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Elephant Wisdom: Eat the Elephant One Bite at a Time

Elephants are very big, they reach old age and with it, attain wisdom. They are highly revered for their strength and power. The elephant plays a significant role in various cultures around the world and is revered as one who never forgets. We sometimes face “elephant like” problems in life, […]

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Goodera Does Good for Infinite Family

Interview with Amy Conrad Stokes – Founder, President and CEO Infinite Family is a non-profit organization, based in South African and the US, that uses technology to allow adults from all over the world to share their experience and expertise with teens and pre-teens in South Africa. Volunteers help these […]

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Covid-19 can’t Keep Seacom from Connecting Our Teens

Since the multi-month lockdown that began on March 26, Covid-19 has changed a lot of things for South Africa’s township teens. But six months and five levels of national alert later, our Net Buddies are excited to get connected again, ramped up by a new partnership with Seacom. Seacom is […]

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Getting Back to Work, with Resilience to Share

We are excited to share that – after months of very limited access to technology or learning support – our LaunchPads are finally reopening and our dedicated donors have made it possible for our Net Buddies to get back to the important work of building better futures! Your encouragement and gifts […]

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Rhino Wisdom: Anger Management

Rhinos are extremely aggressive and charge readily at perceived threats. Rhinos will fight each other, and they have the highest rates of mortal combat recorded for any mammal: about 50% of males and 30% of females die from combat- related injuries. Anger management is a huge problem for the rhino! […]

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Illuminate – or Not?

Dear Net Buddies, Every now and then we all need a dose of perspective and Shel Silverstein is a writer who always dishes it up with a sly smile. What comes to mind when you think of a sultan? What do you think a mite is? Have you ever thought […]

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