Community development have been always in the blood of Nkambako people in general. There are lots of organizations which existed in our community from the early 90’s till today but I will only focus on NYA and what I call it’s ‘mother’, Vuyani Vantswa (VV). It all started around 2006/2007 when a group of youth from Nkambako whose at the time were at tertiary level noticed gap in development and information among youth of nkambako. They then decided to form an organization which was aimed to help matric students with universty application, bussarries and career guidence which was named Vuyani Vantswa (VV). Among the founders of VV there was vuyani mbhalati, Enough Matsimbi, Reginald Ngomana and others. VV didn’t last long due to lack of support and other issues (internal and external).In 2010 VV was re-established where we collaborated with the Mpumalanga branch under the leadership of Bongani Ngomane. The second attempt of VV didnt last as well but the spirit of VV still lives within many of us. In august 2011 because of passion about education, youth development and empowerment I decided to start the project again but now with broader vision not just focusing on education side rather focus on community development in general namely poverty eleviation, fighting crime, sports, and general community issues.Tha when the first NYA leaders where electected. Our achievements 1. We managed organise a trip from mpumalanga to johanesberg for a high school learners from Mpumalanga to open day at University of witwatersrand and University of Johanesburg under Vuyani Vantswa. 2. Mandela day celebration 2010(67 minutes) –cleaning, cooking, working and giving food parcels and clothers to mhani Sophie mahlaule (mentally disabled) under vuyani vantswa 3. We Organized World Aids day and crime awareness day (2011) at question mark where we had speakers from different discipline( namely PASSA, SAPS) and some entartainment such as dancing competations ect under Nkambako Youth in Action. 4. December giving back to the community event(2011)-we chose one family from our community ka Xipendeza (family of orphans) to motivate, give support, work, clean, wash their clothers and also giving them food parcels, school unform and christmas presents=NYA 5. We conducted a 6 days back to school campaign to all our 6 school where we were giving career guidance to all learners=NYA 6. Human rights celebration AKA combrade match(2012)-we organised speakers to speak about human rights,crime and other issues affecting the community, we organised marathone, soccer tournament (both boys & ladies) and some entertainment=NYA 7. Nkambako Youth talent show(2012)-we organised a function where nkambako youth show case their talent and competing for prices, featuring miss/mr nkambako, dance, singing ect=NYA 8. Mandela day celebration(2012)- We celebrated our mandela day with the Mathebula family where we worked (cleaning, cooking ect) and also donate with some food parcels. 9. Women’s month and NYA birthmonth celebration (2012). We honored our ‘mothers’ who contributing to the development of Nkambako by giving them certificates of appreciations and gifts. Mhani Dzimbirhi, mhani Sabela D, Mhani Xintimana and Makhubele were voted by the community to be MAMA-nkambako’s of the year. We donated 8 pairs of school shoes to our local schools
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Greeting in the name of United State of Nkambako, my name is Homulani Matsimbi co-founder and advisor of Nkambako youth in action. Please allow me to 