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Feb52019 by Andrea ReesNo Comments

Cape Town Photo Tour

Cape Town, givingback, Photo Tour, South Africa

CAPE TOWN PHOTO TOUR At eKhaya eKasi, mobile photography creates awareness, promotes products and events, tells stories and generates income. Since the beginning of The Heart of a Woman Project (THOAW), I've felt it was essential to connect the ladies I work with and the THOAW supporters as a means of encouragement, transparency, and in hopes that they could learn about each other. I thought the best way to do so was through social media, so I taught the ladies about Instagram, Twitter and Facebook and helped them set up their accounts. I also thought social media could be a way for them to create awareness, promote their products and events, and tell stories. I often share what I experience when visiting South Africa to encourage others to see it for themselves as…

Oct52018 by Andrea ReesNo Comments

Our biggest project yet

Cape Town, Project South Africa, thoawSA

It's hard to believe it's already October and it's been over a year since I last visited Cape Town and South Africa. This is the longest I've been away from South Africa, but I will be returning in November 2018. I was last in Cape Town in February 2017 for a project that I couldn't share at the time. In September of 2016, I was contacted about the possibility of the project with an organization visiting Cape Town from Europe. As these things go, a lot of emails were sent back and forth, a site visit took place and the next thing we knew we were working with an Internationally well-known beauty company from Germany. The scope of the work from our end changed from a presentation in Cape Town to…

Nov232015 by Andrea ReesNo Comments

Heart of a Woman Project South Africa Turns Two and a Mandela Monday Hero

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Hard to believe November is here again. It's always a special month for me as I think back to that first day I walked into eKhaya eKasi on November 15, 2013, to launch The Heart of a Woman Project South Africa in Khayelitsha. I also think back to last year and our 1st-anniversary exhibition and celebration on November 22, 2014. It was also my family's first visit. Thanks to 'Facebook memories' I get to re-live my time in South Africa and all the wonderful memories that have been created there these last 2 years. Often times when 'volunteering abroad', you don't get to see the results of the work you've done and whether that helped or hindered. You also don't get to reunite with the people you've met unless you take the…