CTAOP 2023 Regional Swidler Summit x Johannesburg Regional Gathering
“I think a really big thing that’s always been sensational about these gatherings is the fact that it’s really about connection – genuinely so.”
Hamish Neill, Director of CTAOP Program Partner Drama For Life, was one of the changemakers at our final 2023 #SwidlerSummit regional gathering in Joburg, and his words really ignite our souls. When you and the people you work with to create change really see each other – and we mean SEE each other – magic is possible. And it’s nothing short of magic that is alchemized more and more potently every time we gather these leaders together.
Watch for a glimpse into what a CTAOP Program Partner convening not only looks, but feels like.
Program Partners in attendance: Drama For Life, HIVSA, Biomedical Research and Training Institute, African Parks, MTV Staying Alive Foundation, and Agahozo Shalom Youth Village 💛
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When Communities Lead, Violence Falls: A perspective from South Africa on how the solution to violence needs to be rooted in community
CTAOP’s very own Busiswa Dayimani has an unflinching and spot-on op-ed out in Proximate Press on how the solution to violence – in South Africa, and worldwide – is rooted in community.
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Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli and Charlize Theron: Young Africans Are Ready to Lead. We Must Protect Their Health
In a powerful TIME op-ed, ONE CEO Ndidi Nwuneli and Charlize Theron for Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project – CTAOP urge global leaders to invest in the health systems, rights, and futures that they need to thrive.
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Academy Award-winning actress and philanthropist Charlize Theron hands over her Instagram account to 21-year-old HIV activist
A 21-year-old South African HIV activist, Ibanomonde Ngema, will take over the global Instagram account of Academy Award-winner and UN Messenger of Peace, Charlize Theron, on World AIDS Day (1 December) to bring awareness to the first-hand experiences of young people living with HIV.
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CTAOP’s 2024 Swidler Summit
Every other year at the Swidler Summit, the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project gathers our Program Partners and other members of our community in South Africa for a week of learning, reflection, connection, and restoration.
While in 2023 we hosted 3 regional Summits, in August 2024, we got the whole gang back together – and welcomed some new faces and Partners! – at our second national Summit. Rooted in the belief that to build sustainable systems change, we must “care for the carers,” the week was filled with deep belly laughs, deep revelations, deep brain melds, and deeeeeeep breaths.
CTAOP’s Swidler Summit is named after a late, beloved member of our Ubuntu Council, Alisa Swidler, who was a passionate philanthropist and master connector.
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Preventing Gender-Based Violence – CTAOP Program Partners
Content Warning (Topics: GBV; sexual violence)
Every 10-11 minutes, a rape case is reported in South Africa – but it’s estimated that only 1 in 9 gender-based violence (GBV) cases are reported.
In the country, an estimated 60% of social services for women and children are provided by civil society – not the government.
CTAOP’s Program Partners – CBOs (community-based organizations) working to combat GBV – make up part of that 60%. Watch to meet the incredible leaders and organizations working everyday to create a safer South Africa, and learn about what they believe is needed to get us there.
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Charlize Theron to Receive Giving Tree Award at the 2024 Baby2Baby Gala: ‘Deeply Honored’
Charlize Theron is set to be this year’s recipient of the Giving Tree Award at the Baby2Baby Gala presented by Paul Mitchell.