Meghan Maack, Katelyn MacCormac and Emma Murgida toured Wits University, as well as a feminist organization and a nonprofit that supports small-scale farmers to grow indigenous African crops.
Four students flew from Canada to Johannesburg as part of an MPNL online course, Philanthropy and the Sustainable Development Goals, during which they conducted field work with their South African classmates. The course was run in conjunction with the Centre for African Philanthropy and Social Investment at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University).
“I was inspired to take the course after learning about how African philanthropy is redefining philanthropy and is rooted in the philosophy of ‘ubuntu’,” says MPNL student Katelyn James. “Ubuntu means ‘I am because you are,’ a way of being that’s intrinsic to cultures across Africa.”
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024 in For homepage, News & Events
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