Last year, through the Different.org platform, Cherished‘s upskilling project was fully funded. As part of that project, a number of ladies were sponsored to study Home-Based Care & Palliative Care courses. This is the story of the journey of one …
Now, more than ever, there’s a pressing need to ensure that the South African economy keeps on going. A strong economy means job creation, and a high employment rate is an important predictor of political stability. On a personal level, …
It is difficult to paint the problem of unemployment in South Africa in a positive light. The bottom line is, there is an unusually high level of unemployment. We will spare you the stats, because you’ve probably seen them. Instead, …
“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… …
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 …
MES (Mould Empower Serve), a Hillbrow-based organisation, has run awareness campaigns that highlight the issue of homelessness in the past. Part of their campaigns has been to challenge the public to experience some of the obstacles homeless people experience on …
We love sharing news from our NGO partners. Jenna-Lee Strugnell of Tales of Turning gave us an update on their celebration to honour vulnerable mothers. Last week our dedicated mothers graduated from our program. To celebrate, they were awarded …
We visited MES’ GROW Hillbrow Programme earlier this week. As well as meeting some of the members of the GROW Hillbrow team, we also got to see the Ekhaya Shelter, which is also run by MES. Many of the men …
The rich red tie, neatly knotted and ready to add to its owner a sense of purpose – and maybe even importance, was contrasted starkly against the cobalt blue locker. Under this bold red tie hung a few more ties …
We caught up with Jenna-Lee Strugnell, facilitator of the Tales of Turning project, who told us a little more about what they do. During the Tales of Turning program vulnerable mothers learn to make educational toys for their children out …
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