The Sister Accord Foundation launched at Sanctuary Mandela
The Sister Accord has hosted 26 tea parties worldwide.

In hopes of having one billion girls and women appreciate each other and educating them about the power of sisterhood, Sonia Jackson Myles CEO and Founder of The Sister Accord South Africa launched the foundation in tea-party style at Sanctuary Mandela on April 20.
The Sister Accord held a dialogue on April 19 which delved into its work ahead of the launch on April 20.
The non-profit was founded in 2013.
Jackson Myles elaborated, “The foundation focuses on economic empowerment for girls and women through programmes, grants, scholarships, and financial aid. The foundation focuses on education and has given over $ 100,000.”
The Sister Accord enlightens women about the power of sisterhood through tea parties and has had 48 worldwide. The NGO also focuses on eradicating bullying and violence against girls and women.

The CEO and founder’s background includes being an advisor and executive coach to CEOs and their teams on leadership and development. She is also a philanthropist who was honoured in December 2022 with the Presidential Service Award for lifetime achievement for her extensive community service.
Among the attendees was former South African anti-apartheid activist, Sophia Theresa Williams-de Bruyn who was given an honorary award.

Williams-de Bruyn expressed her gratitude, “This is indeed an auspicious and humbling moment. Your unity and mission to improve the lives of a staggering billion women worldwide to encourage women through education and self-love is a huge and noble leap.”
The former activist added that she believed many girls and women worldwide were shackled by their insecurities made up of low self-esteem and lack of support.
She also expressed her excitement about the foundation partnering with the Nelson Mandela Foundation and said it was a starting point for SA girls and women to benefit from what the Sister Accord Foundation has already mapped out and demonstrated.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation’s representative, Tamryn Sass said the partnership with the Sister Accord Foundation makes sense because it empowers women which leads to empowering society, “We are proud to be exploring a partnership with The Sister Accord. This initiative is another tangible example of mobilising Madiba’s dream for a just society where we challenge structural inequities and the lived realities of many women and girls as we explore upliftment opportunities together.”

Sass concluded that this year, the Nelson Mandela Foundation celebrates the 25th anniversary of its founding. The foundation is honoured to celebrate 25 years of dismantling poverty and inequity by launching The Sister Accord in South Africa.
The Sister Accord aims to launch in the Bahamas and Liberia soon.
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