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014 Advocacy & Ubuntu with Refilwe Ledwaba - Social Entrepreneur, Pilot, Educator
Sylvia is joined by social entrepreneur, pilot, and educator Refilwe Ledwaba. Refilwe is the first black woman from South Africa to fly a helicopter and she is also the first black woman to fly for the South African Police Service. Most recently she founded the Girls Fly Program in Africa, a nonprofit designed to shape, empower, enable and support the next generation of changemakers and problemsolvers in the aviation and space industry.
Topics Include:
- Growing up in apartheid South Africa
- An upbringing surrounded by strong women
- The importance of seeing people that look like you in positions you aspire to
- Giving recognition to the changemakers that came before us
- The burden of being “the first”
- The danger associated with breaking glass ceilings
- Pre and post apartheid
- The spirit of ubuntu ~ "I am because we are"
- Transforming community through mindset and education
- Flying into remote villages in Africa to run workshops in STEAM and design
- Becoming an Obama Foundation Fellow and a Gates Foundation Goalkeeper
- Pivoting during COVID to serve a community with minimal internet access
- The problem of access and the digital divide
- Pausing to heal and self-reflect during quarantine
- And other topics...
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www.gfpafoundation.org
www.areye.africa
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@areyestories
Instagram @refilwe_led
Facebook: Refilwe Ledwaba
Linkedin: Refilwe ledwaba
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