Jennifer Bruce
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British Red Cross - Azima's story
Azima is a mother of two and an asylum seeker from Nigeria. She can't return to Nigeria because her son, Zabur, has cerebral palsy and in Nigeria there is a belief that disabled children are evil. Zabur was kidnapped twice when he was a baby.
If she is granted leave to remain in the UK Azima wants to become a carer for disabled children.
Being an asylum seeker can be lonely, Azima has no family in the UK.
The British Red Cross is helping Azima and her sons while they wait to hear whether they will be able to stay in the UK.
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Mo & the Disposable Boys
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Mo and the Disposable Boys is a story about a principal named Mo and his fight to keep open a school that saves teenage boys from the claws and bullets of the notorious Cape Town gangs. The Ottery Youth Care Centre is home to teenage boys most of whom grew up in broken homes on South Africa's Cape Flats, a remnant of Apartheid’s sinister geography, where mothers position beds around their homes...
Lusaka's Young Women Entrepreneurs
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This is an inspiring story about a 19 year old girl in Lusaka, Zambia who, like many other young women in Africa, is her family's only hope for survival. Annetty Chama searched for a job for 2 years, when her older brother who supported the family passed away her family's situation became desperate. A phone call, a mobile money entrepreneur training programme and the 'Girl Effect' changed EVERY...
REAL VOICES Mavis Kapanga
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Mavis Kapanga talks about Zoona's entrepreneur training and development programme for young women from poor communities in Lusaka, Zambia and how it helped her start her own business.
Jennifer Bruce - Showreel 2017
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Jennifer Bruce is an award winning photojournalist and videographer with over 10 years experience in news and the non profit sector. Jennifer has focused her skills on humanitarian and environmental advocacy in Africa. Dedicated and passionate about visual storytelling she has travelled across the world covering disaster relief and the most urgent social issues of our time. Jennifer has worked ...
Big Box Containers
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Big Box Containers is one of the biggest privately owned container rental, sales and conversion companies in Africa. When they're not expertly converting and customising containers to create and use space in innovative ways Big Box Containers sponsor and actively participate in a range of cycling, running and swimming events, from the AfricanX TrailRun to the Night Trail Series and the popular ...
350Africa Divest Cape Town Campaign 2017
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Between the 5th May and the 13th May 2017 hundreds of South Africans stood alongside people across the globe, to demand that our institutions do what is necessary for climate action by divesting from fossil fuels.
Khayelitsha Christian Academy Graduation
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Khayelitsha is a township in Cape Town, South Africa. Overcoming poverty and crime is a major challenge for the children growing up there. 5 years ago, a small group of residents were inspired by the idea that grass roots movements where the best way to achieve transformation that lasts. They did this by starting a school. Most importantly, it had to be self-sustaining. Today, the school educat...
Parkscape - Carols by Candlelight
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A South African community from Cape Town celebrates their culture, community and the festive season through Parkscape's Carols on the Common event. Parkscape, a community based organisation in Cape Town, South Africa, held their Carols on the Common event on the 11th December 2016. Members of the community gathered together at the Tokai Common for an evening of seasonal cheer, light and song.
An Extraordinary Fairtrade Story
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Discover a magical wine world in one of South Africa's premier wine regions and home to Du Toitskloof Wines. Du Toitskloof was established by six wine farmers as a co-operative winery in 1962. Today it has 22 members, many of them second-generation descendants of the founding members. They all live in a close-knit community within a radius of 10 km from the cellar and all take a close interest ...
Saving Tokai Forest
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The felling of pine trees in Cape Town's Lower Tokai Forest began on the morning of 30th August 2016. Residents arrived to discover entrances to the forest cordoned off and warning signs to stay out of the forest posted to the fence. Angry residents claim the proper public consultation process was not followed by South African National Parks (SANParks). The area in question is a pine plantation...
Brave Little Hearts - Cape Town, South Africa
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Every day, all over the world, thousands and thousands of photographs are taken. So much so one could question how much impact this art form still retains. At the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, retired Royal Air Force pilot Wouter van Warmelo, however, proves the power of photography still exists. He has taken more than 10 400 photographs of children as p...