Community Transformation Stories


23 Mar 2025

Transformation at the Hub: Growth, Learning, and Leadership


Since the opening of Parkwood Hub for the year 2025, our team have continued running our daily programs, creating a safe space for young people to grow. Our weekly schedule includes: Through these programs, we have already witnessed incredible transformations in the lives of the young people we serve. Many have shown improvements in both […]

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17 Mar 2025

Two Saturdays of Rugby


Over the past few Saturdays, our young rugby players have shown courage, resilience, and teamwork on the field. On the first Saturday, our U13 Sakhumzi Rugby team faced Brackenfell Juniors in a friendly match, securing a 47-17 victory. But this game was more than just about the score—it was about character. Despite facing difficulties through […]

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05 Feb 2025

Sakumzi Rugby Sprints to Victory


Since its launch in 2019, the Nyanga Hub has been a source of hope and opportunity in the community, supporting young people through education and sport. The Hub offers science and maths tutoring to equip students with the skills needed to succeed academically, while sports—especially soccer—serve as a powerful tool for engagement, relationship-building, and sharing […]

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13 Nov 2024

What’s happening in Jozi East?


As we reflect on a year filled with exciting activities in our Jozi East hub, it’s amazing to see how much impact much we have been privileged to be apart of. Here is a brief look into some of the most recent activites: We hosted an event called “Youth Advance get-together”, bringing together different youth […]

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21 Oct 2024

Around The World With The Message Trust


Today The Message truly is a worldwide movement, with seven international hubs passionately heading into schools, communities and prisons every day with the gospel, whilst also training up the next generation of evangelists through Advance. Find out what’s been happening.

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08 Oct 2024

The Gospel In Action


The Message is passionate about mission. More than that we are passionate about seeing young people in South Africa mobilised and engaging in local missions. Working with Word of Life Ministries was just that.

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27 Aug 2024

Community Transformation Turns the Page!


Community Transformation has seen one of their young boys from one of our Community Hubs turn the page!  Despite facing significant challenges at home this young boy’s determination to succeed remains unwavering. A few years ago during an assessment of the reading age of some of our young people, it was discovered that many of […]

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13 Aug 2024

Parkwood, Anchored in faith


Our recent holiday club in Parkwood was a beautiful blend of joy, learning, and spiritual growth. With the support of four volunteers and four assistant volunteers, we engaged the children in various activities, including artwork and interactive Bible sessions. A memorable moment was when a Grade 7 child expressed curiosity about God after participating in […]

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09 Jul 2024

Kewtown, The Future Looks Bright!


Kewtown is a community affected by gangsterism, drug and alcohol abuse, gender-based violence, high crime, resulting in many residents living below basic living conditions. For many years, we have partnered with New Destiny Church, a beacon of hope in this area.

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01 May 2023

Nathan’s Story


We first met Nathan in a school in Parkwood (Johannesburg) when our Respect ME team delivered lessons. When we launched our Community Hub in Parkwood, Nathan was one of the first young people to come along. Here’s his story.

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