A 51 year old community activist has proven that it is never too late to follow your passion. Ashraf Cassiem this week attended orientation at UCT, after being accepted, and securing the funds to register, in order to realise his dream of becoming a lawyer. Cassiem’s journey has not been an easy one. In 2000 he was evicted from his home. This inspired him to start the Anti-Eviction Campaign, an organisation which over the years
The League Of Friends Of the Blind, an NGO based in Grassy Park, says it’s in the business of changing lives, changing what it means to be blind or visually impaired – and at the same time, laying firm foundations for children at their Early Childhood Development Centres. The organization was started on the 2nd of February, in 1933. The co-founder was Isaac Jacobs, who became blind at the age of 17 and could not gain formal education
