The Mrs Africa Foundation



The Mrs Africa Foundation is the official charity organization of the Mrs Africa Pageant and is founded on the legacy of the past and present Mrs Africa titleholders who changed lives in their communities.  These phenomenal women graced various international stages and showcased the powerful, strong, gracious and beautiful African woman to the world.  They work in some of the worst war-affected areas on our continent and is passionate about female development and education in Africa.  Their passion and humanitarian work last longer than their year of reign and they have formed an African Sisterhood that will be talked about years to come.

Mrs Africa knows that she cannot change the world, but realized that if you do small things every day, you can achieve big things together.  She has seen that some situations are hopeless but is committed to give someone at least their dignity back, in any way possible.

NZURI PROJECT - ELIZABETH

ENDEMIC GOITRE CONDITION

The beginning of this Beautiful Project is with the story of  Elizabeth, a 40-year old Congolese widow from war ridden Masisi, Eastern DRC, who has been living with Endemic Goitre condition for the past 25 years. Endemic Goitre Condition affects thousands of women in Central  Africa and the main cause is the traditional eating of cassava & cabbage and  deficiency in selenium & iodine. 
Janet Potgieter, Mrs Africa 2014 and Dries Coetzee, owner of Latlong International joined forces with Dr Luc Malemo from HEAL Africa and this woman’s life was changed forever when she underwent surgery for her condition, funded by Latlong International.

Every woman, doesn’t matter in what conditions she has to survive in, has the right to feel pretty, loved & dignified.  To have such a gruesome growth on a place you can’t hide is not only physically, but also emotionally devastating while it is slowly busy suffocating and making swallowing almost impossible. Some of these women are left by their husbands and rejected by their communities and as it is, these  women trying to survive and to raise their children in war ridden Eastern DRC is a daily challenge.
“Nzuri” means “Beautiful” in Swahili and the aim with this project is to reach, perform surgery, heal and beautify thousands of women who live with this terrible condition which is actually easy to rectify with surgery.

For more information or to assist financially, contact Janet Potgieter:
janet@africapageants.com / +27 83 270 4701
 
 

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