Vezokuhle Youth Development Project (VYDP) was conceived in October 1999, after a workshop by the Project for Conflict Resolution and Development (PCRD) at Ithembelihle High School, in Port Elizabeth. The objective of the workshop was to empower participants with life skills such as decision-making skills, goal-setting skills & HIV AIDS awareness etc. Since then the members of VYDP have continued to enhance and refine their skills with ongoing and intensive training from several service providers, Port Elizabeth Technikon (now NMMU) is one of those institutions. After thorough training and research, VYDP has designed programmes as a development strategy to be used in the delivery of viable, sustainable training for the youth of the Nelson Mandela Metro (NMMM) and the broader community of the Eastern Cape Province. Today this dynamic youth driven organization through its programmes is reaching numerous youth viz youth in school, youth in prisons, out of school youth (unemployed), and those infected and affected by HIV AIDS. VYDP Corporate Governance constitutes of: Six full time staff members that are contracted for a period of one year.Six field workers for the organization who are paid a stipend.Board of Directors who act as a strategic team and decision makers of the organization, these board members meet regularly to discuss and strategize the future and the sustainability of the organization.Fisher Hoffman PKF, an Accounting and Auditing Company manage VYDP’s finances.