships"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The everyday life of young people in <\/span>Willowfontein<\/span>a township of Pietermaritzburg, is characterized by poverty, violence, high HIV\/Aids rates and teenage pregnancies. With our partner organization <\/span>Dlalanathi, we work to promote young people\u2019s sexual health, improve their access to education and create better prospects by involving the people around them.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\"When you have nothing to do all day, you sometimes get stupid ideas. At the youth center, I can take computer courses and write job applications.\"<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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In <\/span>Willowfontein<\/span> HIV\/Aids is part of everyday life – the region has one of the highest infection rates in South Africa.<\/span> Despite this, topics such as sexuality and HIV\/Aids are taboo.<\/span> The distribution of roles is patriarchal and everyday family life is often characterized by violence.<\/span> Y<\/span>oung people<\/span> suffer from a lack of prospects: they <\/span>have<\/span> hardly any participation in society<\/span>, <\/span>access to meeting places<\/span> and prospects of a better life. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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The aim is to <\/span>contribute to the reduction of HIV infections, teenage pregnancies, lack of prospects and poverty in <\/span>Willowfontein<\/span> in Willowfontein. <\/span> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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  • Workshops for young people:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span>We run workshops on topics such as sexual and reproductive health, personal development, education and job search, as well as on the <\/span><\/span>solution-oriented <\/span>approach<\/span><\/span> through. <\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    • Education:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span>We train <\/span>committed <\/span>young people to <\/span>“<\/span>peer <\/span>educators<\/span>“<\/span> from<\/span>who are specially trained to<\/span> peers on health issues <\/span>to <\/span>health issues.<\/span><\/span> <\/span>
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      • Courses for parents and guardians:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span>We run courses on communication, emotional health and positive parenting.<\/span><\/span> <\/span>
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        • Communities and institutions:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span>We work with communities, schools and health centers and raise their awareness of youth issues.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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          Young people in front of the youth center in Willowfontein, which was built with the help of terre des hommes switzerland. Photo: Hafid Derbal Photo: Hafid Derbal<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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          Beneficiaries<\/h3>

          Benefiting from our work<\/span>t<\/span>in the <\/span>the past project phase<\/span> 11,000 young people<\/span>, <\/span>1600 family members, 600 community members and around 25 institutions.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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          Our partner organization<\/h3>

          Dlalanathi<\/span> works on topics such as parenting, communication between the generations and child and youth protection. The organization currently employs 16 people. <\/span>terre<\/span> des <\/span>hommes<\/span> switzerland<\/span> supports <\/span>Dlalanathi<\/span> since 2009<\/span>.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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          Project location and phase<\/h3>\nThe project is being carried out in Willowfontein, a suburb of Pietermaritzburg, which is affected by poverty and unemployment. The current project phase covers the years 2023\u20132025 with an annual budget of CHF 118,000. <\/span> <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          South Africa Strong for the future: hope for young people from townships The everyday life of young people in Willowfonteina township of Pietermaritzburg, is characterized by poverty, violence, high HIV\/Aids rates and teenage pregnancies. With our partner organization Dlalanathi, we work to promote young people\u2019s sexual health, improve their access to education and create better […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":25391,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25440","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25440"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32460,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25440\/revisions\/32460"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredeshommesschweiz.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}