Our Programs
NCC provides extensive programs and services to Yonkers and the Lower Hudson Valley region in New York, South New Jersey and abroad. We address many social ills and work tirelessly to empower our children and families to live their best lives in a safe and healthy manner.
GATEWAY BULLY PREVENTION PROGRAM
NCC’s Bully Prevention Program was launched in January 2015 and teaches youth, ages 8-15 about the dangers of bullying and the long-lasting negative impact it leaves upon victims. The program operates Monday through Friday from 2:30pm to 5:30pm. For more information, please contact:
Rudy Coombs, Program Coodinator
ncc_rcoombs@yahoo.com, 914.439.6532
COMPREHENSIVE ADOLESCENCE PREGNANCY PREVENTION PROGRAM (CAPP)
CAPP was launched in 2010 and serves children ages 9 – 15 years old. This program focuses on risky behaviors that challenge this age group and provides alternatives. The program operates Monday through Friday from 2:30pm to 5:30pm. For more information, please contact:
Shanika Williams, Program Coordinator
ncc_shanika@yahoo.com , 914.965.0206
STREETWORK PROJECT
This program operates Monday through Saturday. The program serves youths of all ages, and a Weekend Learning Center Saturdays 9am to 4pm (Educational/tutorial assistance, cultural awareness activities and social interactive skills). The After-School component operates Monday through Friday from 2:30pm to 6:00pm, and provides homework assistance, remedial instruction, and social interactive skill development. The Summer Camp operatives Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 5:30pm July & August.
Kevin Cooper, Athletic Director
ncc_bigcooper@yahoo.com, 914.419.5085
GATEWAY SUMMER CAMP ACHIEVERS
NCC’s Summer Camp is housed at Nepperhan Center Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm during July and August. Campers work with teachers on academic enrichment activities, reading/literacy, STEM activities, health/nutrition activities, arts and crafts, and daily field trips. For more information, please contact:
Peacola Umana, Camp Director
peacolau111@yahoo.com, (914) 343-0558
GLADIATORS YOUTH TACKLE FOOTBALL
Our Youth Tackle Football Program serves children 5- 15 years of age. The program operates year rond and competes in the American Football League. For more information, please contact:
Ralph McKinney. Head Football Coach
914.413.8478
NCC GATEWAY COMMUNITY CHORUS
The Gateway Community Chorus was started in the Summer of 2015 as part of Dr. Bostic’s overall vision to have a community showcase choir for the agency. The community chorus members range in age from 9 to 17 years old. Rehearsals are every Monday and Wednesday, from 3:00pm to 6:00pm at NCC. For more information, please contact:
Joseph P. Wilson, Director
percys45@yahoo.com, 914.623.3419
SENIOR GROUP #15
Every Tuesday and Thursday between 10:00am and 4:00pm, our seniors come together where they receive lunch, participate in arts and crafts, have health and nutrition workshops, aerobics, fitness exercises, play cards, and periodically take trips. For more information, please contact:
Pat Manson, President
914.965.0203
RUSHIN DO KARATE SCHOOL
This program teaches the art of self-defense to children ages 4-12, with an intentional focus on self-discipline. Classes are held every Tuesday evening at 7:00pm and every Saturday morning at 10:00am. Each class lasts one hour. For more information, please contact:
Sensei Sean Seawright, Instructor
914.943.9581
NEPPA GALLERY SUMMER BASKETBALL PROGRAM
Days of operation: Tuesdays and Thursdays during the summer months; and Mondays and Wednesdays from December through March. Participants are 17-26 years old. This program provides a tough recreational basketball league as the hook, for intensive, job readiness training, career counseling, educational assistance, and job searching technique workshops.
Robert Richardson, Director
ninetyfour50@aol.com
NEPPERHAN GHANA
Nepperhan’s Gateway Afterschool Academy was launched in the summer of 2014 for 275 students at the Carl Ericson Roman School in Ekumfi Edumaafa. The Academy has expanded to three different locations in Ghana serving approximately 1,000 children and families. For more information, contact:
King Nana Kobina Amua Sekyii II ,
afterschool@gmail.com
233.26.516.3128
NEPPERHAN CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Nepperhan’s Gateway Afterschool Academy was launched in the summer of 2014 at the Nepperhan Millennium School of Excellence and serves 260 students in Côte d’Ivoire. The Academy has expanded to two additional locations on the Ivory Coast serving approximately 1,000 children and families. For more information, contact: King Nana Kobina Amua Sekyii II , afterschool@gmail.com
233.26.516.3128
NEPPERHAN HAITI
Nepperhan’s extensive experience in the sport of basketball has contributed to the development of Haiti’s first national basketball team, which is vying to qualify for the Olympics by 2020. Nepperhan has provided financial assistance to hundreds of orphaned children through the Global Youth Initiative. For more information, please contact: Jason Valbrun,
JavalBrun@yahoo.com ,
509.3793.5050
NEPPERHAN BURKINA FASO
Nepperhan Center has embarked upon in partnership with Pastor Karim Zongo
Building two facilities in Burkina Faso, one a Women’s Empowerment Center, and
The other a Youth Center.
Pastor Karim Zongo,
ZOKASBYGRACE@gmail.com
NEPPERHAN TANZANIA
In Partnership with the Dar es Salaam Pentecostal Church, Nepperhan will be expanding its Gateway Afterschool Academies to Dar es Salaam for approximately four hundred children And families.
Pastor Abel & Getrude Majaliwa
01125578209116
Nepperhan Zambia
We have been working closely with Pastor Landy Amofa Sekyii to transplant our Gateway
Afterschool model in Lusaka Zambia.
Pastor Landy Amofa Sekyii
blessedmod@yahoo.co.uk
011260973313296