Sep

Foto Friday!

JL Zwane Football Club's New Uniforms - Courtesty of TNHF

Written by Melanie Glass Tags: Cape TownfootballsoccerSouth Africayouth empowerment

After meeting the JL Zwane Football Club in 2006, TNHF Director Justin Zoradi's first order of business was to honor Coach Eric's request: get the boys matching soccer uniforms.

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Aug

31

Was The World Cup Good For South Africa?

Recent Events Have Caused Us to Question

Written by Melanie Glass Tags: Cape TownEducationSouth AfricaStrikeWorld Cup

Six weeks after the end of the World Cup, South Africa is in economic disarray. Unions are on strike, demanding a raise in wages—teachers are not showing up to teach children and hospital staff are not showing up to tend to the sick. People are dying. Why is this happening? Were we wrong about the hope and financial prosperity of the World Cup?

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Aug

26

Monthly Update VIDEO featuring Director Justin Zoradi

TNHF Progress, Antics, and Beautiful Portland

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Aug

18

Cape Town TNHF Staff Wins Prestigious Community Impact Award!

Written by Melanie Glass

Our very own Edwin Louw wins Community Worker of the month! Click for photos and details.

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Aug

16

TNHF Interns Rock the Street Fair!

An Exciting Account of a Successful Day

Written by Melanie Glass Tags: PortlandSouth AfricaStreet FairWomen's Empowerment

With brand new easy-up in tow, my fellow interns, Matt and Jesse, and I arrived at our assigned spot at 41st and Hawthorne for the day's street fair. It promised to be one of the few warmer Portland summer days that pepper our otherwise dreary climate, but we were ready.

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Aug

10

TNHF High School Recruitment

Check Out Photos of the School Presentations!

Tags: Cape TownEducationScholarshipsSouth Africa

This past Thursday, Morgan and Edwin, two of our project coordinators, made school presentations at Fezeka and Heideveld high schools telling students about the TNHF scholarship program.

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Aug

09

South African Women's Day

Celebrate the Strength and Courage of South African Women With Us

Written by Melanie Glass Tags: Cape TownSouth AfricaWomen's Empowerment

South Africa commemorates Women’s Month in August, with August 9^th celebrated as the official South African Women's Day.

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Aug

04

Inspiring TNHF Graduation Video!

Experience a Momentous Event With Khanyisa

Written by Melanie Glass Tags: EducationGraduationSouth AfricaTNHF Student

On May 14th, TNHF student Khanysia Mgqoboko received his Associates degree from Northlink College! We are so proud of his achievements.

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Aug

02

New Student Recruitment!

TNHF begins looking for ten girls to add to the scholarship program

Written by Melanie Glass Tags: EducationOffice HappeningsScholarshipsSouth Africa

Little known fact: because South Africa is below the equator and the seasons are opposite from ours here in the Northern hemisphere, the South African school year starts in January. And as one year comes to a close for them, it is time for us here at TNHF to begin planning for the next.

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Jul

29

Saturday Street Fair

Three of our TNHF Interns give face time to the faces we support!

Written by Melanie Glass Tags: Division StreetOffice HappeningsPortlandSouth AfricaStreet Fair

This past Saturday, three of our fabulous interns, Matt, Melanie and Andrew, did These Numbers Have Faces proud at the Clinton/Division street fair. Portland neighborhoods have a lot of pride, and every coulple of weeks during the summer, a different area celebrates in style. Arts and crafts vendors, activist groups (like us!), food stands and musicians abound.

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Jul

28

TNHF Has A BBQ!

The Board, Staff and Interns Come Together on Nelson Mandela's Birthday

Written by Andrew Hansen Tags: barbecueBBQBoard of DirectorsInternsOffice HappeningsPortlandStaff

The TNHF family is continuing to grow, and to celebrate this fact, we decided to have a barbecue!

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Jul

26

Art Exhibit Benefits TNHF

Chicago's Uncommon Grounds Hosts Gallery from July 13 to Oct 4, 2010

Tags: ActivismArtCape TownChicagoGallerySouth AfricaStephanie BarenzSupportTNHF

I was excited to find a page about Art Activism, which asked artists to think of creative ways to raise awareness and funding for TNHF. As I read more, it was the their philosophy that caused me to want to get involved. Through conversations with Justin and his team, it became clear to me that they really knew the people they were helping. The people they were providing scholarships to were their friends and I found this to be incredibly refreshing.

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Jul

21

How Twitter Changed My Life

TNHF Intern Melanie Glass Shares her Experience in Africa

Written by Melanie Glass Tags: AfricaExperiencesGlassInternLessonsMelaniePortland

Summer of 2007, a twenty five hour plane flight landed me in Pretoria, South Africa, a city about an hour outside of Johannesburg. It was an exposure trip, not a missions trip. My team only did a handful of service projects during our two week stay; aside from that, we were there to experience South African life.

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Jul

20