BRAVE COLLABS
BRAVE COLLABORATIONS
BRAVE collaborates with some of the most influential artists, designers, conservationists and travel experts and other members of the private sector and civil society to raise awareness about the importance in investing in girl leaders in innovative, provocative ways.
Some of the many ways that BRAVE fosters collaboration include our annual BRAVE Awards Dinners and the Safe Spaces Campaign.
THE ANNUAL BRAVE AWARDS DINNER AND AUCTION
Since 2016, BRAVE has partnered with GUILD, the foremost platform for contemporary design in Africa, to host an annual awards dinner and fundraiser to celebrate women (and men) who have dedicated their lives to creating girl leaders. Each year, the BRAVE Awards Dinner and Auction provides an opportunity for our friends and supporters to create bespoke BRAVE art and design to raise funds for our work.
BRAVE winners 2016:
Mary Burton, author and activist
Lovell Friedman, artist
Phumzile Ngcuka-Mlambo, UN Women
Zanele Maholi and Lindeka Qampi, photographers
Nolene Conrad, athlete
Red River Primary Teachers, unsung heroes
Ferlin du Preez, Rock Girl founder
BRAVE winners 2017:
BRAVE Unsung Hero: Sidney and Cheryl Hendricks
BRAVE artist/designer: Laurie van Heerden
BRAVE Young Achiever: Founding Rock Girls
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THE SAFE SPACES CAMPAIGN
BRAVE’s first collaboration was the Rock Girl SAFE SPACES campaign that led to the installation of 58 public Safe Space benches around South Africa to raise awareness about violence against girls and women. This girl-initiated campaign led to the creation of safe spaces at schools, and around the country, as well as the completion of a brand-new school for our founding girls in Manenberg in 2014.
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Safe Manenberg Campaign
In mid-2013, gang violence escalated in Manenberg, forcing many schools to stay closed as a result of shootings. Fifteen people were murdered on one street in one month. Inspired by their teachers, who stood by the learners and protected them in the worst violence, Rock Girl and other organisations united to demand that schools received police support and protection, and that a long-term plan was created to address the challenges created by gangs and drug-related crime in Manenberg. In December 2013, the Open Society Foundation funded the Safe Manenberg, dedicated to building a safer community for all. Rock Girls were an instrumental part of this campaign and continue to advocate for peace in this gang-torn community.
Safe space inside out project
In the spirit of collaboration and creativity that is at the heart of Rock Girl, photographers and producers from One Dog Chicken and boys and girls from the Rock Girl Red River programme conducted a workshop on violence against women and girls and boy-girl interactions, discussing the challenges of being a boy and girl in South Africa. The girls and boys then worked with leading photographers to capture each other on film.
Safe space art room
The Safe Space Art Room was a collaboration between the learners and faculty of Red River Primary School and Cecile and Boyd Foundation. Rock Girl is proud to be the inaugural recipient of the first grant from the Foundation, that has since set up similar art rooms in schools around South Africa.
Safe spaces jenni button campaign
In 2014, Rock Girls partnered with the incredible artist, the late Paul du Toit, and fashion brand Jenni Button, a subsidiary of the Platinum Group, to create beautiful tank tops to raise awareness about violence against girls and women, celebrate women’s strength and reslience, and also raise funds for the Rock Girls leadership camps and afterschool programmes for girls. The vests reflected the energy and spirit of the girls from Manenberg and inspired others to do more to create safe spaces in their own lives.
