Supporting girls for a better future
The KhumiCares Initiative has launched a new project by which they want to tackle the harder issues with young girls to provide a better future for them.
The KhumiCares Initiative has launched a new project named Hair Today Won Tomorrow, and has chosen to work with Girls and Boys Town on the project.
“It is aimed at young women and girls who find themselves in less-than-ideal circumstances. The name of the project is a play on words that is taken from the popular saying ‘Here today, gone tomorrow’ which suggests failure to build or sustain anything of lasting value,” explained Khumi Ngubeni, the founder of the initiative.
The aim is to change the plot of the girls’ lives so far and give them the tools to ensure a better outcome than they have thought possible for their future.
“Hair is a hot topic for every girl or woman – from debates on which way is best to wear it, to just the feeling of super-stardom that we all get after getting ours done – hair is the common ground that we can all relate to or have an opinion about,” she said.
By using hair as an entry point she explained that they will create a circle of trust and then continue to tackle deeper, less comfortable issues each time.
On Saturday, 5 December, 25 girls between the ages of 10 and 19 joined the initiative at the Cradlestone Mall for a motivational talk by Rox-anne Maistry, the 2019 Mrs Johannesburg Personality winner, and the Ground Breakers team from LoveLife.
The Ground Breakers spoke to the girls about sex and their sexuality, and encouraged them to engage with their partners responsibly.
The girls also received product hampers for their hair from SofnFree and Native Child, while John Dory’s Cradlestone supplied them with lunch.
