A Safe-Hub® is a physically and emotionally safe space for young people. Here, they can access services, opportunities and support from strong role models through a football-based after-school programme with a special focus on health, education, and employability. As a platform for innovative youth development, the Safe-Hub infrastructure provides a campus for local NGOs, government and service providers, making each Safe-Hub an innovative collaboration place with only one main focus: holistic support for young people, their families and the community.
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A Safe-Hub includes an Artificial Turf Football Field connected to a Youth Café, Training Academy, ICT & eLearning Centre, Transversal Office Spaces, Psychosocial Support Centre and Commercial Spaces for young entrepreneurs. Diverse and integrated income and funding streams ensure financial sustainability of Safe-Hub operations.
As a registered trademark of AMANDLA, Safe-Hub is an internationally acclaimed youth and community development-focused social franchise model. The model has been endorsed as a best-practice by the United Nations and has won numerous international awards for its ground-breaking impact on the reduction of violence and improvement of education results in South Africa.
To replicate the Safe-Hub Model’s quality and proven impact, the Safe-Hub Campaign has set out to implement the largest youth development project in South Africa. Through its social franchise model, AMANDLA seeks to replicate Safe-Hub’s impact in a scalable and cost-effective way. To support Safe-Hub expansion across South Africa, the campaign will activate capacity building and skills-development training to empower and upskill local staff through its enabling entity, the AMANDLA Academy.
Laureus SA co-funds components of the EduFootball Programme at AMANDLA’s Safe-Hub® in Diepsloot (Gauteng) which will serve as a blueprint model and training site for other Safe-Hubs as they scale.
