Noel, Marilu and Maggie are pleased to announce that we’ve donated US$850 (P8,500) to Women Against Rape (WAR), a non-profit organisation based in Maun, Botswana. What does WAR do? WAR supports abused women and children and works to address the issues that contribute to their abuse. WAR’s mission is to reduce the incidences...
HELP US SUPPORT MAMMADU! Noel, Marilu and Maggie are pleased to announce that we’ve donated US$1,000 (N$15,000) to an amazing children’s organisation in Namibia. Mammadu is a children’s shelter in Otjomusie, a suburb of Windhoek, where most families live well below the poverty line. The shelter hosts 40 children who live in...
We are so happy to announce that the first $500 raised through Maggie in Africa’s charity fundraising was donated to Stepping Stones International, a US-registered charity (501(c)(3)) working to empower vulnerable youth in Botswana. Both Noel and I know Stepping Stones well, as we have previously worked and volunteered with...
Junior Achievement (JA) While working at Barclays I heard about a joint initiative that Barclays was funding in Ghana with an NGO called Junior Achievement. I asked in 2009 if it would be possible to see what the program was about and write up a report to both Barclays and...
One of the most challenging but rewarding experiences I had was in 2003 when I volunteered to work in the Kruger National Park and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park. GVI Internship SANP I was one of a dozen people from the UK and US who trialled this year working in...
