Human Rights - Citizens Action Programme launches their annual challenge for Grade 10 learners

In today's show, we spoke to Amanda Blankfield-Koseff - Founder and CEO of Youth Citizens Action Programme about their annual challenge for Grade 10 learners about what it means to be an empowered citizen. Developed by Afrika Tikkun in 2010 the Youth Citizens Action Programme is a successful initiative that aims to empowering a new generation of forward thinkers. Since its pilot the programme has been rolled out to schools in all nine provinces across South Africa, targeting under-performing high schools in particular in order to uplift them. Now powered by Empowervate in partnership with Deutsche Bank Africa Foundation, The Department of Basic Education and Heartlines, the annual YCAP initiative has developed into an exciting and interactive competition that encourages youth to be proactive and forward-thinking. Participating schools are requested to identify a social challenge that adversely affects their school or community, and develop and implement a strategy to overcome it. The first placed school from the provincial competition receives R5, 000, with the two runners up receiving consolation prizes as the prize money is expected to be used for the expansion of their projects or improvement of school conditions. For further information you can visit www.heartlines.org.za or the Facebook page alternatively follow @YCAP2013 for regular updates.