Our Elders In Our High-Risk Communities 💫 Our community elders 🔆🌈✨ Just imagine we create spaces for our elders to share their powerful wisdom and knowledge of living a resilient life in our high-risk communities and allowing our young people to lead the way for new way of being and…

The Journey Of Hope Is Seldom Tainted! I have to thank a good friend of mine for the inspiration to write this piece. We are facing the most challenging times in our high-risk communities. Repeated adverse events seem to dominate the progress for positive change. Let me share my deepest…

How do we fix the cracks in our lives? We have weaknesses that we hide from the world🔆 Only when we find ourselves alone is when we are reminded about our internal battles. I battle every day to heal from my past trauma and the forces that try to kill…

Hold On – Hold Fast (Ghetto Resilience) Let me tell you about the Ouma living on the third floor of a Council Flat. Ouma raised her kids-kids with her pension and still makes it work. Ouma gets constantly harassed by her drug-addict children but still makes it through the day…

Surviving Trauma In High-Risk Communities! I remember being down and out for a long time. Looking back on my life and the belief that life is suffering began to change my perspective and approach to my own hurdles. However, back then, the underlying wisdom from my life growing up with…

Why Mentors Are Important in PeaceBuilding! Image by Earl Mentor from PeaceJam South Africa. As we navigate through the challenges of the pandemic in South Africa, we are fortunate to have the presence of our mentors, who are always ever ready to show up powerfully as custodians for positive change…

‘Youth Leadership in Uncertain Times’ As the world grapples with unprecedented challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, young people are demonstrating their continued leadership in their communities and countries. We can argue the fact that young people are some of the most affected by the pandemic’s socio-economic impacts. …

‘We can’t build a healthy relationship on an unstable foundation…’ When we take turns diving into the deepest corners of our childhoods, it is often that we come across people who can relate to our pain and understand each other’s perspectives. I also understand that the duality between young and…

Been a tough few weeks! I’ve seen so many in our communities Emotionally, Mentally & Physically Drained due to the overwhelming challenges in our society 😔 But, no matter what, we have to push on through… ‘Our preconceived negative opinions of people that is not based on reason or actual…