Housing problems, health, education and sanitation are priority issues for the community of Alexandra, in Johannesburg. There exists no communication or a platform that gives communities the opportunity to speak or say their minds to the government about their needs. - To respond to that need, Lifeline, a Johannesburg-based organization, has launched a project that would allow locals to express their views. The project hopes to get the community to stand together, sit, talk and take action about their own issues.

What was a better way to celebrate Human Rights day than giving to those who cannot provide for themselves? Human rights day in South Africa, is a day when we remember and celebrate the freedom of all South Africans. - Unfortunately not all South African can practice all their rights because of poverty and unemployment. Human Rights are that every person has a right to basic food, and clothing. Many families are faced with challenges of HIV, poverty and unemployment, as part of giving back, Alex Fm, in partnership with Thuthukani, Gift of the Givers Foundation and Pologolo Productions are helping the community celebrate and practice this right. Over 1500 people came to the event and …

Street children in Alexandra, Johannesburg have been enjoying dancing course from the volunteers of the Ikusasa Lethu Day Care Centre, who hope to show those kids that there are other options in life than roaming in the street, or turning to drug and sex. - They have even formed a group, called the Special Stars Dance Group. The group accommodates all young people who want to dance and are passionate about dancing. Moreover, the group’s choreographer and the director himself are themselves youths. The group now is focusing on being the youngest and most empowering dance group and have a positive influence on other young people.

The Ithute Primary in Alexandra North of Johannesburg, has taken in its hand the initiative to regulate circulation on the main road passing the school, to help children cross safely. - Many children are knocked by cars every morning before they can even reach school premises, many local taxis drive on the streets of Alexandra here in Selbourne street as many people use them to go to work, school and many more places, many children are killed by this taxis on the rush hour to deliver people to ranks and work and for the drivers to make their daily check in money for the owners of the taxi. The schools together with Johannesburg Metropolis Police Department then implemented the Scholar Pa…

Many children from surrounding communities cross Alexandra 's busiest and most dangerous road, London road which leads into the National road 3 to go to their schools situated across, Bovet Primary, Iphutheng Primary, and Zenzeleni Primary, many children are knocked down by cars in this busy and dangerous road. - After a long history of children missed and killed by cars and crossing the road unsafely and anywhere, and do not have ‘pedestrians crossing lines’, that will caution drivers to stop for children, one person took it to be their responsibility to help the children cross the road, Mr Molokomme volunteered his time to help the children cross London road for the last 1…

- I am currently working for LifeLine Johannesburg - www.lifelinejhb.org.za as a Project Coordinator, in the project we have Peer Educators who educate peers on HIV/AIDS, Emotional welness and refer them for further support, I love community development and wish more support could be given to programs like the one we run at LifeLine....