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Is your organisation contributing towards progressive change, developing or supporting community projects and youth development? Enter for the @SAPBAwards #PlayYourPart category which celebrates active citizenship and innovative social programmes. Visit: bit.ly/2SL9yTX
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Want to give your time? Pledge to volunteer or access wonderful opportunities, through verified charities, through @GEMproject_ @forgoodSA @browniepointsSA #GivingTuesdaySA
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I've been thinking a lot about time and its value. Effectively, whatever we do in life, there's a price attached to it. That price is how much time - how much of our lives - we're willing to give up to do it.
Residents of Jozi took up the challenge in Phiri, Soweto yesterday and collected more than 700 bags of waste!
You too can #ActForChange in your community by signing up for Africa’s Biggest Cleanup Event before 18 July -> actforchange.africa/
Meet the incredible, Charmaine Smith - facilitator at @LadlesofLove , a roving soup kitchen, which aims to feed the homeless & other needy people in the Cape Town CBD: goo.gl/4RLRD6
E-meet Bathabile Lekhuleni, the driving force behind The Mamelodi Initiative, an NPO focused on providing educational programmes for underprivileged youth in the township of Mamelodi: goo.gl/kESYGP
A warm welcome to the incredible Khanya Memela from @MihandzuLearn. Her org's primary goal is to improve learners’ understanding in maths & IT, & improve the quality of school life for learners by holistically servicing their partner schools: goo.gl/QvYffe #GEMHeroes
#SharleenHaupt is the Academic Portfolio Manager at the @LifeMatters_SA (LMF), an NPO working at under-privileged schools in Cape Town. Find out how LMF assists learners to reach their full potential by providing academic & life-skills support: goo.gl/McD3ma
Sophie & Louise Kanza of @CandyCraftsDay are not just talking the talk. They're putting their words into action & mobilising our youth for a better tomorrow. See #how & #why here: goo.gl/2U8gUe 💎
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We started our 1st #Java bootcamp in Vuwani. It's been heartbreaking to realise how wide the digital gap is 4 #rural communities. In this group we have youth with Matric who didn't know how to use a mouse or type. We are breaking the cycle of disadvantage. #Raisingaspirations
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We have partnered with @pads4africa for National Menstruation Day in #Kinshasa 🇨🇩
This projects seeks to educate females & denounce the taboo associated to #MenstruationMatters
Get involved! Deets on poster.
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As irritated as people get with informal recyclers they are doing more than most citizens in the city to clean up and make the recycling system work ♻️ @missearth_sa @CleanerJoburg #Aresebetseng @ChangeAgentSA @HermanMashaba @NicoDeJager64
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Community work builds social cohesion. It's such an important part of our discourse as a nation & a people. Humbled to work with children & community members through @missearth_sa ~engaging in #Diepsloot with children ahead of tomorrow's #AReSebetseng ♻️
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After our event last Saturday each child got their very own tube of toothpaste! A huge Thank You to all our volunteers for ensuring, as always, that our event ran smoothly and that everyone walked away smiling - literally! 😃😃😃
Meet 20 extraordinary youth who are breaking barriers & building bridges to create a more just, equitable world. bit.ly/2uU3Zpn
Next generation South Africa, here we go!
Is the world ready? #GEMProject #PlayYourPart
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On this Valentines day, volunteer tutors of the ASSIST set out to spread love❤️ in the form of service to our learners in Alex. What a glorious session it was! The ASSIST is fiercely taking on 2018 and we are just getting started! #MovingForward #Lov… ift.tt/2nfQUCj






























