Program Context

Supporting individuals affected by issues like poverty, crime, unemployment, gangsterism, and drug abuse.

In the aftermath of Apartheid, young men in the cape flats are subjected to a stigma around men and manhood. Labeled as perpetrators, absentee fathers, and left with less opportunity, these young men suffer from a lack of identity and a failure to feel like they belong.

Misguided, many become swept up in the culture of gangsterism: the utmost challenge on the Cape flats. This culture is ingrained in society and nonconformists become ostracized. Misguided children form delinquency groups which often evolve into or are co-opted by organized gangs. It is said that in the Cape flats, young people die like flies.

Silent Knowledge provides alternative and unique assistance to children in the program. The program promotes children’s rights under the South African Children’s Act.