“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Nelson Mandela, Patron – Afrika Tikkun
Stimulating a passion for learning and the growth of skills, Afrika Tikkun inspires youth in South Africa to reach their true potential. Our interventions help to build sustainable communities where diversity, equality, and families thrive.
Join us as we work to overcome the interconnected challenges of unemployment, poverty, and educational and social inequalities.
Afrika Tikkun, where development means empowerment.
Social disparity is a real thing
With unemployment, poverty and poor education statistics on the rise our people keep suffering and a suffering society leads to an ailing nation.
Poverty
Malnutrition
Quality of Education
Your support can uplift our youth
Every child and youth has the right to a better life. Your partnership supports our mission of combating poor living and education standards. Your contribution provides access to mentorship, advanced schooling facilities, clean and healthy living environments and career opportunities. Afrika Tikkun places youth development at the centre of our service, offering Cradle to Career developmental programs and our fully integrated 360º Social Services program. Together, we can impact lives.
Our Centres
Overall Impact
Over 100,000 youth impacted and 15,000 youth accessing Afrika Tikkun centers each year
Early Child Development
8 419 Young people reached through our Early Child Development Program
Child Youth Development
73 326 young people reached through our Child Youth Development Program
Career development
3 132 Youth trained in demand driven skills and 1,790 equipped with work readiness skills
Work Placements
1 598 Placed in employment and 412 in learnerships
360° Social Support Initiatives
78 369 individuals reached through our 360° Social Support Initiatives
Healthcare
500 000 Primary Healthcare services provided
Food Parcels
71 000 Emergency & Covid-19 relief food parcels delivered
No help too insignificant…
Nelson
Mandela
Afrika Tikkun has proven that it has the ability to reach sections of our disadvantaged population at grassroots level. It therefore provides both physical help, as well as giving hope and dignity to the recipients.”
Total SA
Corporate Partner
As one of our CSI focus areas - Youth inclusion and Education - is aligned with Afrika Tikkun's programmes, it remains a privilege to be partnering with a credible and well-reputed non-profit organisation like Afrika Tikkun, dedicated to the reduction of youth unemployment in the country.
Chief Rabbi
Cyril Harris
Recognising the moral imperatives governing human affairs, men and women of goodwill can face up to the challenge of our time and make the caring society a reality. So it was from that idea that the word Tikkun was used to start an initiative that would harness the energies of those committed to building a new South Africa.
How you can get involved
Select one of the below
Donate
We partner with businesses that choose to matter. Whether you’re an SME or large corporate, you can choose to donate funds to the value of your choice and support any one of our Afrika Tikkun Core and 360º programs or any of our public campaign initiatives.
Fundraise
launch your fundraiser and rally your friends and family to support the development of South African youth. For personalized content or questions, please contact infousa@afrikatikkun.org
Lead a campaign
Sponsored Marketing
Want to build your own kindness campaign? Let us partner with you from start to finish and support your unique public initiative with a customised campaign, engineered on our platform and branded by you. Leave the fuss to us while we collaborate with your ideas, guide you effectively and handle all the logistics.
Impact Stories
Don’t hyperventilate, educate!
Sindi age 5 – a beautiful little girl who lives with her mother and 3 other siblings near Afrika Tikkun’s Mfuleni centre. Little Sindi was diagnosed with a lung condition that requires her to use a breathing aid 24/7. When Sindi joined our Afrika Tikkun ECD program, our Empowerment Case Administrators encouraged her family to join the support group for parents of children with disabilities.
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Sindi age 5 – a beautiful little girl who lives with her mother and 3 other siblings near Afrika Tikkun’s Mfuleni centre. Little Sindi was diagnosed with a lung condition that requires her to use a breathing aid 24/7. When Sindi joined our Afrika Tikkun ECD program, our Empowerment Case Administrators encouraged her family to join the support group for parents of children with disabilities.
Some legacies are built on a Tuesday
A story forged on a Tuesday. That’s how it started. Two visionaries after the same rainbow – Nelson Mandela and Bertie Lubner, founder of Afrika Tikkun – met on the second Tuesday of every other month to discuss the love they both shared for their country, South Africa. What transpired was a deep seated friendship,
