Anthea Ambraal, the youngest of 3 children, grew up in Tafelsig, Mitchell’s Plain. She was forced to grow up and survive on her own at the age of 16 when her mother passed away. In[…]
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Category: RLabs Academy
Start Up Women 2016
“I can only please one person per day and today, I choose myself”. It all seems daunting in the beginning. “What would they think? How can I possibly be so selfish? Perhaps I’m too old[…]
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Reconstructing lives through HOPE and Innovation
“RLabs is absolutely fantastic and I am proud that one of our Young African Leadership (YALI) Alumni is the progenitor of RLabs. This is a space that creates hope in places where there had been[…]
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RLabsU to launch in Atlantis, Western Cape
We are excited to announce the launch of RLabsU in Atlantis, Western Cape on 6 February 2016. RLabsU will provide community members in Atlantis, and the surrounding areas, with access to various skills programmes; ranging[…]
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Stories of HOPE: Warriors of Light
The story of Suzanne Smith as a Warrior of Light is beautifully captured by Chidiogo Akunyili below: Warriors of light they are called. With an inner stream of light, she has no rival for her[…]
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RLabs Stories of Hope Resounding Success
RLabs hosted a “world first” SoH festival on the 11 and 12 December 2015 at the Nantes Park, Athlone, the same community where RLabs was founded and expanded its work in 22 countries, across 5[…]
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RLabs Founder Marlon Parker to be interviewed on Morning Live
On Friday, 11 December, RLabs Founder, Marlon Parker will be interviewed on the Morning Live show on SABC 2. Marlon will be sharing information regarding the #StoriesofHope festival on the 11 and 12 December[…]
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Stories of HOPE: From drug dealer to spreading HOPE
In a neighbourhood where youth believed joining a gang was part of life, Brent Williams fell into this trap which led to a life of drug dealing and violence. Previously known as a kind person,[…]
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RLabs Namibia partnership with Finnish Embassy
This week was a big one for our team in Namibia as they started a number of new programmes through the Academy but also signed an agreement with the Finnish Embassy who will be supporting[…]
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RLabsU: Taking skills training to the communities
Today RLabs launched an exciting new initiative called RLabsU providing access to various skills programmes to community members. RLabsU Hubs leverages existing community assets to host the training programmes through its “Academy in a Box[…]
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