Winter always seems to highlight the stark contrast between those who have and those who don’t. Like many others, I’m sure, I often feel overwhelmed by the need I see around me. Being a bit of an over-analyser, I get …
As CEO of Funanani, a charitable trust established to break the cycle of poverty by providing services to orphaned and vulnerable children in Mamelodi, Elmien Claassens meets many remarkable people. Here, she reflects on the resilience of the children who …
There is a science to fundraising. Unbeknown to those who give to charity, their decisions and motivation are based on powerful psychological and behavioural economics. Research conducted by behavioural economist George Loewenstein and his co-authors found that donors are more …
Photo of a lady and child waiting outside a clinic in Diepsloot where the Impact Africa team were assisting with pregnancy counseling. Impact Africa provides a place for mothers to get help, in extreme situations they provide a safe place …
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 …
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