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Banele Manana: Finding Purpose in the Problem

What if the problem you once struggled to overcome could become your purpose? In this episode, you’ll hear how entrepreneur and single mother Banele Manana founded the Bee an Angel Foundation to give young people something she never had: the chance to explore different careers through practical, hands-on experience. She talks about building her own…

Carol Dyanti: Growing Hope Through Community Development South Africa

This episode of This Way Up features Carol Dyanti, founder of Uzima, an organisation working in Ezimbuzini, an informal settlement on the edge of Soweto. Carol describes how she was introduced to the community and built trust with the indunas (leaders) and residents after being called in following the death of a teenager’s newborn and…