Yamkela mail and guardianFifteen-year-old Yamkela Nqweniso – one of our SKILLZ Street graduates, a wonderful addition to the Grassroot Soccer volunteer team and member of the RV United Seniors – has been recognized as one of Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans for 2015 in the Health category because of her work with HIV awareness.

You can read more about Yamkela on our website here. She has become a true agent of change among her peers and in her community, demonstrating dedication to activism in the HIV response. A big KILOOOO to a strong young woman making a difference! Check out the Mail & Guardian’s profile.