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From Locust Walk to South Africa and Back
From Locust Walk to South Africa and Back
During my senior year at University of Pennsylvania in 1999, I ran a raffle on Locust Walk that would end up changing my life. I had just…
Jacob Lief
May 11, 2018
19 Reasons to Love Ubuntu
19 Reasons to Love Ubuntu
It’s been almost two decades since our founders, an American university student and a South African school teacher, embarked on an…
Ubuntu Pathways
Mar 19, 2018
Why We Changed Our Name
Why We Changed Our Name
Eighteen years ago, I embarked on a crazy yet incredible journey with an unlikely new acquaintance. Malizole “Banks” Gwaxula was a teacher…
Jacob Lief
Oct 2, 2017
An unlikely performer’s pathway to the stage
An unlikely performer’s pathway to the stage
Twenty-two-year-old Siphiwo Monde recently traveled to New York from Port Elizabeth to tell his story on the Ubuntu Gala stage. His…
Ubuntu Pathways
Jul 25, 2017
What Running a Nonprofit Has Taught Me About Fatherhood
What Running a Nonprofit Has Taught Me About Fatherhood
In the townships of Port Elizabeth, South Africa children live less than a mile from the ocean, but many of them never see it. The beach…
Jacob Lief
Jun 16, 2017
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