About Us
What We Do
- After-school tutoring and homework assistance.
- School holiday programmes with academic classes.
- Life skills and personal development training.
- Career guidance workshops.
- Counselling and mental health support.
- Sports leagues and competitions.
- Arts, culture and heritage preservation programmes.
How We Do It
- Partner with schools to offer supplementary tutoring.
- Recruit mentors and tutors from local communities.
- Develop interactive curriculum for life skills training.
- Host career fairs and invite industry experts
- Employ professional counsellors and social workers.
- Organise sports events and provide equipment.
- Collaborate with artists and cultural groups.
Our Goals
- Improve educational outcomes for youth.
- Equip youth with critical life skills.
- Increase youth employment and entrepreneurship.
- Provide counselling and support services.
- Promote health and wellbeing through sports and recreation.
- Preserve local arts and culture.
Mission
To provide effective and continuing development, empowerment, promotion, counselling, and support and information services to youth through our range of projects and programmes. We place special emphasis on education, employment, poverty alleviation, health, sports, arts and culture.
Vision
To be a leading, creative, innovative and world-class youth development organisation.
Value Statement
At MYCO, we value creativity, innovation, and world-class youth development.
Board Members
ANGEL S. MAPHALALA
CHAIRPERSON
Angel Samkelisiwe Maphalala is a business woman a designer and a delegated worker, she handle pressure and produce at a stipulated time for customers to be happy, she try by all means to avoid customer disappointment by finishing work in due time, clean and neat work is what she pursue.
Contact Details: nothando@mpumalangayouthcouncil.org.za
GCINA N. DLAMINI
MARKETING & ADMIN MANAGER
A well organized, systematic and have strong interpersonal skills which make him an asset for any organization, His is a CEO to one of the leading Civil Engineering & Cleaning company in Gauteng & Mpumalanga (April Fresh SA) and his is a qualified Safety Officer and holds a Diploma in Business Management and his is an enthusiastic business consultants, and has work for Peosperity as a bookkeeper, a person who is quick to grasp new ideas and creative to solutions and enjoys being part of successful team and reliability, with hard work as a cornerstone to his personal and professional growth.
Contact Details: gcina@mpumalangayouthcouncil.org.za
OSCAR KHANYILE
VICE-CHAIRPERSON
Oscar is a recognized thought leader focused on the roles of young people throughout society. His focus includes youth engagement, youth voice, and youth engagement throughout communities, as well as meaningful student involvement, student voice and student engagement in schools.
Contact Details: Oscar@mpumalangayouthcouncil.org.za
LUNGILE P. SHILI
TREASURER
An experienced and professional Assistant Nurse at Kalafong Tertiary Hospital. She holds a Diploma in General Nursing in community psychiatry Midwifery Science Specialize in Counselling, HIV/Aids and various fields. A person who has care, love for people, especially those in need, that lead her to
pursue nursing. Over the years of his career, she have strived to perform each duty with empathy, care and professionalism.
Her aim is to continue to develop her skills and abilities while making positive contributions
to an organization. She also hold CFO position at Ekujabuleni Care.
Contact Details: lungile@mpumalangayouthcouncil.org.za
PROMISE SELEPE
GENERAL SECRETARY
Promise Selepe is a businesswoman well vest in project management, a team leader that have strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
Contact Details: promise@mpumalangayouthcouncil.org.za
NKULULEKO PP MHLANGA
DEPUTY-GENERAL SECRETARY
An young entrepreneur who’s in the taxi industry, also an event organizer for big artist in the country. A qualified SHE Rep & first aid Levels. Has worker for Komati Mine as a SHE Rep as a SHE Rep. A person who loves reading (novels, articles), a person who is being loved by the community for his kindness and assisting the OVC with psychosocial, and life skills programmes.
Contact Details: nkululeko@mpumalangayouthcouncil.org.za
SICELO SH MAMBA
DIRECTOR
An entrepreneur who holds M-Tech diploma in Tourism & Hospitality Management and also Masters in in Business Administration and a well-organized, well-respected preacher that’s have strong interpersonal skills which make him an asset for any organization. He is a CEO to one of the leading construction company in Mpumalanga, Mambaz Construction. Administration, self-motivated and able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, thorough with good attention to detail, certification in good data practice and experience in a community.
NOMASONTO A. MBAYE
BOARD MEMBER
A delegated business woman who handle pressure and produce at a stipulated time, a person who is taking care of many valuable children in the community of Embalenhle, by cooking for them and also give them Shelter.
nomasonto@mpumalangayouthcouncil.org.za
DINEO DD
VOLUNTEER EDUCATOR
Dineo holds a diploma in management admin and in computer literacy. She is very good with kids and in the following department: Sales & marketing, motor mechanic, computer literacy, plumbing, carpentry. She is a multilingual individual with good communication & management skills, pro-active & energetic towards every task, a team worker and also self demeanor. Isa person who believes that there’s progress in everyone, every time and everywhere since there’s a solution in every problem.
NOMFUNDO O.T GAMEDZE
EDUCATOR COORDINATOR
Tapiwa is a qualified special needs educator, with a degree in special education which she obtained in the University of Science in Pedagogy in Pinar del Rio, Cuba. And she’s a business developer and currently doing her final year in Masters of Educational Psychology in the University of Eswatini.