Reach For A Dream
We’re happy to say that we’re partnering with Reach for a Dream again to help them make the dreams of 30 children come true. If you donate any amount towards this project, you stand a chance to win an exciting …
Notes From The Field: JAM South Africa
JAM SA provides sustainable solutions for issues facing a number of South Africans. While their current project on Different.org focuses on provision of water, JAM SA also has played a huge role in providing children with adequate nutrition. Jackie Vorster, …
Notes From The Field: Flying For Life
We love sharing news from our NGO partners. Gabriella Szabo, Marketing and Events Coordinator for Flying for Life, tells us why partnerships are crucial to what they do. Flying for Life journeys with many different people. We never travel alone. …
Work = Dignity
“Work itself is fundamental to how human beings realize their destiny in this world. To be deprived of work, to be unable to provide for one’s family and oneself, is to become not only economically vulnerable, but also humanly stunted…work… …
Inclusive Conservation in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
We love sharing news from our NGO partners. Mark Gerrard, the Community Conservation director of Wildlife ACT, shares with us why conservation is so important today and his passion for making a difference. South Africa, as with many countries across …
Overcoming inequality – one step at a time
First, a request. Please don’t stop reading after the sentence to follow. In 2018, the World Bank confirmed that South Africa is the world’s most economically unequal country – and that this is a major constraint to economic growth. We …
Changing the world – one policy at a time
It’s been just over three and a half years since we officially launched Different Life on the 12th of March 2015, and we just wanted to issue a big thank you to each of you for supporting Different Life, and …
The case for conservation
Ernest Hemingway made a crucial statement when saying that “the earth is a fine place, and worth fighting for”. The issue of conservation raises so many questions – especially in a country where a relatively large percentage of the human …
Healthy people, healthy economy
With less than one doctor per thousand people, and only 40% of the total health expenditure available to serve approximately 80% of South Africa’s population, it’s no exaggeration to say that the public healthcare system is over-extended. Because of this, …
The best investment you could make
Want to change South Africa and make a real impact? Statistics show that the best reward for giving comes from investing in Early Childhood Development (ECD). As well as giving children the mental stimulation and development needed to lay a …
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