Love to Learn

Two of our lovely ladies took part in a Financial Education Workshop this week, held in Johannesburg and facilitated by Old Mutual. We were invited as part of the Old Mutual Legends Programme - an enterprise development initiative of the Old Mutual Foundation we are proudly taking part in. This initiative is developed and implemented on Old Mutual’s behalf by Fetola Mmoho and is currently benefiting Black-owned businesses and community projects in five provinces with the vision to ‘Change lives for the better, forever’.

Our ladies Charlene and Bogadi came back feeling very motivated after their workshop and I believe these are the types of initatives that can really make a sustainable difference - not only to the ladies lives but - to the community as a whole. As I’ve said before the ladies battle to see ‘the future’ and work from hand-to-mouth, so it wasn’t easy for them to put down their needles and attend a workshop - when they could be earning an income instead.

Through Heartfelt we're slowly-slowly teaching the ladies to acquire what is needed to develop their skills and educate themselves and their children. This will hopefully encourage them to make decisions that can take them on a different path and truly change their lives. That’s why I believe that the Government needs to make every effort to provide young people with good education and encourage them to learn. 'If you stop learning, you stop growing. If you stay as you are, you stay where you are'!

On that note and on behalf of Martha, myself and all the Heartfelt ladies - we’d like to wish all the incredible women in South Africa a very special Women’s Day on Monday (9th August). May the year ahead be one filled with learning. Be it new skills, to listern to each other, to have hope for the future or to simlpy learn to love yourself. What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us!