Empowering youth. Building skills. Growing our community.
Breaking Chains Community Centre is a community centre serving Sebokeng and surrounding townships with programmes in skills training, education, wellness and enterprise development.
Our impact
12 000
Youth lives transformed
3 200
Jobs created
What we do
Our work is built around practical skills, education and community life — all offered from our centre in Zone 13, Sebokeng.
Digital Literacy
Computer training that opens doors to study and work opportunities.
Education Support
Tutoring, reading and literacy support for learners and adults.
Youth Development
Life skills, leadership, mentorship, sports, arts and culture.
Work & Enterprise
Work readiness and entrepreneurship support for job seekers.
A place where skills turn into opportunity
We work primarily with young people aged 15–35, along with learners, unemployed youth, entrepreneurs, women, children and community members. Whether you want to learn computer skills, prepare for work, start a business or get academic support, there is a place for you here.
More about usOur programmes
Fifteen programmes covering skills, education and community life.
- Youth Development
- Digital Literacy & Computer Training
- Work Readiness
- Entrepreneurship
- Life Skills
- Advice & Referrals
- Tutoring
- Reading & Literacy
- Sports
- Arts & Culture
- Youth & Women Empowerment
- Community Wellness
- Outreach
- Leadership & Mentorship
- Volunteering
Life at the centre
Why we exist
Sebokeng carries a long history of struggle. During apartheid the township became a centre of resistance, including the rent boycotts that met with heavy repression and left deep scars on families and local services.
Those pressures did not end in 1994. Today the community still contends with gangsterism, service delivery backlogs, and widespread substance abuse — challenges that fall hardest on young people.
Youth poverty and limited opportunities mean many learners leave school without the skills, support or networks they need to find work or continue studying.
This is why Breaking Chains exists. Our tutoring, food, psychosocial support, digital literacy and work readiness programmes address these realities directly: keeping learners in school, meeting basic needs, offering safe guidance, and opening a path to work and enterprise.
Our partners
We work alongside organisations that share our commitment to education and opportunity in Sebokeng.
- Emfuleni Library Services
- North-West University
Be part of the change
Join a programme, volunteer your time, or support our work with a donation.