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Ndinephupha Youth Talks in New Brighton

Mandela Washington Fellowship Leadership Institute at App State yields partnership to encourage youth to express their dreams

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Ndinephupha Youth Talks launched on Mandela Day 2019, when 24 students attended a workshop held at the New Brighton Library in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Photo submitted

“We hope to create a network of young people from the App State and Nelson Mandela University communities to encourage them to see the world they live in as a global village with global problems and global solutions.”

Xolisa Ngubelanga, co-founder and director of Jo Kinda – People

By Jan Todd
Posted Feb. 20, 2020 at 12:44 p.m.

BOONE, N.C. — Appalachian State University’s Macki Snyder, assistant director for community service for Appalachian and the Community Together (ACT), will travel to South Africa in April to celebrate the launch of Ndinephupha Youth Talks — a program that encourages youth to express their dreams for society through public speaking.

Snyder will join Xolisa Ngubelanga, who initiated the program through Nelson Mandela University (NMU) in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, after attending the Mandela Washington Fellowship Leadership Institute at Appalachian in 2018.

“We hope to create a network of young people from the App State and Nelson Mandela University communities to encourage them to see the world they live in as a global village with global problems and global solutions.”

Xolisa Ngubelanga, co-founder and director of Jo Kinda – People

Ngubelanga and Snyder are one set of several peer collaborators from the Leadership Institutes who maintained their relationships after the program and are partnering on programs to create a positive impact in African communities.

“Ndinephupha translates to English as ‘I have a dream’ — the phrase that civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used repeatedly in his speech that he made on Aug. 28, 1963, advocating for an American society that he would want to be a part of as a citizen. Taking the lead from civil leaders like Dr. King, we must keep the dream and teach future generations how to dream of a better society and world,” Ngubelanga said.

Ngubelanga is the co-founder and director of the organization Jo Kinda – People, which seeks to improve the learning culture in township schools. He is focusing on building a high school public speaking network in which students can come together and share ideas.

Through Ndinephupha Youth Talks, students are mentored on how to write and deliver a speech, then present their talks to a public audience. The most actionable ideas will then be implemented through Jo Kinda – People.

Ngubelanga said through the program he and Snyder hope to create a network of young people from the Appalachian and NMU communities and encourage them to see the world they live in as a global village with global problems and global solutions.

While at Appalachian, Ngubelanga said he was impressed with the university’s ACT initiative and the idea of having a formal office to facilitate student engagement with the community. When he returned home, he began working through Jo Kinda – People and NMU to duplicate ACT’s programming.

During her trip to Port Elizabeth — which is funded by the U.S. Embassy in South Africa — Snyder will share best practices for community engagement from ACT’s activities in workshops with student facilitators in the Ndinephupha Youth Talks program.

“Through the program, young people can express their dreams — then work with community partners to achieve some of those dreams,” Ngubelanga said.

The Mandela Washington Fellowship is a program of the U.S. Department of State with funding provided by the U.S. government and administered by IREX. Appalachian is a sub-grantee of IREX and through its Office of International Education and Development has implemented U.S.-based Leadership Institutes as a part of the Fellowship since 2016. For more information about the Mandela Washington Fellowship, visit the Fellowship’s website at www.mandelawashingtonfellowship.org.

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“We hope to create a network of young people from the App State and Nelson Mandela University communities to encourage them to see the world they live in as a global village with global problems and global solutions.”

Xolisa Ngubelanga, co-founder and director of Jo Kinda – People

App State partners continue service work in Africa with Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni
App State partners continue service work in Africa with Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumni
Feb. 20, 2020

Relationships fostered during Appalachian’s Mandela Washington Fellowship Leadership Institutes take several locals overseas to launch new initiatives in Africa.

Stories

  • Mentoring youth in Benin
  • The Nature Network in Zimbabwe
  • Dreaming for Change in Burundi
  • Ndinephupha Youth Talks in New Brighton
Learn more
App State to host 5th Mandela Washington Fellowship Leadership Institute
App State to host 5th Mandela Washington Fellowship Leadership Institute
Feb. 20, 2020

As part of the 2020 Mandela Washington Fellowship, Appalachian will host 25 of Africa’s emerging civic leaders — ages 25–35 — for a six-week Leadership Institute. Fellows will participate in volunteer service opportunities, meet with state and local government officials, and more.

Read the story
Mandela Washington Fellowship at Appalachian 2020
Mandela Washington Fellowship at Appalachian 2020

Office of International Education and Development

The Mandela Washington Fellowship, the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), empowers young African leaders through academic coursework, leadership training, mentoring, networking, professional opportunities, and local community engagement.

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