START A YOUTH OF CHOICE CLUB IN YOUR SCHOOL OR CAMPUS

The world around you is waiting to be changed. It is waiting, desperately, for good ideas, and passion and belief. You don’t have to wait until you’re out of school. You don’t have to wait to be heard or to make change.

Youth of Choice realizes that the best ideas and the rawest passion often come from the freshest young minds. There are others like you, who have started YOC Clubs and found like-minded individuals to connect with. They are spreading the message of taking action, making a difference, and being heard through their choices. Join us in a Youth of Choice Club: we need all the help we can get, and in return, you will learn more, motivate more people, be more inspired, and gain more valuable experience.

Get the application from our office and start a club in your school or campus. Contact 033 342 2394 or email volunteer@youthofchoice.org.

Practical skills: You’ll gain valuable experience in Marketing, Event Planning, Promotions, Viral Marketing, Networking and Leadership. You will ultimately receive a letter of recognition highlighting your involvement. And each month, one YOC Club will be featured on the YOC Blog for the world to see.

 

Youth of Choice - Non-profit Organization

Office: +27 33 342 2394

Fax: +27 86 565 6970

Website: http://www.youthofchoice.org/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/youthofchoice

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/YOUTHOFCHOICE

 

 

 

BE THE CHANGE!

You always wanted to do something good? Great news, we have a platform for you to make a difference. Become a volunteer and be part a youth movement of choice! We believe in the power of youth and in the power in YOU!

By choosing to volunteer for Youth of Choice, you are joining a movement that is passionate about YOUTH and committed to social change. Youth of Choice hopes to inspire YOU to take action on issues that YOU see in your community. Will inspire you with the right information and ideas to help YOU make a difference.

 

WE BELIEVE YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

JOIN US!

 

Office: +27 33 342 2394

Fax: +27 86 565 6970

Website: http://www.youthofchoice.org/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/youthofchoice

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/YOUTHOFCHOICE

 

 

 

KICKING THE STREETS with Children and Youth living in the streets

In partnership with HONCHOS, Youth of Choice organized an event called “Day of Hope” for children and youth living in the streets. This event was part of a project called “Kicking the Street” which aims to transition street children out of the street life. The bigger goal is to have a drop in center for them, an aftercare program and re-unify them with families.

 

 

Take Action Today, start collecting Jeans for Hope...It's your time to make a difference

You always wanted to do something good. Here is your time make a difference. Are you a young vibrant and dynamic leader in your community, at your school? Do you want to take action and help a non-profit organization of your choice (Youth of Choice) to drive this campaign?

 

We are looking for volunteers to run the JEANS 4 HOPE campaign in schools, cummunities etc. Help us collect jeans in wearable condition and all jeans collected will be handed over to local shelter home and children living in the streets. Start your own JEANS 4 HOPE drive today.

 

Follow these simple easy steps:

 

TAKE ACTION

 

1.       GET PERMISSION

 

You don't want to get on your school principal's bad side so first make sure that he or she is okay with running a drive at your school.

 

2.       GET EVERYONE ON BOARD:

 

Recruit all your friends, your teammates, people in your classes, etc to help you out. Pull out all stops if you have to - it's for a good cause!

 

3.       MAKE IT EASY:

 

Set up a jeans collection bin in the front of your school library and in the lunchroom or offer to pick up jeans from classes or houses.

 

4.       SPREAD THE WORD:

 

Promote your drive. Make more posters and flyers and use your creative energy to decorate the drop-off boxes. Post stickers on your notebooks or create Jeans 4 Hope t-shirts. The more people who know, the more jeans you'll get!

 

5.       USE YOUR VOICE:

 

Make an announcement over the PA system during morning announcements or breaks. Or talk to people during lunch, in between periods or at halftime of a sport game and shout out the cause.

 

6.       DOCUMENT YOUR DRIVE:

 

Take pics of all the jeans you've collected and send them to us.

 

7.     CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS:

 

Have classes compete to see who can collect the most. Or have your teachers agree to do crazy things if you hit certain goals. Just make it fun!

 

8.       CLOSE IT DOWN:

 

Officially end the drive by posting the number of jeans you collected in the main reception area or lunchroom and/or make an announcement over the loud speaker

 

9.       DONATE THE JEANS:

 

Drop off your jeans at Youth of Choice offices, 134 Loop Street between October and November 25, 2011.

 

10.    REPORT BACK:

 

Don't forget to let the teacher in charge on community outreach and the Principal know how many jeans you've collected. Submit your report and all your awesome photos and stories to jeans4hope@youthofchoice.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our founders Birthday Wish...Help us reach 1000 fans...

 YOU CAN HELP US!

The good news is that there are just 2 more days untill our founders birthday, Jabulani Myeza, and we hope you are inviting all your friends to support Youth of Choice!

Over 900 people "LIKE" Youth of Choice, and our founders wish is to reach 1000 fans by the time of his birthday. Lots of people just like you will be writing on his wall wishing him Happy Birthday. Instead of doing that, what w...e are asking of you is to help us achieve his BIRTHDAY WISH of 1000 FANS. If you know people who would "LIKE" to support his good cause, then you can just suggest our fan page, www.facebook.com/youthofchoice to them.

With just a little effort on your part, you can help us achieve his BIRTHDAY WISH.

Thank you. Youth of Choice Team 

 

 

We are on the mission to make YOU GO GREEN!

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Youth of Choice - YOC
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 15:08:51 +0200
Subject: We are on the mission to make YOU GO GREEN!
To: post@posterous.com
Cc: zulunt@eskom.co.za, bantwanazulu@yahoo.com

*CLIMATE ACTION NOW! Glaciers are melting, the sea degree is rising,
rainfall designs are changing which there have been increases within the
number of droughts, floods, mudslides, as well as heat waves. This is
climate change, the biggest issue is that it’s happening right now and we
are the cause. It’s affecting everyone. Now the question for all of us,
“Who Are You On Earth”*

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*Youth of Choice officially launch their climate change campaign called "Who
Are You On Earth". This campaign is led and driven by Youth of Choice
Council which took to the streets recently to create awareness, encourage
the public to go for GREEN smart choices and educate the public about the
importance of climate change crisis. *

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*Why the youth? Our youth will inherit climate change. Although impacts are
being felt now, more troubling effects are projected to occur in the next 50
-100 years. *

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*How will the youth be affected? More severe weather events, the spread of
disease, and water shortages just to name a few. If the crisis around
climate change has to change, this generation of young people must take
action and minimize the climate change impact that will affect their future.
They need the information and must make a stand on climate change, as well
as be a part of the solution, now and in the future. Because of this, our
Youth of Choice Council has taken action be involved in this crisis and
promote greener smart choices.*

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*“The youth must take action to reduce the actual impact of climate change.
It’s really a matter of choice; an individual choice all of us must make
right now. The aim of the Who Are You On Earth campaign is to educate young
people about climate change crisis, impacts, and solutions. Mobilize young
people to take action and empower young people with the information to
successfully go for greener smart choices. We will also be making demands to
our local municipalities for political action on climate change crisis and
we hope our efforts will go well beyond the COP17 climate change conference
in Durban” says Bantwana Zulu, the Youth of Choice Council President.*

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Take control of your body & your future.

Our beautiful and beloved Youth of Choice Ambassador Aphelele Dladla recently reached out to young people in Thornvile Primary School. With the support of Miss Pietermaritzburg 2010 and Youth of Choice Ambassador, Aphelele Dladla, Youth of Choice has come up with a campaign "FACE 2 FACE" to tackle the high rates of teenage pregnancy in schools. The FACE 2 FACE campaign aims to educate and empower youth to take control of their reproductive sexual health and futures. The message from Aphelele Dladla, "Love your yourself and make the right choices, bad choices will affect your future. Our parents and teachers needs to be lot more open and start talking to children about sexual issues. I'm shocked to hear that kids are getting pregnant as young as 12 and this requires urgent call to action to educate and empower our children to make all the right choices"
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