The Yw, East London

Our girls will always find a friend at THE YW. Dedicated staff are there to meet their needs: praying for them during exams; overseeing medical care during an illness, or providing moral support as they face a difficult situation. Our aim is to provide a home away from home, maintaining a healthy witness to a Christian way of life. Countrywide our houses accommodate +/-400 young women. Residents attend a weekly youth service and there are optional Bible study groups available while Life Skills and Youth Development programmes are organized on a regular basis. Recreation facilities differ from residence to residence, but some indoor and outdoor activities are available in them all. Our libraries have a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction books and all our residences have TV and video facilities. Visitors and tourists are very welcome, especially at our Cape Town YW as they can provide accommodation all year round. At our other houses, visitor/tourist accommodation is available during the winter months of June & July and the summer months from November to January.