Brittany
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Non-Profit |
| Occupation | Development Worker |
| Location | Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa |
| Introduction | My passions lie most strongly with development work and community service. I have always found myself working with children and youth in all of the NGOs I have worked with and so have become immensely passionate about youth development in particular. I am embarking on this epic journey before I leave to commence my Masters degree in African Studies at Oxford University. My journey from Cape Town to Cairo with my father was inspired by ‘the love of travel.’ However we decided that it was also a wonderful opportunity to draw attention to the development needs of our local community and raise money towards a local NGO that we really believed was making a big impact on our community. I have been volunteering with the Earthchild Project since the end of 2009 and have been working with them full time since January 2011.Since I have worked with this NGO for some time I am certain that all funds raised will go towards meaningful empowerment. My goal is to inspire people to become involved in youth development initiatives and to provide a channel for people to actively support the Earthchild Project. |
| Interests | Social, economic and human development, politics, sustainability, history, art, travel, yoga, bouldering and much much more... this world is a fascinating place! |
| Favorite music | Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Bob Dylan, The Cure, Led Zeppelin, Jimmi Hendrix, The Shins... the list goes on... |
| Favorite books | Catch 22, (Joseph Heller,)Half of a Yellow Sun(Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,)The World According to Garp(John Irving,)Shantaram(Gregory David Roberts,) Poison Wood Bible(Barbara Kingsolver,) The God of Small Things(Arundati Roy,) Memoirs of a Geisha(Arthur Golden,)Lust for Life (Irving Stone.)Too many great books to list... |