DEWORMING AND THE CLEAN GREEN SQUEEZE BOTTLE
DIRECTED and EDITED by JEMIMA SPRING
TX 23 August 2010
This is a great story because it shows how a simple, inexpensive solution can be found for a big problem that affects mainly disadvantaged kids. It’s not a cure-all, but has been shown to make a BIG difference. And that solution [...]
KWANDWE PRIVATE GAME RESERVE
DIRECTED by ALETTE SCHOON
EDITED by TINA-LOUISE SMITH
TX 16th August 2010
Game reserves in South Africa have an unpleasant legacy of people being thrown off land in order to turn the area into a playground for the rich. Kwandwe Private Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape near Grahamstown has decided to do things differently. [...]
LITTLE CHAMPS
DIRECTED by Jacqueline van Meygaarden
EDITED by Jemima Spring and Bauke Brouwer
TX date: 2 August 2010
We love Masupatsela who work with children because this is simply the best investment in a country’s or a society’s future that one can make. It’s a cliché but it’s true. Little Champs was one of the first projects we [...]
ILITHALOMSO
DIRECTED and EDITED by TINA-LOUISE SMITH
TX 26th July 2010
Ilithalomso (the light of dawn in Xhosa) is a non-profit organisation that was formed by the members of Masiphumelele and Kommetjie in 2003 in response to the unnecessary build-up of non-recyclable and recyclable rubbish on local beaches. The Ilithalomso recycling project is one of many projects under [...]
LEAP
DIRECTED and EDITED by TINA-LOUISE SMITH
TX 19th July 2010
LEAP originally stood for Langa Education Assistance Programme, a volunteer driven project started by John Gilmour in the 1990s under apartheid to provide extra tuition to black learners from Langa. Today LEAP is used metaphorically to suggest the growth the learners experience. LEAP Science and Maths School, [...]
EDITH MVELASE (RHODES PARK LIBRARY)
DIRECTED by JACQUELINE VAN MEYGAARDEN
EDITED by JEMIMA SPRING
TX 12 July 2010
Edith Mvelase laughs as she says: “People ask me where I get the energy from. I don’t know where, but I do have it.”
Edith is one of those trailblazing individuals who has the innate ability to make a difference. An opportunity [...]
ISIBINDI
DIRECTED by ALETTE SCHOON
EDITED by TINA-LOUISE SMITH
TX 7th June 2010
Isibindi is a social franchise for doing child and youth care work with orphans and vulnerable children. It is called a franchise because organisations adopt a tried and tested model that is supported by government and funders with strict standards set for the monitoring of the [...]
NOSAKHELE HIV and AIDS PROJECT
DIRECTED and EDITED by JEMIMA SPRING
This is the story of a woman who is using her gift for healing, not to enrich herself, but to help other people. She is an integral part of her community and is not only playing a role in healing people, but in bringing people together [...]
THE CLEAN SHOP
DIRECTED by JACQUELINE VAN MEYGAARDEN
EDITED by TINA-LOUISE SMITH
TX 24th May 2010
Trevor Mulaudzi came from a family that believed in the power of education. Having worked hard at school and grown up to be a geologist, Trevor was incredulous when he spotted school children walking about the streets of Rustenberg during school hours. He [...]
MEN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
DIRECTED and EDITED by JEMIMA SPRING
TX 17th May 2010
The men who stand along the side of the road looking for work are such a common feature in South Africa’s landscape that we often drive by without giving them a second thought. Many of these men have skills that make [...]