The MOT Youth Blog

Read the latest posts in The MOT Youth Blog below.

MOT Coach Blogger of the Month – Sherilee Roelf

Hi everyone, my name is Sherilee Roelf and I am a MOT Youth and recently trained MOT Coach and I am this month’s MOT Coach Blogger of the Month.   Since I joined the MOT Programme a year ago through the MOT Youth Life Skills Leadership Programme, which was powered by Scatec, I noticed a […]

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MOT Coach Blogger of the Month – Claudia Sacco

Hi! My name is Claudia Sacco and I am a MOT Coach and the MOT Coordinator at Zeekoevlei High School, in the Grassy Park area. My journey as a MOT Coach started in 2019 when MOT SA and Wynberg Rotary approached schools in the Grassy Park / Lotus River area to implement the MOT Programme. […]

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MOT Coach Blogger of the Month – Terence Klassen

Mr Terence Klassen, Principal of Fairmount Secondary School, MOT Coach and this year’s Are Hovstad Award Winner is this month’s MOT Blogger of the Month. (Read more about the Are Hovstad Award here). Here he shares his story about how MOT started and the effect of the MOT Programme on the staff, youth and community […]

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MOT Coach Blogger of the Month – Elizabeth Nel

Hi Everyone. I am Elizabeth Nel, MOT Coach from Pebbles Project and I am this month’s MOT Coach Blogger of the Month! Before attending the MOT Coaches’ Basic Education I first got to hear about MOT when I started working with Pebbles Project.  The MOT programme was being implemented at our main offices in Stellenbosch. […]

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MOT Coach Blogger of the Month – Charmaine Anthony

Hi everyone, my name is Charmaine Anthony and I am based at West Coast TVET College. I am the MOT Coach Blogger of this Month! I will be speaking about my MOT Journey and the Experience I had at the MOT Coaches’ Basic Education (training). The MOT Programme inspired me whilst I was still a […]

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MOT Coach Blogger of the Month – Tatenda Pakai

Hi Everyone. My name is Tatenda Pakai and I am a social worker at an Organisation called Pebbles Project and a newly trained MOT Coach. I was first introduced to MOT by my colleagues who are trained MOT Coaches. They felt that I would enjoy being a part of the MOT Programmes and that I […]

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MOT Coach Blogger of the Month – Marlyn Van Diemen

My journey with MOT SA started when I joined False Bay TVET College in June 2014. I signed up for the National Diploma in Educare at Mitchell’s Plain campus; not knowing what I got myself into. The best in me came out during my college life. I never knew I could score such high marks. […]

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MOT Youth Blogger of the Month – Caleb Mutombo

Check out his video below as he leaves us with an encouraging message for the year to learn from our mistakes and focus on how you can improve on them instead of focusing on the negatives. This also aligns with our MOT Tool – the Flashlights which means to shine the torch on the positives […]

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