AGENTS OF CHANGE
Refugee VI
Kicking Hope Into Play: Youth come together in a league of their own
Amid cynicism in the run-up to the 2010 World Cup, Carlos Parreira, former manager of South Africa’s national soccer team Bafana Bafana, famously said: “If anything brings people together it is football.” This message rings true throughout history. Just consider Christmas Day 1914, two warring nations, England and Germany, ceased fire for a single day to play a game of kick-about across the desolate “no man’s land”. (more…)
Global Wheeling
Two-wheel world aids social empowerment and greener future
Kayden Kleinhans was working in the UK when he decided to make a serious change in his lifestyle. He packed in the suit and sedentary office work for a job as a bicycle courier in London. Impressed with the simplicity, affordability and environmental benefits of two-wheeled travel, Kleinhans realised that he’d clocked onto something good. In fact, as far as he can help it, he hasn’t travelled by any other means since. Determined to spread the bicycle gospel, Kleinhans began setting up the Global Wheeling Foundation, an organisation promoting bicycle culture as a means to environmental consciousness and social empowerment. To raise funds for the foundation, Kleinhans has embarked on a global bike ride starting in Manchester in the UK and ending at the Burning Man Festival in Nevada, United States, crossing a total of 40 countries in between. (more…)
Zip-Zap Circus School
Magic of circus art a trampoline for transforming young lives
Nineteen years ago circus performer and stunt man Brent van Rensburg and his trapeze-artist French wife, Laurence Estève, came to Cape Town with little more than a dream to help kids from all backgrounds develop the skills needed to become young leaders, good citizens and ambassadors for South Africa through the medium of circus art. Today, their Zip-Zap Circus School has more than 26 international shows under its belt, attracts sponsors from across the globe and has more than 150 students enrolled. (more…)
FROM OUR TWEEPLE
Competition
Win 1 of 2 tickets to RAMfest at The Cape Town Ostrich Ranch on the 11th of March.
Winners to be announced on Wednesday 29th February and will be notified in person.
To enter, participants need to provide their full name, telephone number and email address.
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