On Wednesday, the 19th of June 2019, we celebrated the completion of the sewing, computer and entrepreneurial skills courses by having a graduation ceremony for the students. These courses ran from February to June. The next courses will start during the second week of July and these students will graduate
Graduation at iThemba Skills Centre
After School Study Clubs
The time between school ending and their parent’s return from work is the time our children in the townships are most vulnerable to the high levels of rape, gang violence and other physical attacks. YFC’s Afterschool Study Club in partnership with KILT, is a safe place for selected learners in
Students accepted at Africa Skills College
Six of the 2018 Hands & Heart students have been accepted at Africa Skills College in George. They started their tradesmen courses in October. They are studying various courses e.g electrical, plumbing, carpentry, building, etc. Garald and Mike went the extra mile to assist these guys to get into the
Graduation 2018
On Thursday 22 November, we again rewarded our students during a graduation ceremony. Twelve of the Hands & Heart Skills Development Centre students graduated whilst 6 ladies from the sewing course at iThemba Skills Centre received their much earned certificates. Most of these students also received certificates for attending Module
20 Year Celebration and Fundraising Banquet
On Thursday 2 August we celebrated our 20th year of existence in Knysna – Twenty years of making a huge impact in the communities of Knysna. This was done by way of an amazing celebration and fundraising banquet held at Villa Castollini where YFC hosted 220 guests. The evening started
How YFC became an unofficial Fire Relief Centre
The story of YFC Knysna and how we became an unofficial Fire Relief Centre….. We all went home early on the 7th of June, hating the wind and waiting for the storm to hit. We earlier during the morning talked about the fact that the road was closed towards Plett.
My time as volunteer at YFC Knysna
A short testimony / write-up by one of our ex-volunteers from Germany – My Time as Volunteer at YFC Knysna …. “Uncle Philip asked me to write a short paragraph about my time as volunteer in Knysna. It is now already 2,5 months since I left Knysna. I am still
Knysna Fire Disaster and the role YFC are playing
It is nearly a month after “The Fire” that roared through Knysna on Wednesday, 7 June! It started as a beautiful Winter’s day, and no-one knew what was awaiting the beautiful town of Knysna. It feels much longer than a month, and, yes, we call the Knysna Fire Disaster, “The
Reaching men through prison ministry
Gosse Elzinga (one of the permanent volunteers at YFC Knysna) has been involved in prison ministry since 2012 when he joined Frans Alkema of Immanuel Ministries. They were hoping and praying that Gosse could have his own section in prison. Their heart was to reach more inmates and in 2014 he
Business Growth Course changing the lives of five entrepreneurs
As part of the various courses that we provide our students, we present a business growth course that teaches them to become entrepreneurs. This course is called Paradigm Shift and is an entrepreneurial course based on Biblical principles. We recently facilitated this amazing course for the third time. Within the group of students were five young