Khanyisile Motsa

Mam Khanyi with her award from the Nelson Mandela Foundation

Khanyisile Motsa is a humanitarian working to improve living conditions for South African children.

Also known as Mam Khanyi, she founded Home of Hope for Girls (HoH) in Johannesburg in 2002 after opening her home to young girls fleeing prostitution and trafficking.[1][2][3][4] HoH provides shelter for seventy-five girls and has helped thousands by working with the South African police and social services.[5][6][7][8]

When Trevor Noah launched The Trevor Noah Foundation to help equip South African orphans and vulnerable youth with education and life skills, he invited Mam Khanyi to contribute as a panelist.[9]

Awards

  • Nedbank Hero 2009 for Community Building
  • Winner of the 2010 Feather Award in the Women’s National Community Builder and Humanitarian category
  • 2010 Shoprite/Checkers Woman of the Year – Youth Movers[10]
  • The Rotary Clubs of Rosebank and Randburg award for Community Building.
  • At the 2018 centenary celebration of Nelson Mandela’s life, The Nelson Mandela Foundation awarded Mam Khanyi as one of South Africa’s ‘Unsung Heroes’[11]

References

  1. ^ "When Khanyisile Motsa saw girls living on the streets, she took them home". Christian Science Monitor. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Meet the woman getting child prostitutes off Joburg streets". BizNews. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  3. ^ "A new life through the Home of Hope". Brand South Africa. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Mam Kkanyisile a mother to many". Joburg East Express. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2019./
  5. ^ "Home of Hope: Bringing hope to girls without and choices to those with none". Jacaranda FM. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Meet Home of Hope founder Khanyisile Motsa". globalfund4children. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2019 – via YouTube.
  7. ^ "Home of Hope in Kensington receives donation". Joburg East Express. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Home of Hope". Vimeo. Martin Rutkowski. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  9. ^ Trevor Noah's new mission, Sowetan, 2018-04-05
  10. ^ "Mam' Khanyi rescues Hillbrow's forgotten children". Brand South Africa. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Mam Khanyi & Vawn Corrigan at Home of Hope". Merrythought Menagerie. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2019 – via YouTube.