Illan Friedman is the founder, fairy godmother & Chief Operating Fairy at Magical Moments, a registered NGO. Ilana, through her charity "puts smiles on little faces, treats in little tummies & tickles little taste buds" - assisted by a forest of Magical Fairies (volunteers), who fly in, create magic, leaving behind love, hugs & kisses, tickles and cuddles and a sprinkling of magical fairy dust and undoubtedly, imprints in the children's lives. Magical Moments Fairies are "Guardians of Unconditional Love, Kindness, Compassion & Gentleness. It is imperative that they take children who live in poverty of everything, out of their bleak and dismal environments and show them that a world, so vastly different to their own, exists." A strong professional, Ilana is a qualified Ontological Coach focused in Personal Development, Transformation and Human behaviour for over 15 years, with a primary focus and passion for Early Childhood Development (ECD), Early Childhood Learning (ECL) and Early Childhood Education (ECE) through Wonder Based Learning.
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PLAYING YOUR PART AWARD
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Ilana Friedman
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Carolyn Steyn
Carolyn Steyn founded "67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day" in December 2013 as a way to honour the legacy of Nelson Mandela, shortly after his passing. She was challenged by Madiba's former personal assistant, Zelda La Grange to crochet 67 blankets for those in need, in honour of the 67 years the late South African president had spent fighting for social justice, equality and democracy.
Five years later, "67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day" has grown into a global movement which is Proudly South African, with ambassadors in India, the UK, Kenya, the USA and many other countries, as well as across the length and breadth of South Africa.
To date over 67,000 handmade blankets have been distributed to those in need.
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Stuart Craig
Stuart Craig joined the Cannon Collins Trust as CEO in 2015 and has stated he feels immensely proud to be the custodian of the Canon Collins Trust at the present time.
During the anti-apartheid struggle, Canon Collins Education & Legal Assistance Trust gave scholarships to ANC activists living in exile outside South Africa. Nowadays the charity gives post-graduate scholarships to students from the SADC region whom they feel are most likely to make a massive difference to society and act as "agents of change".
Cannon Collins provides support to the âLegal Resources Centreâ in South Africa, particularly for their work with vulnerable people threatened with homelessness, and they also work with "Equal Education" in campaigning for better school infrastructure in South Africa.
Stuart believes Southern Africa desperately needs leaders and change-makers who are committed to social justice, and that the Cannon Collins Trust produce inspiring people who are making a massive difference in society.
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Tashmia Ismail
Tashmia Ismail-Saville is the CEO of the Youth Employment Service (YES), a joint initiative between business, labour and government, which addresses South Africa's youth unemployment challenge, by creating 1 million work experiences in South Africa. She founded Boundless World, which focusses on strategy and innovation, inclusive business models, mobile digital skills and economic and behavioural research.
Tashmia is a PhD fellow at UNU-MERIT in Maastricht and adjunct faculty at GIBS, where she has held faculty positions in the field of innovation management and inclusive business. She has extensive consulting experience with a range of global and local businesses such as Unilever, Roche, GSK, Mahindra and the DBSA. Through her business school involvement, Tashmia found and headed the GIBS Inclusive Markets Programme from 2010 to 2016, here, and through her consulting practice, she developed and implemented inclusive strategies and business models for companies, wrote, conducted research and designed learning programmes on economic inclusion, design thinking and innovation.
PLAYING YOUR PART AWARD
Tashmia Ismail
Tashmia Ismail-Saville is the CEO of the Youth Employment Service (YES), a joint initiative between business, labour and government, which addresses South Africa's youth unemployment challenge, by creating 1 million work experiences in South Africa. She founded Boundless World, which focusses on strategy and innovation, inclusive business models, mobile digital skills and economic and behavioural research.
Tashmia is a PhD fellow at UNU-MERIT in Maastricht and adjunct faculty at GIBS, where she has held faculty positions in the field of innovation management and inclusive business. She has extensive consulting experience with a range of global and local businesses such as Unilever, Roche, GSK, Mahindra and the DBSA. Through her business school involvement, Tashmia found and headed the GIBS Inclusive Markets Programme from 2010 to 2016, here, and through her consulting practice, she developed and implemented inclusive strategies and business models for companies, wrote, conducted research and designed learning programmes on economic inclusion, design thinking and innovation.