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How Speak First has been supporting communities during the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has been an unprecedented time, bringing challenges and loss to people and families all over the world. At Speak First, we have always had a strong commitment to helping others ...
Read moreTerry Bowen, speak first global training designer, visits the cape flats charity team
Since working at Speak First, I’ve had many opportunities to learn new things and gain valuable life experiences. Even at my age I’m still learning new things!
A conversation with... Ester UYS, CEO of The Cape Flats Youth Development Programme
Ester Uys has spent many years as a social worker, working with some of the most at-risk children in Cape Town Flats in South Africa. In January 2017, she established the Cape Flats Youth Development ...
Amanda Vickers, Speak First CEO, visits the cape flats youth programme
Imagine growing up in a house with corrugated iron walls and roof, with no heating and where the electricity is drawn from a nearby street light. In this area there are no public services provided – ...
The Cape Flats Youth Development Programme (C.F.Y.D.P.)
On this blog, we recently shared details of The Floating School project in Bangladesh sponsored by the Speak First Foundation. This initiative ensures children have access to quality education ...
The Floating School in Bangladesh
“My life’s mission is to help people” says Amanda Vickers, Speak First CEO. A mission she has been passionate about since an early age and throughout her professional career, Amanda fiercely ...
Continuing our commitment to learning
As part of the Speak First Foundation’s on-going commitment to developing the education and lives of children, one of our trainers has recently been working with a project in Cape Town, South Africa.