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Desmond Tutu was in Denver last night as part of the Insight Speaker Series. Thanks to the organizer Elizabeth Weiland I was able to score a front row seat and access to the reception after the event.
Mr. Tutu appeared still very dynamic and energetic at the age of 76. Stil a force to reckon with. Mayor Hickenlooper introduced him as one of the most inspirational speakers of the 20th century. Read More…
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I just read another article full of disturbing facts in the German magazine Der Spiegel and have to share this with you:
The new Health Minister in South Africa, Barbara Hogan just stated: “We know that HIV can cause AIDS”. It is hard to believe but this an almost revolutionary shift in South Africa’s official policy. She also stated that the “policy of our government has failed”. FINALLY! Read More…
Posted under Gender equality, Meeting South Africa
Doing research on South Africa in support of my wonderful husband, Klaus’ vision, I came across the following:
In the United States, women have led most efforts to prevent domestic violence, this despite men playing
a critical role in setting social norms for other men and thereby being in a unique position
to influence subsequent generations. They have researched men’s views, feelings and
experiences about gender based violence and while most had been affected by it in some way, men only
showed a real willingness to intervene when it came to communicating with children –
perhaps finding them less intimidating. Read More…
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This post was written by Rashin D'Angelo on October 16, 2008
South Africa Project launched a fan page as well as a group on Facebook.
Here is what we will do and won’t do with the group and the fan page:
We will act responsibly and will never send you any spam mails. We will keep you posted about milestones for South Africa Project and let you know about major initiatives – including fund raising and awareness campaigns.
All other news will be communicated via our blog RSS feed or our Twitter feed. They will also be posted at our fan page & group but we won’t send you another message for that. Read More…
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I little recap for all the one who couldn’t make it to BarCamp Africa last weekend.
Most of the attendees were from the greater Bay Area Area but it was a very diverse crowd and some visitors came from as far a South Africa.
I arrived when everyone was standing in line to share what they wanted to talk about. Many interesting topics were presented stretching from IT development to female empowerment. I was pretty much last in line and choose “How to to use the 2010 Soccer World Cup for cause marketing projects in order to make a difference in South Africa”. There were quite some soccer fans in the crowd and the topic was well received.
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Posted under Everything Else, Meeting South Africa
Tomorrow will be my first trip to Silicone Valley – ever! I just had to wait for a valid enough reason – BarCamp Africa seems to be an event not to be missed. Attendance is limited to 175 people and the event is hosted at the Googleplex.
I have received numerous requests from people that can’t make the event to send them pictures and tell them all about it. So I will try to play reporter as good as I can. But fortunately the organizer have already published many ways how to follow the event. Read More…
Posted under Everything Else, Meeting South Africa
We found another great voice from South Africa for you. His name is Mario Olckers and he is not your average kind of guy. He is a webdesigner / programmer (we met online of course;-), and he is also fairly outspoken about political issues in his country. Mario lived for three years as a Buddhist monk in Myanmar (Birma). He belongs to the sometimes forgotten fraction of “colored” people in South Africa – belonging to neither other ethnic group.
Note:
We are using the term “colored” repeatedly in this article. South Africa’s old regime established this term for everyone that was not “black”, “white”, “indian” or “asian” during the segregation days of apartheid. We are trying to tell the story as it is an therefore decided to go ahead with this odd convention. Please learn more at this Wikipedia Article.
We are certainly not trying to hurt or offend anyone and thank you very much for your understanding.
Let’s move on to what Mario has to share with us: Read More…
Posted under Meeting South Africa
In order for you to know what to expect when following @saproject on Twitter we decided to publish a brief “Guide to Twitter”. Everyone uses Twitter their own way.
Here is how we are using it for @saproject: Read More…
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