Tag: Kliptown

South Africa: The Informal Job Economy

August 23, 2013

[vimeo 72590992] The historic scarcity of work opportunities, resultant chronic high unemployment coupled with apartheid-era laws sparked an entrepreneurial spirit among many South Africans as a means of survival. Today, within townships such as Alexandra and

Collen Tshazi has lived most of his life in Kliptown where he now works with KYP to educate the young Kliptown residents.

Youth Program Lifts Up Community

August 16, 2013

Like many recent college graduates Collen Tshazi returned home after earning his degree. Unlike most young twenty-somethings it wasn’t the comforts of home or the need to save money that brought Tshazi back to where

The Kliptown Youth Program: Building A Community Through Engagement

August 14, 2013

[vimeo 72815154] Outside Johannesburg, South Africa lies Kliptown. Over 40,000 people reside in this informal settlement made up largely of tin shacks and decaying buildings. The Kliptown Youth Program (KYP) is a local treasure recently honored

South Africa: The Resilience of Kliptown

July 21, 2011 charper

Imagine living in a shack the size of most kitchens in the average American home. Because your mother has died from HIV/AIDS, you live with your younger siblings. Your sisters share a tattered double bed