the heART of a Woman project

Apr92020 by Andrea ReesNo Comments

Helping the eKhaya eKasi community in Khayelitsha, South Africa

As many of you know, I started a women's mobile photography project in Khayelitsha (Cape Town's largest township) in Nov. 2013. I have returned to South Africa every year, including as recently as Oct/Nov 2019. If you know me, you know how much I love South Africa and how connected I feel to it and the eKhaya eKasi community. To refresh, eKhaya eKasi is a small grassroots non-profit organization that relies heavily on tourism. Learning mobile photography and social media at eKhaya eKasi, October 2019. These last few weeks, as COVID-19 began to spread, my thoughts quickly turned to friends in South Africa and specifically to those living in areas such as Khayelitsha. I wondered how they would cope with the spread of this virus. Some friends have no…

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…