Friday, August 13, 2010

Afriversity's Natasha Avidan on Developing African Entrepreneurs and Following Her Heart

GloWoman recently interviewed one of our Founding Fellows, Natasha Avidan on the reasons why she got involved with Afriversity.

GloWoman is an online site created by Bettina Moss, who is an entrepreneur herself and an inspiration to many. Bettina owns a marketing company called BettinaBranding (www.bettinabranding.com) and has worked with companies such as Woolworths, Vital Health Foods, Associated Magazines Corporate, O the Oprah Magazine, Cosmopolitan, BoE Private Clients and WWF (UK), helping them to deliver business growth.

Here is a snippet from the interview:


How did you become involved with Afriversity
?
"Simple...I fell in love...I fell in love with the project and I fell in love with South Africa. One of my guiding principles in life has been to follow my heart and my heart was leading me to South Africa.

I was working for an IT company in Sweden when I met the founder of Afriversity
. Running a marketing department for a global IT company was challenging but I felt that I needed another project. Something that was driven by passion, inspiration and was aimed at making a difference in people’s lives. I have been lucky enough to meet a handful of people in my life journey that guided me, helped me grow, made me challenge myself or simply appreciate and embrace myself as a strong and driven woman.

It would be wonderful for everyone to have this opportunity and I will try my hardest to pay forward what I have received.

Many people give up before even trying. We must help others around us to be strong and believe in themselves and their abilities. Every one of us can make a difference.
Take the examples of Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Ghandi..these are individuals who set out to help.
They didn't think about being one person out to change the world but they thought about making the world a better place by influencing others to help change the world.
I believe that everyone can change the world, if each of us performs one random act of kindness at least once a day.

It all starts with YOU and YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!"
Read the whole interview here: GloWoman Interview