OneVoice South Africa (OVSA) is a South African NGO that recognises the crucial role young people can play in managing their health, developing their full potential and strengthening our communities.
Our SCHOOLS PROGRAMME has been developed by Health and Development specialists, learners and educators, stakeholders and OVSA staff, and has been endorsed by the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Basic Education (DBE).
OVSA’s interventions align with the Curriculum Assessment Policy (CAPS), DBE Scripted Lesson Plans (SLPs) and the national response to HIV/AIDS, TB, Life Skills, Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Water Access, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Human Rights, as well as Enterprise Development, developing Entrepreneurship, Workplace Preparedness and Career Pathing issues.
Our team members are mostly women, employed from the areas we work in. Together with our Board of Directors, they are passionate about and committed to youth development; while upholding a priority focus on girls and women and supporting their well-being, training and capacitation, so they can unlock their full potential as the key drivers of an equitable, healthy, considerate and prosperous South Africa.
To support a safe and creative environment where young people are part of the collective voice to develop positive life skills in response to critical health and lifestyle issues.
To promote the meaningful participation of young people, especially girls and young women, in realising their rights and abilities to make informed choices about health and lifestyle issues, including youth unemployment, financial literacy, sexual and reproductive health and rights, hygiene practices and good citizenship, as well as expand target audience knowledge of TB and TB/HIV co-infection and promote early detection.
OVSA partners with up to 6000 young people aged 13 to 35 years, in High School and Technical and Vocational Education and Training College (TVET), annually. We uphold a strong focus on the development of girls and women, as well as supporting their adult mentors.
We work primarily in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province, although we periodically work on projects in Mpumalanga, and the eastern and western Cape.
