UMUNTU - A bulletin in black and white for friends and funders of the Other Foundation

 

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March 2021

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umuntu is a bulletin in black and white for friends and funders of the Other Foundation.

Everyone should be free to live a safe and dignified life, have a family and make their contribution to society. The Other Foundation works to change the views, practices and institutions that prevent people - because of who they are or who they love - from being able to do that in southern Africa. We gather support for those who are working to advance equality and social inclusion of homosexual and bisexual women and men, as well as transgender and intersex people - and we give support in a smart way that helps groups to work better for lasting change.

Another Step Closer to Equality and Freedom for All The Other Foundation joins the world in celebrating and commemorating International Women's Day Photo by Jessica Felicio on Unsplash The Foundation thanks all of you who took the time and made the effort to share with us your ideas about the kind of projects that require funding so as to take our region another step closer to equality and freedom for all. A total of 340 applications were received from 14 countries, requesting approximately ZAR 39 million. Read more... Peer Review Workshop From 1 – 3 March 2021 a panel of 11 peer reviewers of grant applicants from 7 countries participated in the Peer Reviewers Workshop. The Foundation extends a heartfelt thank you to all these peer reviewers who have continued the tradition of the Foundation's participatory grant making practice, including one peer reviewer who isn't profiled because of security concerns in their home country. Read more... Safer Internet Day The Other Foundation joined the globe in marking and celebrating Safer Internet Day on 9 February 2021, with the theme of "Together for a better internet". The day called upon all internet users to join together to make the internet a safer and better place for all, and especially for children and young people. Read more...

Where the Money Goes Housing Hope for Queer People in Bulawayo Photo by:  Lina Trochez  on Unsplash The Voice of the Voiceless (VOVO) in Bulawayo has created a safe space for members of the queer community in the city, and stability for itself as an organization through the securing of an office property. The house, which is an office for the organization, is a disability inclusive walk-in centre that offers a wide range of services and activities including wellness and psycho-social support, capacity building, art, a resource centre, documentation and media, movement building and advocacy. Read more... Media: The Right Hand of Equality and Freedom Supportive and affirming coverage of the LGBTI community in the media is a crucial ingredient in creating progressive societies that are informed, sensitive to and inclusive of queer people. Now more than ever before, LGBTI individuals are organizing themselves with new groups being established in every country in our region. The ability of these groups to engage with the media will go a long way in increasing their visibility and promote advocacy for their recognition, inclusion and participation in society. Read more... Yesterday's Learning, Today's Action Findings from “The Untold Stories of the Closet”, a documentary by Health 4 Men in partnership with the Other Foundation that formed part of the grant project Khulula in 2018, surfaced many issues in the LGBTI community in eSwatini, such as social exclusion and homophobic discrimination in the family. Health 4 Men used these findings to inform its most recent reiteration of the project, Khulula 2, which sought to address these issues and their underlying causes. Read more...

Meet Our Team Michelle Adams Finance Manager Michelle joined our team from the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) where she was a management accountant. She previously worked as an accountant for several private companies. She completed her SAIPA professional evaluation examination to be certified as a professional accountant, after completing a Bachelor of Commerce degree in financial accounting at Stellenbosch University. Katlego Chibamba Grantmaking Officer Katlego is the founder of Gays and Lesbians of Rustenburg (GLOR). Most recently he worked as a project assistant for the HIV/AIDS curriculum integration project of the Higher Education AIDS initiative, at the University of South Africa (UNISA), in Pretoria. Katlego also produced and presented a radio show for the UNISA radio station, in addition to working as an assistant student counsellor.

The Other Foundation is grateful for the support it has received from: AARON SCHWINDT – AGNES NYGREN – ALAN ROBERTS – ALBERT LOUW – ALEX ZIMPER – AMANDA GEYER – ANDILE MZINYATI – ANDREA MAHARAJ – ANDREW HOWARD – ANN-MARIE GOLIATH – ANNIEMIEK RECOURT – ANTOINE PAPAYYA – ASHLEY GREEN-THOMPSON – AYANDA BALLENSIEFEN – BARBARA BOHLE – BATANANA VUNDLA – BERNETT KOOPMAN – BLANCHE TING – BOKANG MAROBA – BONGANI BINGWA – BONGANI KHUMALO – BONGILE LECOGE – BONGINKOSI MAHALA – BRADLEY FORTUIN – BRENDA YENI – BRETT PYPER – BRIAN HLONGWA – BRIAN OLSON – BRIAN SIBEKO – CARINA CAPITINE – CARL WOCKE – CARLA SUTHERLANDS – CAROLINA SHIELDS – CAROLINA SHIELDS – CATHERINE TSHABANGU – CHESLIN TWIGG – CHRIS NESSLING – CHRIS TAUTE – COBUS BENADE – CONRAD VAN BREDA – CRAIG ABRAHAMS – CRAIN SOUDIEN – DANA GAMPEL – DANIEL VAN WYK – DARRYL HOWARD – DAVID DAVIDS – DEAN EBDEN – DEBORAH BAILEY – DEON GROENEWALD – DIMITRI MARTINS – DONALD NXUMALO – EBEN LASSEN – ELIDJA SITOE – EMMA KAYE – EUSEBIUS MCKAISER – EVANS MOJANAGA – FANNEY TSHIMONG – FEISAL ISRAEL – GARTH FRENCH – GAYLENE PETERS – GEORGE MURUMBA – GLENDA NOEMDOE – HARRIET TOLPUTT – HAZEL DE WET – HEINE VAN WYK – HELOISE SMITH – ISABEL GOODMAN – ISRAEL MQINGWANA – ITAI MUNYARADZI – ITUMELENG MAMABOLO – JACKIE HLONGWANE – JEAN MAKOLA – JEAN MAKOLA – JODY JACOBS – JOE MABILO – JOELINE HLONGWA – JOHAN FOURIE – JOHAN MING – JOHN FRENCH – JORG HASSENBACH – JOSEPH ROCK – JP POTGIETER – JULIANE HIESGEN – JUNIOR SIDZUMO – JUSTIN GOODMAN – KAITLIN DAVID – KARABO NOINYANE – KATLEGO CHIBAMBA – KEITH MUKAMI – KEVIN CHANG – KGOMOTSO KGASI – KHOLEKILE NDAMASE – KOBUS BOOYSEN – KONOSOANG KAY – LALI MOLEYA – LEBO MOTHIBE – LEE-ANN CHAIN – LERATO MOLEFE – LESEGO NGOBENI – LINDA JACOBS – LIOPELO MAPHATHE – LOUIS FOURIE – LUCAS MOSUWE – LUCKYBOY MKHONDWANE – LUIZ DE BARROS – MAKGANO MAMABOLO – MAMOHALE DIMEMA – MARC VAN BERGEN – MARINUS TERBLANCHE – MARION GREEN-THOMPSON – MARTIN ZULU – MARY SIMONS – MDU QWABE – MELODY MEMELA – MELUSI TSHABALALA – MICHAEL THEMBA – MICHAEL EDDY – MIGUEL DE BRITO – MPHO THULARE – MPHO MATSIPA – MPHO KUNGOANE – NDUDUZO NYANDA – NEIL MAYER – NEO MODISAKENG – NEVILLE MOUNTJOY – NEVILLE GABRIEL – NHLANHLA NDABA – NKULULEKO NZIMANDE – NOLAN VAN ROOY – NONTOKOZO MADONSELA – NORMAN MEKGOE – NTOMBI KUNENE – ODETTE RAMSIGHN – ODWA ABRAHAM – OGAGA UDJO – OLWETHU MLAWU – OLWETHU MLAWU – OUMA TEMA – OWEN MOKOENA – PATRICIA WATSON – PATRICK DE BREE – PEDRO RAMOS – PETER GEYER – PETROS ABRAHAM – PHILLIP MOEPYA – PHILLIP KATEMBO – PHUMI MASHIGO – PIERRE BUCKLEY – PIETER BASSON – RESHOKETSWE MOSUWE – RINALDO BOTHA – RUAN GOURLEY – RYAN VOLKYN – SAKKIE PRETORIUS – SANDRA SIANE – SANDY MOUNTJOY – SEBENZILE NKAMBUHLE – SEGABE DITODI – SELLO NZAMA – SELLO NZAMA – SHAKA SISULU – SHAUN VILJOEN – SHAUN BOOTH – SHEKESHE MOKGOSI – SHEREEN JAMES – SIBUSISO MALUNGA – SIBUSISO MALUNGA – SIMO MVINJELWA – SIPHO MTHATHI – SIPHOKAZI NOMBANDE – SISANDA MSEKELE – SIYA NTSALUBA – SPENCER ECKSTEIN – STEFAN RIEKERT – STIAN LUDIK – SUE SOAL – SUPRIYA KALIDAS – TAKALANI MADZHADZHI – TEBOHO KLASS – TEMBA KALI – TERRENCE THONDHLANA – THABISA HANISE – THABISO RATALANE – THAMI O'BRIAN – THAPELO SEKOMA – THATO DIKGALE – THATO LETLAPE – THULI MAHONGA – THULI METHULA – TINASHE ZIGOMO – TOM MKHWANAZI – TOM MKWANAZI – TUMELO KADIKA – TUMELO PHAMANE – TUMI MOHALE – TYRON POULTER – VIRGINIA MAGWAZA – VISTA KALIPA – VIVA LILES-WILKIN – WAYNE MEE – WELISWA RADEBE – WINSTON BECKFORD – WYNAND ENGELBRECHT – XHANTI PAYI – XOLELWA MSHUBEKI – YOLISWA MAKHASI – ZACK BOTHA – ZAI LOURENSE – ZAMO ZONDI – ZANELE MABENA – ZINGAPHI NGEWU – ZINI GODDEN – ZINTLE NWABISE – ZIYANDA MAJOZI T1087/2013G | 168-094NPO | PBO930056168 Miguel DE BRITO [Mozambique] | Nalumino LIKWASI [Zambia] Isabella MATAMBANADZO [Zimbabwe] | Alice MOGWE [Botswana] | Alan MSOSA [Malawi] Xhanti PAYI [South Africa] | Paula SEBASTIAO [Angola] | Neville GABRIEL (CEO)

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Trans Day of Visibility: Free Story Resource

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Role Model Stories: Holly's Story is free to mark TDOV   We have made 'Holly's Story', a Role Model Stories video and teacher resource, free of charge to mark Trans Day of Visibility on 31 March and support in-class lessons.   The unique and powerful messages in Role Model Stories allows teachers anywhere to educate about LGBT+ identities, the impact of bullying and how to embrace difference and include everyone. Holly's Story highlights her lived experience as a trans woman.   Holly's Story   Holly shares her story about coming out as a transgender woman and how she didn’t get the support she needed to live as her true self until later in life. She describes coming out to her parents at 14 but then not talking about it again until much later. She eventually came out to her then girlfriend who supported her to come out to others in her life. She now lives in London and is married to her wife and is living the life she dreamed she’d be able to live.   Learning Objective Students will be able to explain what it means to be transgender and define gender identity, sex assigned at birth, sexual orientation and gender expression. Students will be able to reflect on what support someone may need if they wanted to come out.   This resource was created for Year 9+, is subtitled in English (UK) and contains:   Discussion questions and activities Challenge questions and activities Extension ideas Further resources, support and guidance A glossary of useful terms Curriculum links 7-minute LGBT+ storytelling video   Holly's Story is available to stream with unlimited access until 5 April.   For a sample of Holly's Story, click here.   if you would like more information on how to use the service or any other questions please email us at video@diversityrolemodels.org   We hope Holly's Story can support you to educate your students about Transgender Day of Visibility and the lived experience of the trans community.   Thanks,   Jac Bastian Head of Education       Diversity Role Models St Anne's Church 55 Dean Street London W1D 6AF     Diversity Role Models is a registered charity number 1142548 and a company limited by guarantee number 07640644 This email was sent to jf@gpn.one You received this email because you have opted-in to receive general updates about the work that DRM does and how you can personally support us. For information about how we use your personal data, please see our privacy notice for mailing list recipients. Change which types of emails you receive from us here   Unsubscribe from all emails from us here     © 2020 Diversity Role Models

Monthly highlight of our members: David Rigby, Geoffrey Watson & Jean-François Dor

David Rigby is an international keynote speaker, trainer, consultant, and executive coach.  With his team he developed a coaching and training practice focusing on behavioural preference profiling, leadership, diversity, team building, coaching, personal branding, presentation, communication and customer service. He is based in Spain and UK. He uses his communications skills as a UK radio presenter and producer and has written over 40 articles for his lifestyle column for Al Arabiya News. He established strategic partnerships with organisations in UK, Spain and Middle East.

He is a founding director of Smart Coaching & Training. Based in Bristol, UK working with a few trusted associates. He established the UAE office and team. With representation in UK, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Morocco and Middle East. We offer fundamentals: Coaching and Mentoring, Training and Development, Keynote Speaking, Talking and Writing, Consulting and Facilitation. And Specialisms:  Behavioural Preference Profiling, Psychosocial Adult Development, Diversity, Inclusion, Intercultural Globality: Diversity, Inclusion and Teams, Wellness at Work, Psychological Safety.

 

One our associates and fellow member was the late Dr David Clive Price and we are currently working on ways of preserving his impressive legacy. https://www.smartcoachingtraining.com/dr-david-clive-price

 

In his spare time David learns Spanish, plays piano, loves karaoke and sings bossa novas on the beach front with his guitarist Victor.  https://www.smartcoachingtraining.com

 

Geoffrey Watson:

All my books (two more in production) are available from me (contact e-mail Geoff.watson14@btinternet.com) for details – or they can be purchased direct from Amazon.co.uk

They contain photos of the ships I have seen, or worked on - together with the histories of what happened to them. The Royal Yacht Britannia features – sailing from London.

 

Jean-François Dor:

Not only the founder of GPN and various other Networks in the World. 

Jean-François is a Professional with Public Relations, Catering Consultancy &  Events experience.

​I get people together and make it happen.

"Life is too short to get bored"

"I am easily satisfied with the very best"

My experience in international hospitality, event management, public relations, charity and marketing with varied established contacts across these sectors worldwide allows my clients to benefit from professional expertise and be steps ahead of their competition.

Individuals or businesses: whatever your needs or budget, I contribute to your success.

https://jfdor.org/