Sandra Todd: From Homeless Youth to Entrepreneurial Youth
Sandra Todd, owner of Velveteen Vintage creates training programmes to teach Youth to work in the retail industry. Her vintage store is the vehicle she provides to employ and empower youth. Sandra’s passion is to see youth have a fair chance to gain skills to enter the workforce.
David Venter: Nelson Mandela, Negotiation and Conflict Management
Professor David Venter was born in South Africa where as Director General of all Government communication he assisted Nelson Mandela during the transition from apartheid to democracy. He then specialised as a negotiation and mediation instructor. He came into contact with numerous world leaders.
Lindy Andrews: Journalist & Advocate
February 15, 2012 by Gail
Filed under 5 KURIOUS Kiwi Questions
18 years ago former Rotorua resident (now living in Napier) Lindy Andrews was prescribed anti-depression medication for post-traumatic stress disorder. She believes the medications resulted in her suffering the potentially fatal serotonin syndrome, a medical condition that ultimately kills patients with multiple organ failure due to high temperatures and seizures.
Samuel Chelpka: Poetry for a Change
Samuel Chelpka is most known for his memorisation and recitation of poetry from a young age. He was 3 years old when he recited Billy Collin’s ‘Litany’ and became a Youtube sensation. When Samuel was 4 years old he met his poetic hero at the University of Arizona Poetry Center. How many 4-year-olds have poets as heroes? Samuel […]
Drew Dudley: Leading with Lollipops
”How many of us have a ‘lolly-pop’ moment when someone said something or did something that fundamentally made our lives better? How many of us have told that person they did that? We celebrate birthdays, where all you have to do is not die for 365 days and yet we let people who have made […]
