As she accepted international recognition at the Global Excellence and Leadership Awards, ChangeMakersHub founder Michelle Korevaar chose to celebrate another source of local excellence by wearing a piece from the Pod Collection by Cape Town jewellery designer Tiffany Marx.
Inspired by the richly textured seed pods of the Spike Thorn shrub found along the Cape coastline,…
Michelle Korevaar, founder of ChangeMakersHub (a South African-based Non-Profit Company (NPC) and Public Benefit Organization (PBO) whose mission is to repurpose harmful plastic into building blocks for a better future for all), has announced her diagnosis with Essential Thrombocythemia (ET), a rare form of blood cancer classified under myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). While the diagnosis presents…
Michelle Korevaar, Founding Director of ChangeMakersHub, a pioneering women-led non-profit organisation, has been awarded the prestigious ‘South Africa's Woman Leaders’ title at this year’s South African Leadership Awards. The ceremony, held in Johannesburg mid-April, recognises and celebrates outstanding women leaders across South Africa who exemplify dedication, innovation, and leadership in their respective fields.
ChangeMakersHub is a…
In honour of ‘World Environment Day’, Clanwilliam saw the unveiling of phase two of the ChangeMakersHUB ‘Clanwilliam Legacy Garden’. It included the incubation and planting of 2,500 spekboom plants, the largest carbon sequestering plant in the world and, in that, the ‘greening’ of the town square of the seventh oldest town in South Africa.
Attended by…
On 19th November, the ChangeMakers Hub ‘Impact Accelerator Programme’ was launched. In partnership with Cederberg Municipality, it is a pilot changemaking project that addresses multiple sustainable development goals. Held at Driehoek Garden in Clanwilliam – the Clanwilliam Legacy Garden, this project’s first initiative, was unveiled.
Key to this project will be the use of EcoBricks to build the…
Fun, Flowers, Freedom and a Festival! ‘Where is this happening?’, you ask. Clanwilliam, of course!
Famous for its magnificent flowers and friendly residents, Clanwilliam is abundant with inspiration and creativity this year. Located up the west coast of South Africa, in the Cederberg region, and just 2 and a half hours’ drive from Cape Town,…
The tech enabled, non-profit organisation ChangeMakersHub, that connects people who want to help with causes that need the help, announced their Mandela Day initiative today. "We invite 30 businesses to donate R5,000-00 each which we will then match to buy over 15 tons of ingredients and with our volunteer teams, we will pack and distribute 67,000 meals,"…