Navigating Hillbrow as a blind person is no easy task. Using just a cane, Nomsa Mbatha negotiates unpredictable traffic, dangerous alleyways and a complex maze of streets to find her way to the MES offices. She is about to join …
The woman in the picture below, Nomsa Mbatha, inspires us. Although almost completely blind (she navigates herself using a white cane), she is a member of the MES cleaning team and with assistance from her team mates, helps clean the …
It may be said that education is a bit of a contentious topic in South Africa. The fact that quality education is in so many cases more freely available to a privileged few is a horrible truth. Add to this …
Coal is still used widely in Tembisa for cooking and heating of homes. The Society for Animals in Distress works with communities in Tembisa to help them maintain the good health of the horses used to cart the coal.
I’ve almost died twice. On one occasion, my brain was a few hours from shutting down. As the Plasmodium Falciparum (malaria) parasites wormed their way out of my liver and into my brain, in a near coma condition I vaguely …
Amidst the busyness of life, fighting traffic, checking Facebook, Eskom telling us to use less electricity and e-tolls casting an eerie blue glow on our daily commute it is unsurprising that people feel pushed from all sides.The energy to lobby …
I’m sure it wouldn’t surprise you to learn that “low quality of tuition offered in schools in poor communities can entrench exclusion and marginalization”, miring people in a “poverty trap” – which is what a local study on the matter …
It can never be said that the value of education is doubted. However, there is something more obvious which needs to be addressed before education can make a positive impact in a child’s life. According to statistics, approximately 10 percent …
Our project manager, Simone, recently visited one of our partner NGOs, the Refilwe Community Project, which is running a project that provides adults and children from the nearby Joe Slovo community with free eye testing and glasses, if needed. These …
At the end of 2014, the Gumbi Community made history by being the first community-owned game reserve in South Africa to introduce a pack of endangered African wild dog onto their land. Less than a year later the pack’s sustainability …
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