On a cold Saturday morning, about 50 people showed up at Hennops Hiking Trail for our first Keep Hope Alive Wellness Walk. They came wrapped in jackets, holding flasks of coffee, some still half asleep. By the end of the morning, something had shifted in the group that none of us could have planned for …
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There is a particular kind of loneliness that comes after losing a spouse. It is not always about being physically alone. Many widows and widowers are surrounded by family, by well-meaning friends, by people who call to check in. But there is a loneliness that lives underneath all of that. The loneliness of being the …
There are days that stay with you. Not because of the décor or the guest list, but because of what was in the room. The honesty. The tears that nobody apologised for. The sense that something important had just begun. Last week was one of those days. Keep Hope Alive, our registered non-profit organisation founded …
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Everybody’s Birthday is a programme hosted by Keep Hope Alive, created with one simple but powerful idea at its heart: no one should be forgotten, and everyone deserves to be celebrated. For many of the women who attend, life has not been gentle. They are widows. Grandmothers. Retired women who have spent decades caring for …
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