Adrenalise focuses on helping youth that reside in communities plagued with gangsterism, drugs and violence. By accompanying the adrenaline-filled experience with a valuable life-lesson, the participant is equipped with a brand new bag of tools to make the right choices in difficult circumstances.
Adrenalise focuses on helping youth that reside in communities plagued with gangsterism, drugs and violence. By accompanying the adrenaline-filled experience with a valuable life-lesson, the participant is equipped with a brand new bag of tools to make the right choices in difficult circumstances.
To make Adrenalize a reality, we team up with various youth development programs to identify the participants (otherwise known as Adrenalisers) and various companies who sponsor the adventure-filled activities and participants.
Bridge swing
The first adventure took 10 participants aged 16 to 22, identified in conjunction with Youth Junction (a youth development organization), 350 km from Cape Town to Gourits for a BIG life experience. For some, it was the first time they had ever left Cape Town.
The bridge swing experience played on two emotions – excitement and fear – but as each took their turn, anxiety turned to laughter, joy, excitement and a lot of adrenalin. Feedback was that we all have challenges in our lives, like a bridge swing, and that we need to think before we act, make a plan and take action so that we get the best positive results.
Shark cage diving – “Get me out”
No doubt this adventure really got a lot of fear going – who wouldn’t be scared of shark cage diving? In response, the team of participants aptly named themselves Great Whites. The dive happened in Kleinbaai in FREEZING water, with most facing huge fear!
The life-skills workshop focused on the threats / fears in our lives, with everyone concluding that when we face threats, we have to seek advice from experts who know how to guide us towards making the right decisions - thereby "getting us out" of our threatening environment. By having the right attitude we can learn to equip ourselves with the tools to protect ourselves and our community from harm.
Surf’s up
The third event took 10 youths, aged 16-20, from the ganglands of Mitchells Plain to the Strand, to enjoy a fun-packed and somewhat blustery afternoon of life skills, laughter and surfing.
The life skills course looked at the qualities involved in surfing and which help ensure you ‘actually surf’: prep, practice, attitude, determination, courage, passion and many more. These qualities were then applied in a more everyday context. And then, of course, to surfing. What a moment when each guy managed to stand, even if just for a second or two. The sense of achievement was awesome, the enthusiasm large and the smiles grew wider and wider. Competitiveness started kicking in and the results were impressive! Not to mention the shifted mindsets in the feedback.