Inspirational: Window to HIV reality - experiencing Yabonga, a lifeline for 1,200 kids

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It took a year and a half to close the loop on my Yabonga experience - but as you'll hear in this absorbing podcast, it was worth the wait. After a London interview in November 2018 with Ursel Barnes, co-founder of this extraordinary organisation, she offered to show me what happens on the ground. That happened last week when she and husband David took us to see a couple of Yabonga's operations in Khayelitsha, township of a million souls established during apartheid to serve the city of Cape Town. Ursel and Ulpha Robertson started Yabonga in 1998 to establish after-school safe houses for HIV-affected township children. Twenty two years later, their creation provides a daily refuge for 1,200 vulnerable children, and has helped literally hundreds graduate into contributing members of society. This inspirational podcast opens a window into their world. - Alec Hogg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15 Mar 2020 11AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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