Abstract
M.Ed.
This report deals with the existence of youth development programmes in the Mandela
informal settlement area. Youth development programmes, which encourage a culture of
learning through creativity, are important to these areas. They provide the community and
youth members with hope for the future, by empowering them with realistic expectations
and marketable skills. They are programmes, which serve the community by using a
medium of drama to develop and enrich the lives of ordinary people.
New insight was gained into the existence of youth development programmes in the
Mandela informal settlement from this investigation.
Programmes activities and existing projects were highlighted during the research. An
insight was also gained into total participation of community members. An important
contribution of this study is that it highlighted important issues and problems that exist
within Mandela informal settlement youth development programmes, by working with data
that was collected from project participants.