Become A Member → Harare, Zimbabwe

Our Programs

Eight ways purpose
becomes practice.

Every young person who walks through our door is different. So our eight programs meet them where they are — in the studio, the counselling room, the pitch night, or the sports field.

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All 8 programs are free for members aged 13–29. Become a member →

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Ignite Girls
Confidence, career equity & teen-mom support
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Ignite Creativity
Music, art, drama & creative enterprise
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Ignite Hope
Volunteering, relief & community service
04
Ignite Lifeline
Mental health & peer-to-peer counselling
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Ignite Innovation
Entrepreneurship, hackathons & mentorship
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Ignite Influencers
Business building & investor pitch nights
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Ignite Sports
Discipline, leadership & athletic pathways
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Gentlemen of Purpose
Men's mental health & accountable leadership
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Ignite Girls
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We encourage girls to pursue careers based on passion and not gender stereotypes that steer them away from science, engineering, and leadership. Girls leave with confidence to trust their own choices, their intelligence, and their worth.

Focus Areas

Career guidance free from gender bias Teen Mom Program Menstrual health advocacy Safe-space retreats for mental health Teen mom reintegration & independence
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Ignite Creativity
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Many young people we serve are pursuing careers in the creative arts. This program gives them room to express themselves and the tools to turn that expression into a sustainable path.

Focus Areas

The Power of Expression Creativity for Advocacy & Social Impact Life skills through creative practice Creative entrepreneurship Creativity for mental health
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Ignite Hope
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Volunteering gives youth a sense of purpose and direction — shifting how they see themselves from facing hardship to actively solving it. Along the way they build communication, teamwork and project skills that carry into every part of life.

Focus Areas

Blood donation drives Street Kitchen Organisation partnership Stationery fundraising Disability equality advocacy Disaster relief — Cyclone Idai recovery Elderly & paediatric care visits
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Ignite Lifeline
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We tackle the topics young people are often told to push aside — depression, anxiety, stress, setbacks — and give them real tools to cope. Our Peer-to-Peer Counselling trains youth to support each other.

Focus Areas

Understanding Mental Health Men's Mental Health Mental wellbeing for girls Colour Your Life Innovation for Mental Health Healthy Body, Healthy Mind Relationships & wellbeing
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Ignite Innovation
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Once a young person finds their purpose, the next step is getting it off the ground. This program equips youth to address real problems in their communities through entrepreneurship and innovation, backed by mentorship from local and international experts.

Focus Areas

I Will Step Up — national competition & grants Site visits to innovative businesses Hackathon-style workshops World Space Day & Innovation Day webinars Careers in the innovation industry
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Ignite Influencers
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This program helps youth discover and pursue businesses they are genuinely passionate about, with a strong emphasis on building enterprises that give back to their communities.

What is Included

Field trips to established enterprises Budgeting, pitching & business modelling Access to business & professional mentors Pitch Nights with potential investors
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Ignite Sports
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This program builds sporting ability while instilling discipline, leadership and excellence — values that carry far beyond the field. Many of the youth we serve are pursuing careers in sport, and we take that seriously.

Program Values

Discipline & excellence in sport Leadership through athletic experience Community connection through sport Career pathways in sport
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Gentlemen of Purpose
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GOP exists to engage and resolve men's mental health issues, grooming young men into transparent, accountable gentlemen of purpose. This program is important so that men will be groomed into transparent and accountable leaders.

Program Activities

Gentlemen's braai Mental health talks Financial literacy conversations Men's etiquette Business seminars Sports & fitness
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