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Cherry Armstrong is the director and founder of the NPC, ‘Celebrate Life SA’, where the key focus is on the empowerment of women in rural
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Celebrate Life SA is an organisation aimed at creating awareness and facilitating support across society to alleviate human and environmental suffering , using the energy of committed individuals, social networks and broadcast platforms.
The essence of Celebrate Life SA lies in respect for the land and its people. A group of caring people, who have known each other and worked together for many years, became inspired to establish a project that not only made use of their individual talents, but also confronted some of the more serious issues facing our planet, with the express purpose of ameliorating as many of these issues as possible.
Celebrate Life SA is an organisation aimed at creating awareness and facilitating support across society to alleviate human and environmental suffering , using the energy of committed individuals, social networks and broadcast platforms.
The essence of Celebrate Life SA lies in respect for the land and its people. A group of caring people, who have known each other and worked together for many years, became inspired to establish a project that not only made use of their individual talents, but also confronted some of the more serious issues facing our planet, with the express purpose of ameliorating as many of these issues as possible.
“Celebrate Life has placed in excess of 200 Ubuntu Microbakeries in 200 communities. Each oven produces 4 loaves of bread every half an hour . One loaf of bread provides 13 slices of bread which equates to feeding 6 children per loaf of bread baked. This means that 40 loaves a day provide 240 children with a sandwich daily. If we take into account all 200 ovens, Celebrate Life has helped to feed 48000 children every single day. We have improved the lives of more than 600 women and their communities. This sustainable project and the impact it has on communities is huge and growing daily. We are so proud of the ladies who have empowered and uplifted themselves with the Ubuntu Microbakeries.”
The opportunity – By finding ways to support and invest in local businesses and causes, Global partners can foster this beautiful concept of Ubuntu, being of service to their neighbours, communities and citizens.
This is a critical concept that can catalyse momentous change in South Africa. While it is challenging to see this type of change overnight, little – even tiny – contributions can make a difference in at least one person’s life.While governments across the globe, including our own, have committed to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is a responsibility by each and every one of us to not only be aware of these goals, but to work towards them, even if in some small waThe first SDG is about eradicating poverty, highlighting how there are over 800 million people in the world living on less than R15 a day. Basic human rights such as clean drinking water, nutrition and sanitation are not met for the poor. What’s more is that the UN has found that “Women are more likely to live in poverty than men due to unequal access to paid work, education and property.”
There is an age old saying: “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.”
If we are to end poverty by 2030, there needs to be a commitment by each and every one of us to look after the vulnerable and find solutions for increasing access to basic resources and services..
Through the Ubuntu Breadmaking Oven project, Celebrate Life aims to fulfil the following:
The opportunity – By finding ways to support and invest in local businesses and causes, Global partners can foster this beautiful concept of Ubuntu, being of service to their neighbours, communities and citizens.
Cherry Armstrong is the director and founder of the NPC, ‘Celebrate Life SA’, where the key focus is on the empowerment of women in rural
KZN Top business woman of 2022
In 2018 I felt incredibly privileged to win an award titled “Serving Community in South Africa” at the SA Chamber of Commerce UK Annual Business & Community Awards, and even more so to attend the dinner at the House of Lords afterward! But the nomination as one of the Women of the Future from Santam Insurance – specifically in the Social Entrepreneur category – means just that much more as it is recognition from the country I love.
With the recent devastation of KZN through flooding, we have received dozens of pleas from community leaders for our Ubuntu Microbakery ovens, as they are
I met Londi in Umhlali and she was losing her job in the kitchen at a restaurant due to the restaurant closing We decided she
Another lady who has waited anxiously since our floods to receive a micro bakery and set up her own business. Good luck Thobile, you ladies
Busisiwe was baking from home on a small scale and has become the latest owner of an Ubuntu Microbakery. Her enthusiasm is infectious and she
Nozipho Ndlovu is so appreciative of her new micro bakery in a rural area so in need of basic supplies like bread. What a great
I met Londi in Umhlali and she was losing her job in the kitchen at a restaurant due to the restaurant closing We decided she
Another lady who has waited anxiously since our floods to receive a micro bakery and set up her own business. Good luck Thobile, you ladies
Busisiwe was baking from home on a small scale and has become the latest owner of an Ubuntu Microbakery. Her enthusiasm is infectious and she
Nozipho Ndlovu is so appreciative of her new micro bakery in a rural area so in need of basic supplies like bread. What a great
After many months of waiting patiently for a micro bakery, Monica and her team were finally rewarded with their start up business and they are
Super proud of our new bakers trained at Summerhill House in Charka’s Kraal KwaZulu Natal. Rejoice Nzuza, we wish you luck with your new team.
Another great project completed in the Natal Midlands with Thombizonke Nene heading up the team as chief baker.
A lovely tribute to Mandela Day- 2 new bakers trained at Thuthukani School in Empangeni- spreading the love, one loaf at a time!
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