One of the central challenges facing South Africa is that youth unemployment statistics currently sit at 38%. Most South African children and youth living in impoverished communities are struggling to continue or complete their education and to have a positive sense of self and place in the world.
For the past 20 years, Afrika Tikkun has implemented development programmes to help disadvantaged young people to be able to realise their inherent potential. Through Afrika Tikkun's Cradle to Career model, they support children from infancy into adulthood and employment to ensure that they become the next generation of productive South African citizens. Investing in Early Childhood Development recognises that the protection and development of children not only safe guards their own well-being but is also the best guarantee of future peace, security
and prosperity for the community at large. Afrika Tikkun’s Child and Youth Development programme works holistically towards changing the environment in which young people live to facilitate their emotional, intellectual, physical, mental and social development and growth.