CONQUEST

Conquest For Life aims to empower the youth through a myriad of programs designed to produce a safe and structured environment in which the youth can realize their potential and have access to the life skills needed to enrich their lives. Our target group includes unemployed, out of school youth, youth in conflict with the law, parents, and people in the community interested in mentoring. For Life started in a dynamic, predominantly coloured community, it is characterized by an unemployment rate of over 80%, a very high school drop-out rate, extreme family stress, poverty, very limited recreational facilities and substance abuse. The following is a reflection of most of the townships in South Africa. The severe lack of extra-curricular and recreational activities, mean that children and young people spend a lot of time on the streets ‘bloming' (loafing/hanging around) or sitting in crammed flats... Conquest For Life was established in 1995 in Westbury, a township 8km west of..