About Us

COMPANY PROFILE

The Upbeat Youth Southern Africa (UYSA) is a non-profitable organization that focuses on youth development. The desire to establish UYSA was fuelled by the passion to enrich the economic outlook of young people with hope, jobs, and a brighter future. This is achieved by ensuring that our youth develop the required leadership, technical, and life skills to earn a livelihood.

Southern Africa has an acute problem of unemployment and poverty, millions of Southern Africans are affected by extreme poverty. Poverty alleviation is a governments priority which is also an important focus area for UYSA. Since inception, UYSA believes that to unleash the poverty chain from underdeveloped communities, can only be achieved through effective programme implementation in rural areas. Rooted in the belief of youth as problem-solvers, change-makers, and leaders, our initiatives are catalysts for change, we create tailored programmes to achieve effectiveness, scale, and sustainability.

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WHAT PEOPLE SAID

THEY HAPPY WITH US

‘’I would like to thank Upbeat Youth Southern Africa on behalf of the community for the valuable and sustainable ideas in Information Technology that are helping to empower and develop the youth of Tweefontein, Mpumalanga. So I ask the community at large to help this organization so that it can further ahead the work they are doing and enhance knowledge to our youth.”

HON. N. J MAHLANGU

EXECUTIVE MAYOR OF THEMBISILE HANI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

‘’ We would like to acknowledge and thank Upbeat Youth Southern Africa for donating school uniform to the 5 learners; The school and S.G.B appreciate what Upbeat Youth Southern Africa has done for these needy learners.’’

MR C.J MAHLANGU

PRINCIPAL OF BAMBANI PRIMARY SCHOOL

“I thank Upbeat Youth Southern Africa for the work it is doing, it has help me to further my education instead of just sitting at home since I finished my metric. Now I am computer literate and able to participate in some of community services i.e. We gave school uniforms to unprivileged student. We managed also to take part in enhancing our culture by taking activities in days like; youth day and Mandela day.”

MS HLOPHE MARIA MASILERA

UYC TRAINEE

“As the Mpumalanga Department of social development, we have already seen how this Upbeat youth has managed to operate and implement programmes to youth with very limited resources. The programmes which are delivered by this Organization address so many challenges that engulf the youth, we regard them as one the assets for the development of youth in Mpumalanga. The area of Tweefontein and the surroundings have higher population of youth and underdeveloped. Upbeat Youth Southern Africa provides the youth with critical soft skills programmes like Job Preparedness, Career Guidance, Entrepreneurship Development and Basic Computer Literacy. They also facilitate the programmes on arts and preservation of culture & heritage. The reports we receive reflect the positive impact that came out of this intervention”

KANEGO THETE

DIRECTOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

“As the Mpumalanga Department of social development, we have already seen how this Upbeat youth has managed to ‘’I would like to thank Upbeat Youth Southern Africa on behalf of the community for the valuable and sustainable ideas in Information Technology that are helping to empower and develop the youth of Twee-fontein, Mpumalanga. So I ask the community at large to help this organization so that it can further ahead the work they are doing and enhance knowledge to our youth.”

M. MLAMBO

COUNSELLOR THEMBISILE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY WARD 09

“Our area is underdeveloped with amongst the highest unemployment rate in the country, this program is critical to Skills development, development of arts, preservation of culture& heritage and helps reduce unemployment among youth in our area. When it was conceived nearly three years ago, it was the first in the area to give hope to youngsters who were expose to drug abuse, early pregnancies and crime ; it remains a model for other communities in the municipality for its success, sustainability, professionalism and unique niche in meeting the needs of young people.”

PASTOR DR MOGALADI

PEOPLES FREEDOM CHURCH TWEEFONTEIN

“I would like to thank Upbeat Youth Southern Africa for giving Computers skill to my child, as I was not in the financial position to send him to college”

LETTY MOKOENA

PARENT

WHY CHOOSE US

Vision

To be a vibrant and energetic organization contributing to poverty alleviation, sustainable and economic development to rural disadvantaged communities.

Mission

To facilitate a sustainable process of development for improving living conditions and the quality of life in underdeveloped communities

Such a mission is essential because, in our area

Most of the young girls have dropped out of high school.
70% of the young people are unemployed.
The area has been declared as one of CRDP
Women, youth, and the poor continue to have unequal employment opportunities.

Core Strategic Objectives

Empowerment of girls and women
To develop skills through education and training programmes.
Provision of economic development programmes
Educating people on key issues of policy, economics, gender, racial, justice, human rights, environment-conservation, democracy and good governance to empower them to become active citizens
To provide arts, culture and sports programmes
To provide drug abuse, cancer awareness, HIV / AIDS outreach programmes