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MOT (meaning courage) is a comprehensive, global life skills programme aimed at strengthening youth’s awareness and courage to live, courage to care, and courage to say no.
MOT strengthens youth's robustness, mastery of life, mental health, awareness and courage. MOT promotes safe class environments where all are included.
Partnering with educational institutions and communities, we empower educators, social, and youth workers to become MOT coaches, delivering this programme over a maximum of 3 years.
Among the factors that make MOT unique are the five programmes in schools and local communities, with a 50-50 focus on the individual and on the group. The programmes strengthen the individual's robustness and awareness and promote robust and constructive relationships - safe class environments, inclusive school cultures and sustainable local communities.
See all programmesThe MOT ambassadors are high profiled role models within sports and cultural life. By being involved in MOT and proudly wearing the MOT logo, they are contributors to strengthening youth's quality of life. MOT's ambassadors reinforce MOT as a brand.
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Local MOT coaches, who are excellent at reaching the youth are crucial for MOT to have success. A MOT school is a secondary or upper secondary school that has entered into partnership with MOT. MOT also enters into partnership with municipalities. Click below to see all the schools in MOT South Africa that have MOT.
See all MOT SchoolsMOT South Africa is pleased to announce that nominations for the Are Hovstad Award 2026 are officially open. Established in 2018, the Are Hovstad Award honours Are Hovstad, a founding member of MOT South Africa, for his dedication, support, and commitment to empowering young people. The award was created to recognise individuals within the MOT […]
8 August 2026 | PBIRC On 8 August 2026, educators and staff from Bonteheuwel High School participated in a MOT Whole-School Staff Engagement Workshop at PBIRC. The workshop provided an opportunity for staff members to connect with one another, reflect on the realities facing young people, and explore how a united school community can play […]
