Siyakhona inspires the city of Johannesburg

Our task is simple, to bring about real change and make a real difference. Our Siyakhona (We can do it) Video Journalists use their skills as community organizers, they are empowered to engage with their community, identify the root causes of their social ills, organize the community to find the answers and implement action plans to solve the issue

16 Days of Activism for no Violence against Women and Children.

They were saying no to Rape and brutal killings of women, defenceless grannies, people with disabilities and young children and also human trafficking.

NO TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND HUMAN TRAFICKING AWARENESS CHAMPAIGN

I spoke to Amanda Ndlovu, she is 14 years old. She told me that porn is her food, clothes and she can’t live without it.

Siyakhona Alexandra make a film about United Nation’s Millennium Development Goal

…an advocacy based citizen video journalist film on their community addressing the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goal (MDG); reducing hunger and poverty.

What we do

The videos empower the community to unite and find solutions to their most pressing issues; i.e. speeding up social change.

The Successful Siyakhona Clean Campaign.

We have had 900 volunteers from the community to clean up in eleven most polluted areas. Such areas that we have identified when we were filming the rats documentary

Siyakhona puts rats in City’s crosshairs

The six trainee video journalists, all from disadvantaged communities, were trained under the Siyakhona project to become citizen journalists, fighting for the rights of their communities. Siyakhona is part of Sony’s corporate social responsibility collaboration with FIFA. It is implemented through Football for Hope, the FIFA and streetfootballworld movement.

All I’m saying is “Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there”. AYOBA!!!!!!!!

‘as I knew more about it I started to connect with it because it gives you self respect, respect for other people’s cultures and its telling something that is true, something that you have experienced’

Hillside Digital receives community service award

Alexandra endorses Hillside Digital