Luvo Nkwenkwe

Heroes in Communities, Sport, Arts & Culture

Nominee's Province:
Eastern Cape

Age:
32

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The quote is one Luvuko, better known as Luvo, Nkwenkwe lives by. This can be seen through his organisation that hopes to bring change to the people of his community. Through this NPO, Utshintsho Loluntu, the Mthatha-born hopes to be a vehicle that will assist the youth that is battling with social ills and with no one to assist them. In his village, Cegcwane and community at large, numbers of young people are dropping out of school, engaging in drug and alcohol abuse. Consequently, forming this organisation was aimed at creating a facility that would help the youth change their lives for the better. The organisation is living up to its name by changing the community. It hosts sport tournaments that seek to take children off the streets and have them focus on something positive, and also provides sanitary towels to young girls in the community. "Through this organisation, there is stability in families in our community, because people are now encouraged to go back to school, children are encouraged to engage in sport. Some of the organisation’s players were scouted and subsequently played for established teams outside the region. “What I enjoy most about being involved in this is bringing about change in my community. If the status quo of the people is changed through this initiative, then I am happy.” That being said, there isn’t more a founder can ask for.