Valued Citizens Initiative

Steering our youth towards a values-driven future

UPHOLDING VALUES 

As a Non-Profit Organisation, Valued Citizens Initiative focuses on connecting and enabling school leaders, teachers, parents, learners, children and youth, social service practitioners and entrepreneurs to become accountable Valued Citizens contributing towards our democracy and the South African economy.

How?

We invest into human capital by enhancing confidence, creativity, accountability, a sense of purpose from school to home and from home to communities, enhancing a sense of belonging with pride. Valued Citizens Initiative develops the ecosystem of a child through parenting skills programmes and accredited professional development programmes for leadership in schools, teachers, social service practitioners. And we provide essential soft skills programmes to youth and children, following the Valued Citizens’ methodology to guide positive behaviour change to ensure sustainable impact.

Our impact since 2001

12 Programmes

2674 Schools

8559 Educators

2279 Social Workers

1 615 500 Learners

iSIQALO training has made us realize how our experiences are there to help us develop for the better and how we are able to achieve our full potential while rendering services to families and vulnerable children.

Sara Tshamano Molea

Social Worker March 2020

I passed matric in 2017, I am now in Third year at the University of KwaZulu-Natal studying medicine. I learnt to communicate effectively, become an independent woman and the best version of who I could be, thanks to iNSPIRE leadership programme.

Bajabulile Ngobese

Maceba High School

iSIQALO professional development enabled me to do self-identification, self-reflection, self-acknowledgement, self-care and self-understanding of my experience this is key in the helping profession as from my personal experience I see the world.

Vanessa Naidoo

Social Worker March 2020

Through iSIQALO Professional development, we were made aware how ‘art’ can help our clients regain their sense of self particularly those who have suffered severe trauma and have not been able to speak out.

Vuyelwa Mbonyane

Social Worker Krugersdorp

Valued Citizens Initiative infused in me first the concept that you can decide to succeed in your life and you have the power to succeed. The idea that your future is not determined by your background. The idea that you do not need to be naturally gifted to succeed, gaining time management skills and self-awareness then assisted me to change my reality. Today I am an Alumni of Bridging for Life Programme and Electrical Engineer.

Albert Dove

Electrical Engineer working at Deloitte and doing his PhD

What I enjoyed about our iSIQALO training is that it was focused on who we are as individuals. You cannot be a healer if you have not taken the time to understand your own wounds.

Mokhali Thoola

Ekurhuleni Region

More testimonials

Our Programmes

Enhance the Ecosystem of a Child

Increase Youth Employability

Develop Active Citizenry

Active Citizenry

Our Valued Citizens Alumni articulate tips for their peers and facilitate sessions to enhance resilience at a time where many of our learners feel confused, fuelled by anxiety and stress as the year has passed and learning with the guidance of a teacher every day remained a luxury for many.

More

A canvas to express our voices freely as the youth – taking our dialogues to visual art, strengthening our democracy!

On Saturday 10th of June 2023, throughout the day, 24 learners from KwaBhekilanga and East Bank high schools in Alexandra will converge at Mandela Square, Sandton to deepen the meaning of creating ...

The Valued Citizens Initiative and TATA International Africaworking together to reduce first year dropout rate

According to a recent study by Fundi Connect, South Africa's largest online student support platform, more than 50% of first year students across South African universities drop out due to a number...