On the back of a busy successful fundraising trip recently to the USA and Australia, our founder, Helen Lieberman has been featured in a news piece in the San Diego Jewish Journal.

“Helen Lieberman wasn’t looking to become a South African legend when the then-speech therapist set out nearly a half century ago to check up on some of her clients living in a township of squalor during the dark days of apartheid.

But today, Lieberman is credited with building Ikamva Labantu, the largest non-governmental organization in South Africa, a nonprofit that has helped hundreds of thousands of black South Africans through the creation of schools, daycare centers, senior programs and health clinics. More importantly, Ikamva Labantu, meaning “the future of our nation,” has empowered thousands of black South African women, guiding them on a path of self-sufficiency by supporting their efforts at running businesses from bakeries to clothing manufacturers.”

Find out more about how Helen started Ikamva Labantu and read the full article here.

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