1. “It always seems impossible until it’s done” – Nelson Mandela
2. “Whilst we perceive people who operate in the non-profit sector as activists, in many ways philanthropists are the second-tier activists, playing their role to promote change in a different way” – Shelagh Gastrow, Inyathelo Executive Director
3. “A philanthropist is a person who shares wealth and heart, time and skills with those who really need human development” – Dudu Myeni, Inyathelo Award for Women in Philanthropy 2007
4. “Just give” – Amanda Bloch, Inyathelo Award for Philanthropy in Health 2007
5. “From not having anything to having a little bit of something has given them this power to be something, to be someone, and to be recognised not within themselves, but within their communities” – Kanchana Moodliar, Inyathelo Award for Youth in Philanthropy 2011
6. “I’m trying to bring back the culture of Ubuntu, the culture of compassion” – Gcwalisile Kabanyane, Inyathelo Community Philanthropy Awardee 2011
7. “Children are in a war in poverty and if you take one child in a lineage out of poverty – you’ve take the lineage out of poverty” – Con and Marion Cloete, Inyathelo Family Philanthropy Awardees 2011
8. “You give to receive; I believe in that really. I think it’s everybody’s duty; everybody’s privilege, who’s in the position to give anything, must give”. – Renier van Rooyen, Inyathelo Lifetime Philanthropy Awardee 2011
9. “The message I have for all South Africans and non-South Africans living in this country, and around the world, is to dedicate themselves to philanthropy, to share what they do have – wealth, happiness – with other people who need it … who are in need of our love, who are in need of our support”. – Mufumbe Mateso, Inyathelo Award for Community Philanthropy 2007
10. “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world”. – Archbishop Ameritas Desmond Tutu, Inyathelo Indima-Tema Philanthropy Award
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