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We did and didn't do it! :)
For the first time in Africa!
Yayyy!! Wooohooo!
But unfortunately we didn't get to the Super SWARM Badge (250 people). That we'll unlock at the next SWARM Party.
Thank you to all who got behind the one matchstick SWARM Party, especially our sponsors:
- SAB - Castle Lager
- Jolandie Rust
- Glow Bangles
- Distro Tech
- Poken
- Rabin Harduth of Comic Revolution
- Stan of the Bluesroom
I'm this serious about SWARMing
And our mischief making has got some international attention.
YES- I am that serious about this SWARM party and setting the record of being the first to unlock the Foursquare Super SWARM Badge on the African continent. And trade all my Springleap T-shirts in the process.
So if you ever doubted that we would pull this off, I hope this mischief making dissolves those doubts. ;)
Yip. Solo- no support vehicles.
And yip. On a bike- pedal power!
Her event is starting on the 5th November at the Tyger Valley Shopping Centre in Cape Town, where she will be literally on a bike for 48 hours to raise awareness and funds for three different causes. You can support her by popping by during the 48 hours (and especially between midnight and 4:00 in the morning- she will realllllly appreciate the company ;) and making a donation of R100. You'll get 2 CD’s by the awesome SA musician and motivational speaker - Verity Price.
And even if you are not in Cape Town, you can support Jolandi by still making a donation. Check out the info on her blog or the facebook event 'Stuck on a Bike'!
Jolandie and I are THAT serious about reaching our dreams and goals, that we would not only sit on a bike for 48 hours, but would also spend our Sunday graffiti'ing about our events.
So who's serious enough to support us and join in the fun? Give me a call 0837302979 or email.
It’s Women’s Day today in South Africa
"We shall not rest until we have won for our children their fundamental rights of freedom, justice, and security."If I had been born then I would have been walking with those 20 000 women. It was a day many brave women risked being arrested in order to show their frustration with not being able to move freely, and how the pass laws affected their lives and those of their families. The belief in freedom, justice and security must have been so prevalent, and the courage would have been heard in the anthem they sang:
When I look around me today I am inspired by many women who also believe in freedom and love, and are singing their songs to the beat of their own drums, and I am able to stand up today and show them my support. The three who are in my life right now are:wathint' abafazi,
wathint' imbokodo,
uza kufa![When] you strike the women,
you strike a rock,
you will be crushed!
Sonja Kruse
Sonja is 9 months into a year long journey that is weaving the stories of over one hundred families from over ninety towns with over thirteen cultures within one country- South Africa. She is telling the story of love in our country, through finding Ubuntu in every step she takes. You cannot help but be touched when you hear the stories she has to tell.
Jolandi Rust
Jolandi is the first woman to circumnavigate South Africa on her own on a bicycle. It took her 100 days and she finished in January this year. Her next plan is to be the first woman to circumnavigate Africa on a bicycle. She wasn’t to share that big dreams are possible and that we shouldn’t wait to start living them.
Leila Chirayath Janah
I'm going to get to meet one of the Most Innovative Women in Technology who's also an adventurette at the very exciting Tech4Africa conference this week. She is Leila, and is the CEO of Samasource, a social business that connects over 800 women, youth, and refugees living in poverty to digital work. Her application "Give Work" is all about innovative crowdsourcing technology that has been downloaded by over 20 000 volunteers in 75 countries. She believes that the future is about humans and computers working together to get stuff done, and that farmers in Africa could earn more tending virtual farms on a social network. I am looking forward to hearing her story and getting to know her at Tech4Africa.
Happy Women's Day!
What's inspiring me lately?
People often ask me where I get my inspiration to keep going- it's almost 4 years now that I've been trading my matchstick into an office.
One of the places I look to for inspiration is other people. And I've been meeting some pretty inspirational people lately!
One of those people is Jolandie Rust. She was telling me recently about how she got into her cycling adventure she is on at the moment.
Jolandie was travelling a few years ago with her boyfriend in
At one point in their cycling trip they ended up in a camp where they had run out of money and food, and were trying to work out what their next step was. They overheard a family camping next to them, who had hamburgers for dinner but no tomato sauce, and the children were complaining that they wished they had some sauce to go with their burgers. Jolandie had some tomato sauce- that was all they had left actually - but they had no burgers to have the sauce with. So Jolandie went and bartered with her camping neighbours to get a burger in exchange for her tomato sauce.
Since then Jolandie has returned to
Jolandie is going to set a world record by cycling 40 000km around
She has just finished cycling for 100 days, covering 6000 km's, all on her own around
She's quoted to have said "Get out of the pool of fear and take a swim in the ocean of possibility" which is so up my alley! I believe that anything is possible, and she's showing again that this is true!
So, Jolandie Rust, I salute you on your big dream, and on taking the action to make it happen. You're striking that matchstick and lighting a bonfire with it, not a candle, and hence have become an inspiration to me!
Her website: http://jolandie.co.za
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jolandie.rust
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jorusty
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