“Giving is the master key to success, in all applications of human life.” – Bryant McGill
This morning My Superhero Catherine Constantinides received a visit from The Chinese Assoc. Women’s Federation they delivered the most incredible car load of blankets, socks, soaps & masks for Booysens informal settlement. Thank you so much to Chairperson of The Chinese Assoc. Women’s Federation Shirleen Leong Man and colleagues for your immense contribution to this drive
“Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.”- Marian Wright Edelman
Recently My Superhero Catherine Constantinides joined forces with Col’cacchio (Norwood) to feed children in Orange Farm. Thank you to Col’cacchio in Norwood for donating 400 pizzas to this feeding (thank you, Col’cacchio Norwood, your support of My Superhero Catherine’s work is much appreciated)
“In my lifetime the Saharawi People will return home.” – Catherine Constantinides
Today is World Refugee Day – a day when the world pauses to remember that approximately 23,300 people a day are forced to flee their homes because of conflict and persecution. Today and every day I stand by my statement that Morocco’s 45-year illegal occupation of the Western Sahara is WRONG and CRIMINAL! #FreeWesternSahara . #StandInTheSand with Catherine Constantinides and I as we stand in solidarity with the people of Western Sahara now & always. May we never forget that NOBODY IS A REFUGEE BY CHOICE. Show some compassion. Show your heart.
“Don’t look for big things. Just do small things with great love.” – Mother Teresa
Recently My Superhero Catherine Constantinides and her team fed children at Solwazi Primary School in Orange Farm again. Thank you to all the supporters and volunteers involved in this feeding and thank you to to Des Ingham-Brown for capturing photos in this post from that day
“You will love the ocean. It makes you feel small, but not in a bad way. Small because you realize you’re part of something bigger.” -Lauren Myracle
Today being World Oceans Day it’s the perfect day to watch Seaspiracy – a documentary by Ali Tabrizi about the dirty business of fishing. i watched it a few days ago and I was heartbroken that humanity has hurt marine life so and that every time I ordered Fish & Chips I was a part of the problem. I don’t think I will ever ever visit a marine park or eat fish again. Will I miss it? Will I slip on occasion? Of course I will miss it and I will probably slip on occasion I’m only human but the taste of fish is never worth my humanity so I’m going to try really hard to eat no fish.
I live by one rule in life: First do no harm and knowing what i know now if I continue to eat fish I would do so in violation of my own life rule.
“Hunger plagues our people!” – Catherine Constantinides
Today My Superhero Catherine Constantinides and her team with the help of volunteers fed 500 people in the Booysens Informal Settlement. A HUGE THANKS to the volunteers and supporters of this project as well as to the VTAC Green Team for transporting everything.
World hunger is on the rise. Hunger kills more than AIDS, Malaria and TB combined.
Today on World Hunger Day Superhero Catherine Constantinides and her team joined forces with Pick n Pay Stonehill Crossing, Albany Bread, Bartlet Eggs and the VTAC Green Team to feed 750 children at Solwazi Primary School in Orange Farm. Thank you to Albany Bread for the bread, Bartlet Eggs for donating the eggs that the children took home with them, thank you to Pick n Pay Stonehill Crossing for arranging the bread and eggs and thank you to the VTAC Green Team for transporting everything.
Let us not forget the last colony in Africa… the people of Western Sahara still illegally occupied by another African country: Morocco.” – Catherine Constantinides
Today is Africa Day and while I’m proud to be African and we have much to celebrate I would like to call attention once again to the illegal occupation of the Western Sahara by Morocco (can you imagine fleeing from the first war to what you thought would be a temporary refugee camp only to still be there 46 YEARS LATER?) the United Nations recognizes the Western Sahara as a country separate from Morocco but the referendum the UN promised in 1991 is yet to take place and why because Morocco has powerful allies at the UN. Let us all use all the platforms we have to raise awareness about Western Sahara today and every day
“Think about what freedom is and should be, how do we safeguard and protect it?“ – Catherine Constantinides
Today My Superhero Catherine Constantinides joined forces with the Salaam Foundation to feed 500 people in the Booysens Informal Settlement. A HUGE THANKS to the Salaam Foundation for providing 500 hot meals, thank you to volunteers who showed up on a public holiday to serve 500 hot meals and to distribute 500 food hampers and thank you to Tyrone Noble from Noble Media Solutions for being there with Catherine to help tell the story of the day through photography. Thank you to everyone for helping My Superhero Catherine Constantinides to do the AMAZING WORK she does.
If you wouldn’t trash a hotel room that you are staying in temporarily I ask that you extend the same courtesy to the Earth because for all intensive purposes the Earth is the hotel room we are staying in temporarily.
Today being Earth Day it’s a perfect time to pause and reflect on our impact on the planet the Earth is such a beautiful place it’s our job to keep it that way for generations yet to come.
– Plant a tree (or many trees)
– Don’t litter
– Eat less red meat
Do one thing to change the fate of Earth
There’s no PLANET B please act accordingly