Presented by Liz Ngonzi during the 2015 Columbia African Economic Forum on the Living Beyond Potential panel. Panel Description: "How can Africans in the diaspora contribute to the African success story? This segment spotlights individuals who have done just that by living beyond their potential."

1. LIVING
BEYOND
POTENTIAL:
How Africans in the
Diaspora Contribute
to the African
Success Story
Presented by Elizabeth Ngonzi
CEO, Afrika Tikkun USA
@LizNgonzi

2. WHO I AM IN
140
CHARACTERS

3. BORN IN UGANDA AND RAISED AT THE UNITED NATIONS

4. AT WORK, I’VE ALWAYS BEEN MINDFUL THAT I’M VIEWED AS A REP OF AFRICA

5. WHY I
CONTRIBUTE
TO THE
AFRICAN
SUCCESS
STORY

6. CONNECTED
AFRICAN
ORGANIZATIONS
TO THE AFRICAN
DIASPORA
Image Source: AMREF USA

7. CHANGED THE
NARRATIVE
ABOUT
PHILANTHROPY
IN AFRICA

8. ENABLED
GRASSROOTS
ORGANIZATIONS
IN AFRICA TO
LEVERAGE
TECHNOLOGY TO
ACCESS SUPPORT

9. LEVERAGED
MY
PLATFORMS
TO CHANGE
THE
NARRATIVE
ABOUT
AFRICAN
WOMEN
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10. LEVERAGED MY
PLATFORMS TO
PROMOTE
AFRICAN
SUCCESS

11. ENALBED YOUNG
AFRICAN
ENTREPRENEURS
TO
REACH THEIR
POTENTIAL
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12. TRAINED AFRICAN
WOMEN BUSINESS
LEADERS
TO EFFECTIVELY
REACH THEIR
TARGET MARKETS
Photo Credit: Vital Voices Global Partnership

13. MENTORED AND
PROMOTED
YOUNG
AFRICAN
LEADERS

14. My New Role as CEO of Afrika Tikkun USA Enables Me Catalyze Support to Help 19,000 African Children
Live Beyond Their Potential

15. THE AFRIKA TIKKUN STORY
• Founded 20 years ago to actively address consequences of institutionalized
oppression in South Africa.
• Our founders’ vision was focused on children, knowing they represented the
future of the country…attracting Nelson Mandela as our Founding Patron.
• We invest in the development of disadvantaged youth from cradle to career by
providing a holistic set of educational, health, and social services designed to
propel students into adult success.
• Our goal is to empower communities to develop new generations of productive
citizens in order to provide a sustainable future for children in South African
townships.

16. WHERE WE OPERATE
Zolile Malindi
Community Center:
Mfuleni
Afrika Tikkun Has Five Community Centers of Excellence in Gauteng and Western Cape Provinces

17. HELPING YOUTH TO LIVE BEYOND THEIR POTENTIAL

18. SNAPSHOT OF AFRIKA TIKKUN’S IMPACT
5,413
Children Received
Daily Afterschool
Care in 2014
850,000
Meals Served
to Children
and Families
Annually
61,500
Direct Beneficiaries
by 2014
1,045
Candidates have
Completed ATS’s
Career Readiness
Program
99%
Matriculation Exam
Pass Rate in 2014
85%
of our
600+
Staff are From
the Community
Formal Cooperation
Agreements with
NGO Partners and
Government
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19. As an International NGO, we operate
from four offices on four continents:
Africa, Europe, North America and
Australia.
Learn More:
Website: AfrikaTikkun.Org
Twitter / Instagram: @AfrikaTikkun
Facebook: AfrikaTikkunNPC
CONTACT US
Australia
P.O. Box 665,
Newport Beach
NSW 2106
Email:
infoaus@afrikatikkun.org
United Kingdom
c/o Belron, Milton Park
Stroude
Road, Egham, Surrey
TW20 9EL
Email:
infouk@afrikatikkun.org
United States
25 Broadway, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10004 USA
Email:
hannahm@afrikatikkun.org
infousa@afrikatikkun.org
South Africa
Ground Floor, Eastwood,
57 Sixth Road, Hyde Park,
Johannesburg, 2196
Email:
info@afrikatikkun.org