Creating Opportunities for Growth
100 UPLIFT Rites of Passage Leadership Institute
100 Me I Can Be
A 13-week life skills programme for young people aged
10–13 years
14–17 years
Key areas include:
1. Self-identity
2. Family roles
3. Goal setting
4. Peer relationships
5. Mental health
6. Substance abuse awareness
7. Violence prevention
8. Confidence and resilience
Parents are an essential part of youth development.
The Parents in Partnership programme creates a supportive environment where parents can discuss issues affecting young people and families.
1. Social media
2. Gang involvement
3. Single parenting
4. Raising boys and girls
5. Sexual health and education
6. Communication
7. Parenting challenges
The Youth Leadership Programme develops young people's ability to take initiative and contribute positively to their communities.
Key areas include:
1. Leadership
2. Money management
3. Career development
4. Conflict resolution
5. Decision-making
6. Personal responsibility
7. Navigating social and community challenges
Graduates of the 100 Me I Can Be and Youth Leadership programmes can become peer mentors.
Participants develop skills in:
1. Public speaking
2. Project management
3. Teamwork
4. Communication
5. Facilitation
6. Mentoring
Peer mentors can actively participate in delivering sessions to younger participants, allowing them to reinforce their own learning while helping develop the next generation.
Rites of Passage Programmes
Wild Time for Girls
Programmes designed for young women aged 12–14 and 15–18.
Participants have the opportunity to learn alongside experienced outdoorswomen while developing
1. Confidence
2. Self-worth
3. Self-awareness
4. Resilience
5. Leadership
6. Recognition of personal strengths and talents
Leadership Training
Immersive online or in-person training designed to develop capability in the Rites of Passage Leadership Framework.
Participants strengthen:
1. Leadership capability
2. Resilience
3. Self-awareness
4. Communication
5. Personal growth
A week-long programme for young people aged 14–18 in the mountains of Southern Africa.
The programme explores themes associated with the transition into adulthood and culminates in a solo experience and celebration recognising what participants have achieved.
A conversational leadership platform where participants think together for a change.
Through multiple rounds of facilitated conversation, participants exchange ideas, make unexpected connections, develop new knowledge and identify opportunities for action.
A programme designed to support the wider school community, including:
1. Students
2. Parents
3. Teachers
4. School staff
The programme integrates the Rites of Passage Leadership Framework with 21st-century life skills, mental health and wellbeing support.
Parent-Child Camps
Experiences designed to help parents and children strengthen their relationships in nature.
The objective is to:
1. Connect
2. Bond
3. Grow
4. Communicate
5. Develop trust
6. Support young people through transition
Mother & Daughter
A programme for girls aged 14–16 designed to support the transition into young womanhood.
The experience creates dedicated time for mothers and daughters to connect, communicate and grow together.
Public Speaking
Motivational speakers can engage communities, schools and workplaces on topics including:
1. Mental health
2. Parenting in the 21st century
3. Transforming culture
4. Youth development
5. Leadership
6. Rites of Passage
Making of Men — Father & Son
A five-day, four-night programme for boys aged 14–17 and their father or male mentor.
Objective
To support young men through their transition into young adulthood while strengthening the relationship between the young person and his father or male mentor.
Father & Daughter
A three-day, two-night experience for girls aged 7–11. The programme provides dedicated time for fathers and daughters to connect as young girls grow and develop.
