There is a generation growing up without anyone showing them who they are, what they carry, or where they are going. Not because they are lost — but because no one stayed long enough to show them the way.
One6Teen exists for that generation. We are a faith-driven youth movement committed to raising young leaders who walk in confidence and impact their world with integrity and purpose. We step into schools, communities, and broken spaces — not with programmes, but with presence.
Through mentorship, school outreach, and leadership development, we help young people heal from broken identity, discover their God-given calling, and live boldly. We believe every young person carries divine potential. Our mission is to awaken it, nurture it, and release it — to transform families, schools, and nations.
This is not a resource problem. It is a formation problem. And One6Teen is the answer.
Not every young person enters through the same door. Every path leads to the same destination: identity, character, and courageous leadership.
Structured, recurring groups in high schools and communities where young people are formed by consistent, caring adults who show up week after week.
Faith-centred creative gatherings using music, arts, and expression as vehicles for healing, identity, and belonging.
Monthly evenings of worship held in a private home. Intimate, warm, and deeply relational. 20-40 people. Real community.
Formation and worship taken directly onto campuses where students navigate identity without the support structures they had in school.
Honest conversations for fathers and father figures about presence, purpose, and what the next generation needs from the men in their lives.
Monthly conversations about fatherhood, identity, faith, and courage. Raw. Honest. Timely.
Our flagship talent showcase. A stage where young people perform, express, and are genuinely celebrated. Courage through creative expression.
Every day at 1:16pm, people across South Africa pause to pray for the next generation. A simple act. A movement.
Our flagship personal formation journey. A structured, immersive experience taking a young person to a deep sense of identity and purpose.
No one is too young to lead. No one is too experienced to still need guidance. Everyone in the chain is simultaneously being poured into and pouring out.
Close enough in age to be relatable. Far enough ahead to be relevant. University students step back into high schools as peer mentors bringing lived experience and a presence no adult can replicate.
Within the school, senior learners are trained and deployed as peer mentors. Same corridors. Same culture. Intentional leadership activated, structured, and consistent.
Every young person being mentored today is a future mentor. As they grow, they move up the chain. The movement multiplies through people, not budget.
Once a year. Every generation. Something permanent.
The Formation Camp is One6Teen's annual gathering. For three days, youth, fathers, and mentors step out of their ordinary environments and into something intentional.
It is not a programme. It is an encounter where walls come down, where fathers speak honestly to their children, and where young people discover something about themselves they could not find anywhere else.
Youth, dads, and mentors in the same space, around the same fire, in the same movement. The generation gap closes here.
Every activity exists to create genuine human presence. Adults who are fully there. Young people who feel fully seen.
Three days of intentional formation. Being asked the questions that matter, being challenged, being celebrated.
The camp ends with a commissioning. Every person leaves with purpose and an accountability partner to carry it with them.
One6Teen's developing community of performance artists, singers, musicians, and creatives being intentionally mentored, trained, and prepared for real platforms.
This is not entertainment for its own sake. It is formation through exposure, and exposure through excellence.
The 116 Collective performs at corporate events, embassy functions, gala dinners, and high-profile platforms. Every performance is formation through the discipline of craft and the experience of a real stage.
Stop. Pray. Believe for the next generation.
Every day at 1:16pm, a growing community across South Africa and beyond pauses for one moment — to intercede for the young people who need it most. No registration. No membership. Just one minute. One prayer. One generation.
ROMANS 1:16 · FOR I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL
Sponsor a Mentorship Circle. Send employees as trained mentors. Fund UNASHAMED Night. Create internships for 116 alumni. Gain measurable CSR impact and a genuine connection to the next generation.
PARTNER WITH US ->Host a Living Room Session. Mobilise your congregation as mentors. Partner in Dads Talks. We bring the curriculum and structure. You open the door.
GET IN TOUCH ->No formal qualification required. Just character, consistency, and a genuine commitment to showing up for young people. All mentors receive training and support.
APPLY TO MENTOR ->One6Teen operates directly in high schools running Mentorship Circles, formation sessions, and the Pass It Down model. If you are a principal or teacher, let us talk.
CONTACT US ->It costs approximately R2,540 per person per year to run One6Teen's full mentorship programme, and R1,795 per person for the Formation Camp.
Whether you want to partner, volunteer, book the 116 Collective, open your school, or simply find out more, the door is always open.