Conquest For Life first opened its Soweto office in 2003 in the middle of Soweto at Dube
Community Centre. Prior to the Organisation
officially opening up an office, Conquest Foe Life has done several
interventions in the community. Conquest For Life
first opened an office in one of the four regional areas of Zola known as the Bridgeman centre; a popular destination for art events and
mini festivals for the community and surrounding areas. In February 2003, CFL
Soweto introduced the Just For Kids Project in 13
schools, now it is running in 23 and the After care programme
followed in June of the same year. Current we facilitate our Just For Kids Project in more than 40 Schools in Soweto.
Above: Bridgeman Centre in Soweto
where we started from in 2003
In 2004 Conquest moved to bigger premises at the Meadolands Community Centre in Zone 9. These communities
like Westbury are notorious for its gangsterism,
theft, drug-trafficking and political riots. However, things became stable after
the liberation in 1994.
Below: Our ftercare
space in Meadowlands
Since then CFL has been able to run the life skills camps
for the Youth At Risk project, Diversion Project,
Victim Offender Conferencing Project and the Reathusana Child Youth Justice
Project. Since the beginning of the Soweto
office we have been able to make relationships with other NGO's such as the HWW
(Hope World Wide), the Sowetan Tourism Institute, and
The Department of Education.
Below: Our new
office in Soweto,
Meadowlands Zone 9
Due to the same issues and challengers as in Ennerdale,
Conquest For Life made a decision to focus on our
identity and branding. Late 2006, Conquest For Life
bought a house in Meadowlands, Zone 9 and we will operate from the house. The
idea is to create our own identity and profile in Soweto. We also run all programs and projects
in Soweto.
Above: The
Computer Centre in Soweto
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