Author: Amuzweni Lerato Ngoma - Title: Knowledge Manager
Organisation: Umsobomvu Youth Fund; P O Box 982 Halfway House 1685 - lerato.ngoma@uyf.org.za; +27 011 651 7000, +27729153263; http://www.uyf.org.za

SYNOPSIS

Youth Development organisations in South Africa have variedly adapted a research strategy as a way of gaining knowledge. Monitoring and evaluation methods and systems have also been used to assessing the impact of youth development programmes. Once again, the key distinguishing factor is the manner in which the knowledge gathered through M&E is reapplied into the organisations themselves, and shared with the broader youth development sector for the improvement of programmes and youth impact achievement. This paper therefore discusses the attempts made by three youth development organisations in adopting a knowledge management strategy in a bid to achieve their respective organisational mandates.